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:
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• 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.
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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.
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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
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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.