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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-03-20 PC Packet AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday,March20, 2018 7:00PM Council Chambers -Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a.February 20, 2018 5.Public Hearing a.7:00 p.m. or later: Consider Approval of Draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan 6.New Business 7.Unfinished Business 8.Visitor Presentations 9.Commission Presentations a.February 26, 2018city council meeting (Commissioner Kempe) Conditional Use Permit, Wakefield Community Building, 1725 Prosperity Road North Wetland Buffer Waiver for a Spent Lime Treatment Structure at Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve b.March 12, 2018city council meeting (Staff Will Update) Wetland Buffer Setback Variance, 832 McKnight Road South c.April 9, 2018 city council meeting (Commissioner Dahm) Draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan 10.Staff Presentations 11.Adjournment MINUTESOF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20,2018 7:00 P.M. 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commissionwas held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:00p.m.by Chairperson Arbuckle. 2.ROLL CALL Paul Arbuckle, ChairpersonPresent Frederick Dahm, CommissionerPresent Tushar Desai,CommissionerAbsent John Donofrio, CommissionerAbsent John Eads, CommissionerAbsent Allan Ige, CommissionerPresent Bill Kempe, CommissionerPresent Staff Present:Michael Martin,Economic Development Coordinator 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA CommissionerKempe moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerIge.Ayes –All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES CommissionerDahmmoved to approve theJanuary 16,2018, PCminutes as submitted. Seconded by CommissionerIge.Ayes –All The motion passed. 5.PUBLIC HEARING a.7:00 p.m. or later: Consider Approval of Conditional Use Permit, Wakefield Community Building, 1725 Prosperity Road North i.Economic Development Coordinator, Michael Martin introduced the item and turned the discussion over to the city’s consultant. ii.Architect, Todd Halunen, Kimley-Horn, 2550 University Avenue West, Suite 238N, St Paul, addressed the commission, presented the proposal and answered questions of the commission. iii.Architect, TimMcIlwain, HCM Architects, 4201 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, addressed and answered questions of the commission. iv.Maplewood Parks & Recreation Manager, Audra Robbins, answered questions of the commission. v.Maplewood Natural Resource Coordinator, Ginny Gaynor answered questions of the commission. February 20, 2018 1 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes Chairperson Arbuckle opened the public hearing. 1.Kevin Berglund,Citizen Reporter, Maplewood resident, spoke against the proposal. 2.Rita Andreoli, Maplewood resident, spoke against the proposal. 3.Judy Steenberg, spoke in favor of the proposal with concerns about the project. Chairperson Arbuckle closed the public hearing. CommissionerDahm moved to approvethe attached conditional use permit resolution. This conditional use permit allows a 3,300 square foot community building within the OSP (open space and parks) zoning district for the property located at 1725 Prosperity Road North. This approval shall be subject to the following conditions: 1.All construction shall follow the project plans as approved by the city. The director of environmental and economic development may approve minor changes. 2.The proposed construction must be substantially started within one year of council approval or the permit shall end. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 3.The city council shall review this permit in one year. 4.The use of nine foot wide parking spaces is provided as an expansion of a legal, nonconforming use. Seconded by Commissioner Kempe.Ayes –Commissioner’s Dahm, Kempe & Ige Nay –Chairperson Arbuckle The motion passed. Chairperson Arbuckle stated he voted Nay because he wasagainst the building expenditures. This item will go to the city council on February 26, 2018. b.7:00 p.m. or later: Consider Approval of a Wetland Buffer Waiver for a Spent Lime Treatment Structure at Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve i.Maplewood Natural Resources Coordinator, Ginny Gaynor introduced the item and turned the discussion over to Greg Williamswith Barr Engineering. ii.Greg Williams, Barr Engineering, spoke on behalf of the Valley Branch Watershed District, and answered questions of the commission. Chairperson Arbuckle opened the public hearing. 1.Dave Johnson, Maplewood resident spoke against the proposal. 2.Rita Andreoli, Maplewood resident addressed the commission with questions on this project. 3.Kevin Berglund, Maplewood resident spoke against the proposal. Chairperson Arbuckle closed the public hearing. Commissioner Kempemoved to approvethe wetland buffer waiver to construct a spent lime treatment facility within the buffer of a Manage B wetland located in the Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve. Seconded by Commissioner Dahm.Ayes -All February 20, 2018 2 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes The motion passed. This item will go to the city council on February 26, 2018. 6.NEW BUSINESS a.Draft Rice–Larpenteur Vision Plan Review i.Economic Development Coordinator, Michael Martin gave the report on the Draft Rice- Larpenteur Vision Plan Review and answered questions of the commission. Chairperson Arbuckle didn’t care for center medians with plantings in them because they don’t look nice after a while. Commissioner Kempemoved to approvethe draft of the Rice-Larpenteur Gateway Area Vision Plan.The commission didn’t care for center medians with plantings. Seconded by Chairperson Arbuckle.Ayes –All The motion passed. This item goes to the city council on March 12, 2018. 7.UNFINISHEDBUSINESS None. 8.VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 9.COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a.February 26, 2018, city council meeting(Commissioner EadsKempe) •Conditional Use Permit, Wakefield Community Building, 1725 Prosperity Road North •Wetland Buffer Waiver for a Spent Lime Treatment Structure at Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve 10.STAFFPRESENTATIONS None. 11.ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Arbuckleadjourned the meeting at 8:52p.m. February 20, 2018 3 Planning CommissionMeetingMinutes MEMORANDUM TO:Melinda Coleman, City Manager FROM:Michael Martin, AICP, Economic Development Coordinator DATE:March 12, 2018 SUBJECT:2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Discussion Introduction After 10 months of planning and multiple phases ofcommunity engagement, a draft of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan has been prepared for your consideration. The draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan has 15 chapters, comprising the traditional elements of land use, parks, transportation, and infrastructure, as well as the specialized areas of historic resources and sustainability. The planning process identified four guiding principles that are woven throughout the document –resilience, equity, health, and age-friendliness. While the land use designation from 2030 to2040 is remaining consistent for more than 95% of properties, there are some areas of change. Most of the change is occurring in areas now being designated for some form of mixed use. Discussion The draft being considered has been revised as a result ofthe community engagement that occurred in January and February of 2018. The community outreach conducted included notices to property owners around where land use changes were proposed, the holding of neighborhood specific meetings, two open houses, and reconnection with groups from Phase 1. Outreach also included posting the draft plan and chapter highlights on the website, the use of social pinpoint to solicit input on future land use and trails, and the use of survey monkey to collect input on the individual comprehensive plan chapters. In general, the input provided has been reviewed by Staff and been incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. All of the input received can be found in Appendix A Community Engagement. In particular, the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan solicited strong opposition from the Lions Park neighborhood located just north of 3M. The draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan included a potential change for this neighborhood to Mixed Use Community Commercial due to the proximity of the neighborhood to the proposed METRO Gold Line. Concerns raised by the neighborhood included, but were not limited to, the types of uses that would be allowed, building heights, site design, traffic, potential infrastructure costs that might be assessed on existing uses. Neighborhood residents also expressed concern about depressed market values and the potential for decreased investment in long-term property maintenance and improvements as a result of uncertainty about future land uses. Residents suggested that the redesignation is premature given that planning for the METRO Gold Line has not been completed and access through the 3M campus has not yet been determined. In response to these concerns Staff identified three potential approaches on how the Lions Park Neighborhood could be addressed in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan: 1) Continue with the mixed use community commercial designation; 2) Generally maintain the 2030 land use designations; and 3) Generally maintain the 2030 land use designations, add an action to prepare a neighborhood master plan once construction commences on the METRO Gold Line, and add an information box describing what had occurred in the planning process. The Steering Committee reviewed these options at nd their February 22meeting and recommended the third option. The draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan was revised to reflect this recommendation. The next step in the planning process is the holding of a public hearing on the draft 2040 th Comprehensive Plan at the March 20meeting. The City has posted the draft 2040 Comprehensive Planin the newspaper, on its website and sent follow up notices to those informed during the community engagement process. After holding the public hearing, the Planning Commission will be asked to consider whether the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan needs to be modified and/or if it can move forward to the City Council for authorization to distribute the plan for 6-months of adjacent and affected governmental review. As a reminder all documents related to the plan development process can be found at www.maplewoodmn.gov/2040. Recommendation Recommendapproval for the authorization to distribute the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan for the required 6-months of adjacent and affected governmental review. Attachments 1.Draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan (Separate Attachment) 2.Electronic Links to PDFs of Each Draft Chapter of 2040 Comprehensive Plan Cover and Table of Contents Introduction Community Profile Guiding Principles Land Use Critical Area Plan Housing Economic Development Natural Resources Sustainability Historical Resources Parks Trails and Open Space Transportation Surface Water Sanitary Sewer Implementation Appendix A:Community Engagement Appendix B: Significant Historical Properties Appendix C: Capital Improvement Plan Entire Plan as a Single PDF (Large File)