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Home My WebLink About04/01/2002MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, April 1, 2002, 7:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers 1830 County Road B East BOOK 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes None 5. Public Hearing None 6. New Business a. Street right-of-way vacation - SE corner of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue (Cardinal Realty) b. Hillcrest Village Smart Growth Study Update 7. Unfinished Business None 8. Visitor Presentations 9. Commission Presentations a. March 25 Council Meeting: Mr. Tfippler b. April 8 Council Meeting: Ms. Dierich c. April 22 Council Meeting: Mr. Ledvina 10. Staff Presentations 11. Adjoumment WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION This outline has been prepared to help you understand the public meeting process. The review of an item usually takes the following form: 1. The chairperson of the meeting will announce the item to be reviewed and ask for the staff report on the subject. o ° ° ° Staff presents their report on the matter. The Commission will then ask City staff questions about the proposal. The chairperson will then ask the audience if there is anyone present who wishes to comment on the proposal. This is the time for the public to make comments or ask questions about the proposal. Please step up to the podium, speak clearly, first giving your name and address and then your comments. After everyone in the audience wishing to speak has given his or her comments, the chairperson will close the public discussion portion of the meeting: The Commission will then discuss the proposal. No further public comments are allowed. The Commission will then make its recommendation or decision. All decisions by the Planning Commission are recommendations to the City Council. The City Council makes the final decision. jw/pc\pcagd Revised: 01/95 I TO: FROM: SUBJECT.' LOCATION: DATE: MEMORANDUM City Manager Ken Roberts, Associate Planner Right-of-Way Vacation SE Comer of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue March 14, 2002 INTRODUCTION Mr. Tom Weiner, representing Cardinal Home Builders, is asking the city council to vacate part of a street right-of-way. This vacation is for the unused right-of-way on the southeast corner of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue. Please see the maps on pages 4 - 7 and the statement on page 8. BACKGROUND The city, county and state rebuilt Stillwater Road between Minnehaha Avenue and Lakewood Ddve in 1990 and 1991. This project resulted in the current street layout in the area, including changing the intersection of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue. (See the construction plan on page 6.) DISCUSSION Cardinal Home Builders is requesting this vacation because the city and the neighbors no longer have a use for this right~of-way for a public street. Maplewood, Ramsey County and the state have no plans to develop or use this right-of-way for a public street. The additional land area that this vacation would provide the adjacent landowners would allow them to expand their parking lot. (See the future parking lot plan on page 7). RECOMMENDATION Adopt the resolution .on page nine. This resolution vacates the unused right-of-way on the southeast comer of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue. The city should vacate this right-of-way because: 1. It is in the public interest. 2. The city and the adjacent property owners have no plans to build a street in this location. 3. The adjacent properties have street access. REFERENCE SITE DESCRIPTION Existing land use: Undeveloped SURROUNDING LAND USES North: East: South: West: Reaney Avenue Parking lot and office buildings Existing commercial buildings Houses across McKnight Road in Saint Paul p:sec 251/cardinal street vacation.doc Attach ments: 1. Location Map 2. Property Line Map 3. Property Line Map 4. Site Plan (Construction Plans) 5. Site Plan (Future Parking Lot Plan) 6. Applicant's Statement 7. Vacation Resolution 2 1200N 960N 720N 480N 240N 9 10 Z~ 11 12 Z LOCATION 3 ROSE Attachment 1 I~A~NOL~ ST, ~IcHAEL BRAND AVE. ~et~ 7th S'T. Z E. t~INNEHAHA AVE. MARGARET Tanners La ke MAP 5 6 Attachment 2 I rAh QL, h-R. 43G01' ~?ZO1 · I REANEY PROPOSED VACATION PROPERTY LINE MAP ';.67' 30 k PROPOSED VACATION PROPERTY LINE MAP Attachment 4 Attachment 5 REANEY AVENUE .,/ SITE PLAN (FUTURE PARKING LOT PLAN) Attachment 6 PUBLIC VACATION APPLICATION RE.CEIVED City of Maplewood The City acquired this parcel in 1967 for street purposes. With the reconstruction of the intersection in 1990 by the City. County. and State it became excess property, and the understanding with the City at that time was that it would be turned over to us for additional parking. Since that time any maintenance such as grass cutting on the property has been done by us. We now wish to install the additional parking spots and additional landscaping, so are requesting this parcel be formally vacated so we can proceed. Attachment 7 VACATION RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Tom Wiener, representing Cardinal Home Builders, applied for the vacation of the following-described right-of-way: The unused street right-of-way on the southeast corner of McKnight Road and Reaney Avenue (covered in Document Number 1655145) described as follows: That part of Lot 16, County Auditor's Subdivision No. 77, Ramsey County, Minnesota, lying northwesterly and northerly of the following described line: Beginning at the southwest comer of said Lot 16; thence North 44 degrees, 08 minutes, 22 seconds East, bearings based on the Ramsey County Coordinate System (deeded as North 45 degrees, 05 minutes, 30 second East), a distance of 141.75 feet (deeded as 141.65 feet) to a point that is 100 feet east of the west line and 15.00 feet south of the north line of said Lot 16; thence North 72 degrees, 20 minutes, 59 seconds East (deeded as North 73 degrees, 19 minutes East) a distance of 52.26 feet (deeded as 52.25 feet to a point on the north line of said Lot 16 that is 150.00 feet east of the west line and there terminating. (All in Section 25, Township 29, Range 22 West, Ramsey County, Minnesota). WHEREAS, the history of this vacation is as follows: On April 1, 2002, the planning commission recommended that the city council approve the vacation. On April 22, 2002, the city council held a public hearing. The city staff published a notice in the Maplewood Review and sent a notice to the abutting property owners. The council gave everyone at the hearing a chance to speak and present written statements. The council also considered reports and recommendations from the city staff and planning commission. WHEREAS, after the city approves this vacation, public interest in the property will go to the following abutting property: That part of Lot 16, County Auditor's Subdivision No. 77, Ramsey County, Minnesota described as follows: Beginning at the southwest comer of said Lot 16; thence North 44 degrees 08 minutes 22 seconds East, bearings based on the Ramsey County Coordinate System (deeded as North 45 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds East), a distance of 141.75 feet (deeded as 141.65 feet) to a point that is 100.00 feet east of the west line and 15.00 feet south of the north line of said Lot 16; thence North 72 degrees 20 minutes 59 seconds East (deeded as North 73 degrees 19 minutes East) a distance of 52.26 feet (deeded as 52.25 feet) to a point on the north line of said Lot 16 that is 150.00 feet east of the west line; thence North 89 degrees 01 minute 48 seconds East (deeded as East) along said north line of Lot 16, a distance of 10.39 feet; thence South 32 degrees 51 minutes 34 seconds West, a distance of 53.80 feet; thence South 49 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 66.47 feet; thence South 40 degrees 08 minutes 56 seconds East, a distance of 36.94 feet to the south line of said Lot 16; thence South 89 degrees 09 minutes 46 seconds West (deeded as North 89 degrees 52 minutes West) along said south line of Lot 16, a distance of 102.69 feet to the point of beginning. (Containing 6620 square feet, more or less.) (PIN 25-29- 22-33-0076.) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city council approves the above-described right-of-way vacation for the following reasons: It is in the public interest. The city and the applicant have no plans to build a street in this location. The adjacent properties have street access. This vacation is subject to the city keeping a easement over the The Maplewood City Council adopted this resolution on ..,2002. 10 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: LOCATION: DATE: City Manager Thomas Ekstrand, Assistant Community Development Director "Hillcrest Village"-Smart Growth Study Update White Bear Avenue between Ripley Avenue in Maplewood and Hoyt Avenue in St. Paul March 19, 2002 HILLCREST VILLAGE SMART GROWTH STUDY Over the past year, the community development staff has been involved in a "Smart Growth" study with the Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council is studying six commercial neighborhoods in the metro area. The Hillcrest Shopping Center, including the contiguous part of Maplewood north of Larpenteur Avenue, is one of these. The Smart-Growth study is a new initiative that involves citizens in shaping the future growth and redevelopment of their neighborhoods. The goal is to create livable neighborhoods where homes, jobs and services are linked by walkable streets. BACKGROUND On April 26, 2001, the Metropolitan Council, Calthorpe and Associates (an urban planning group) and HGA (a local architectural firm) held a workshop at Woodland Hills Church in Maplewood. This workshop allowed area residents, business owners and St. Paul and Maplewood staff and government personnel to participate by offering their desires and preferences on how they would like this area to redevelop. On May 24, 2001, the group met again at Woodland Hills Church to present the consultants' two development alternatives to the community. Refer to pages 3-4. Since this last session, the consultants have been working on a final development concept taking into account comments from the participants and the community. On July 2, 2001, the planning commission reviewed the two development alternatives and had the following comments: Features the PC liked 1. Realignment of North St. Paul Road to meet White Bear Avenue at a dght angle. 2. Grocery store. 3. The walkable/bikeable aspects of the plans. 4. The large Neighborhood Square ("village green" concept) 5. The townhouses--provided they are affordable to the average person and not overpriced. 6. Attempts at traffic calming and slowing on White Bear Avenue. Features the PC did not like 1. The potential nuisance of parking spaces behind buildings visible to residential units. Attachment 2 HILLCREST VILLAGE PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVE B Smart Growth Twin Cities MAY 24, 2001 Calthorpe Associates ._t.,le t rop o Ii t an Council City o£ Maplewood City of Saint Paul LEGEND SF PARKING A Office/Retail 11,375 72 B Commercial/Retail 14,300 100 C Commercial/Retail 19,500 112 D Commercial/Retail 20,000 98 E Commercial/Retail 10,000 56 F Townhouse 6 G Commercial/Retail 4,200 21 H Commercial/Retail 19,800 90 I Apartments 46 J Twinhouse 4 K Commercial/Ratail 26,250 144 L Apartments 22 M Transit Stop N Neighborhood Square O Office/Retail 41,600 P Parking Ramp 182 Q Apts/Retail 14 8,000 R Apartments 46 S Apartments 70 T Apartments 46 U Grocery 36,000 240 V Office/Retail 32,000 48 TOTAL 254 243,025 1,163 4 CONCEPT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN 0 100' 200' 300' March 15, 2002 I Commercial/Office Building [] M/xed-Use Building ~! Residential Building I_.al Future Commercial Building -- Indicates Number of Stories BLOCK WI 12,900 SF Commercial 16 Townhome Units F .... ] [ .... 42 Off-Street Surface Spaces i ', ! i, I LARP£NT£UR BLOCK W2 16,800 SF Commercial 71 Off-Street Surface Spaces BLOCKS W3a & W3b 17,400 SF Commercial 4 Single-Family Units 50 Off-Street Surface Spaces BLOCK W4 38 Apartment Units 16 Off-Street Surface Spaces BLOCKS WSa & WSb 16 Townhome Units 2 Single-Family Units BLOCK W6 12 Townhome Units CA IFO NIA AV IDA O AVE IOWA AVE HOYT AVE I BLOC! ~ 49,400 ~ 36,400 I 28 Apa [ 351 Of ~ BLOC~ E2a & E2b ~ 13,700 SF Commerci~ ' ~.~ [ 57 Off-S=eet Surface Spaces BLOCK E3a 21,700 SF Commerci~ 42 Apar~ent Umts 81 Off-S~eet Surface Spaces 19,400 SF Commercifl 44 Apartment umts 71 Off-Street S~hce Spaces 10 Townhome U~ts 38 Ap~tment umts 2 Single-Fury U~ts BLOCKS E6a & E6b 22 Townhome Unim Attachment S Ela &Elb F Commercial F Office :merit Units Street Surface S tees Caithorpe Associates HILLCREST VILLAGE Smart Growth Twin Cities Metropolitan Council City of Maplewood City of St. Paul 5