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Planning Commission - 02/12/2018 APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 7:00 P.M., CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 Mitchell Road COMMISSION MEMBERS: John Kirk, Travis Wuttke, Ann Higgins, Charles Weber, Andrew Pieper, Ed Farr, Mark Freiberg, Michael DeSanctis, Christopher Villarreal CITY STAFF: Julie Klima, City Planner Rod Rue, City Engineer Matt Bourne, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources Julie Krull, Recording Secretary I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER Vice Chair Farr called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE—ROLL CALL Pieper and Villarreal were absent. IIII. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Wuttke moved, seconded by Kirk, to approve the agenda. Motion carried 7-0. IV. MINUTES A. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2017 MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Weber, to approve the minutes. Motion carried 7-0. V. INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS VI. PUBLIC MEETINGS VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PRESERVE VILLAGE RETAIL BUILDING—JERRY'S FOODS Request for: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 12, 2018 Page 2 • Planned Unit Development Concept Review on 9.10 acres • Planned Unit Development District Review with waivers on 9.10 acres • Site Plan Review on 9.10 acres • Preliminary Plat of one outlot into one lot on 9.10 acres Vice Chair Farr asked Klima to review the staff report. Klima said this is a proposal to build a freestanding building in the Jerry's parking lot. This building would house three tenants; Starbuck's will be one of them and the other two are unknown at this time. There is a waiver requested for parking. The parking analysis is in the staff report. Currently there are 433 parking stalls on site. With this proposed project, the City requirement is 417 parking stalls. With the three restaurants on site, there would be 70 seats and a total of 78,664 square feet of retail space between the 2 buildings. The zoning ordinance requirement is based on one parking stall for every 3-restaurant seats and five parking stalls for every 1,000 square feet of retail space. The current condition provides 5.57 parking stall per 1,000 square feet of retail plus 24 parking stalls for the restaurant. The plan as proposed provides 378 parking stalls. This would be 4.5 parking stalls per 1,000 square feet for the retail space and 24 parking spaces for the restaurants. Currently, there is an outdoor sales activity area reducing the number to parking stalls to four per 1,000 square feet. The developer has agreed to discontinue this and staff recommendation is for approval of the waiver at 4.5 stalls per 1,000 square feet. The project proponent is also requesting a signage waiver. Current code allows two freestanding signs not to exceed 80 and 36 square feet. The project proponent is proposing one sign not to exceed 166 square feet. Klima also pointed out the developer held a neighborhood meeting in December and answered questions from residents. Staff recommendation is for approval of this project. Vice Chair Farr asked what was happening with the Park & Ride that was on site. Klima said Southwest Transit informed City staff the park and ride agreements is not in place for this site. Farr asked about the two vacant uses of the building and why they are deemed non- restaurant. He also wanted to know if the Starbuck's in the old building was taken into consideration for parking. Klima said it was taken into consideration. The analysis of the remaining tenant space was conducted to ensure adequate parking is provided. Staff anticipates language to be included in the Development Agreement addressing the required parking count for either retail or restaurant uses. Vice Chair Farr asked the project proponents to present their proposal. Brady Busselman, civil engineer with Sambatek at 12800 White Water Drive in Minnetonka introduced himself. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 12, 2018 Page 3 Mike Jutz representing Jerry's Enterprise, 5101 Vernon Avenue, Edina, introduced himself. Mr. Busselman presented the proposal. He said currently the parking ratio is 5.6 stalls per 1,000 sq. feet. He stated the purpose for the new Starbuck's is because the existing Starbuck's does not have an opportunity for a drive-thru. He pointed out the building elevations are constructed with brick and glass and some EIFS. Mr. Jutz said they want the new building to look similar to what is there already. Vice Chair Farr asked if the project proponent could talk about the neighborhood meeting. Mr. Jutz said there were 7 to 8 individuals in attendance and it was a very positive meeting. Most of the residents there were looking for more food places in the area so they were very supportive of Starbuck's. Vice Chair Farr asked the project proponent to talk about storm water management on the site. Mr. Busselman pointed out the storm sewer will be re-routed along the south property line and will empty into the existing Hennepin Town Road storm sewer system. Vice Chair Farr commented he would like the areas that are more contaminated to be treated. Mr. Busselman said there are a couple constraints they are running into with this. The first one is the need to keep the bottom feature three oo about level. To bring additional run-off water in would be very expensive. They are bypassing the storm water from the south. Vice Chair Farr asked if they made best efforts to save the two significant trees on site. Mr. Busselman said they are very tight in that area but commented they would be willing to look at swapping trees. Higgins asked if the idea of a rain garden works here. Mr. Busselman said it is tricky to have a rain garden in this area but pointed out there will be vegetation around the infiltration system. DeSanctis asked what the substrate of the soil is. Mr. Busselman said there are no structural issues. Freiberg said he wanted to thank Jerry's for this project, as it is an enhancement to the area. He did have a question and asked how tight the driveway would be coming down Anderson Lakes Parkway. Mr. Busselman said it would be a 90- degree turn, which is standard. Higgins commented she heard about problems with drive-thru areas and cars sacking up. Mr. Busselman said they are comfortable with the design and this area could accommodate 10 cars stacking. The cars will not block any of the entrances. Vice Chair Farr commented the improvements would do away with the seasonal sales. He asked how the project proponent would handle snow removal. Mr. Jutz said they could push it further onto the green spaces. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 12, 2018 Page 4 Wuttke asked about the drive-thru and said there is one tree mitigating light and asked if it could become an issue with traffic. He asked what measures are being taken for light shed. Mr. Busselman said there would be 3-foot shrubs that will help with the headlights in the area. There is also a bit of a hill, which will help with the glare. Klima said the landscape plan has shrubs on the east side of the drive-thru and staff is comfortable with the screening. Vice Chair Farr asked if they were upgrading lighting to LED. Mr. Jutz said yes, they were discussing changing the lighting to LED. Vice Chair Farr opened the meeting up for public input. Steven Bartz, of 9259 Amsden Way, lives in the Preserve Community and said he welcomes this new improvement and the updates to Jerry's. He said living in the Preserve he can walk up to Jerry's, which is nice. He said his concern is that he does a lot of walking and asked if there was any research done for traffic in and out of the area and is the area going to be conducive to walking traffic. He asked how the walkability will be preserved for safety reasons. Vice Chair Farr said there was a traffic study done and in the staff report it does discuss pedestrian walkways. He said he was unsure if there was a walkway to the new building. Mr. Bartz said his concern is the Hennepin Town Road going in and out of the lot and the increased traffic it may produce. He would like to see increased signage and marked walkways but said he felt the parking lot was safe to walk in. Rue said in regards to the traffic study, there were 1900 new driveway trips per day. This study also indicated most of the traffic was pass by traffic. Rue also said they typically do not put cross walks on side streets. Rue said any stop signs with in the retail center would be the responsibility of the property owner. Mr. Busselman stated they can accommodate stripping if the City finds it acceptable. Kirk commented this was a very well thought out project and in regards to parking spaces he feels there should be enough room and feels this project is a good addition to Eden Prairie. MOTION: Weber moved, seconded by Higgins, to close the public hearing. Motion carried 7-0. MOTION: Weber moved, seconded by Kirk, to recommend approval of the Preserve Village Retail Building—Jerry's Foods project based on the plans stamp dated February 5, 2018; staff recommendations, the conditions contained in the staff report, and its attachments dated February 8, 2018. Motion carried 5-0; Freiberg and Wuttke abstained. VIII. PLANNERS' REPORT A. 2018 MEETING SCHEDULE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 12, 2018 Page 5 Klima pointed out there are two changes to the Planning Commission meeting schedule for 2018. The first one is on Memorial Day and the second one is on Veteran's Day. She stated the second meeting in May will be on Tuesday, the 29th and the meeting in November will be on the third Monday, the 19th IX. MEMBERS' REPORT X. CONTINUING BUSINESS XI. NEW BUSINESS Wuttke said in regards to parking,he would like to know if there was any follow up by the City Staff for parking stall waivers. Klima said the City Staff does monitor sites for complaints and they do visit sites. Residents or businesses in the area would notify the City if there were problems. Wuttke asked if staff just monitors during the normal business hours and not the am/pm hours. Klima said staff does view the sites outside of business hours. She also pointed out if there are concerns residents have opportunities such as See- Click-Fix to share those with the City. Farr said he is impressed with the technology in regards to Aspire 2040 and the fact that residents can click on an area and discuss it. DeSanctis asked with the previous project, what type of garbage receptacles would be on site. Klima said they will have an enclosed garbage site on the area and any garbage receptacles throughout the area will be maintained by the businesses. XII. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Wuttke moved, seconded by Kirk, to adjourn the Planning Commission meeting. Motion carried 7-0. Vice Chair Farr adjourned the meeting at 7:54 p.m.