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January 28, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY,
JANUARY 28, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Boardmember, Leo Burger Absent Boardmember, Bill Kempe
Present Boardmember, Jason Lamers Present Chairperson, Matt Ledvina Present Boardmember, Ananth Shankar Present Staff Present: Michael Martin, Planner 3. APPROVAL
OF AGENDA Boardmember Kempe moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by Boardmember Lamers. Ayes - The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Boardmember
Lamers moved to approve the November 26, 2013, CDRB minutes as submitted. Seconded by Boardmember. Ayes – Boardmember Kempe, Lamers & Shankar Abstention
– Chair Ledvina The motion passed. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None 6. DESIGN REVIEW a. Approval of Design Plans and a Parking Waiver for the Hobby Lobby at the Plaza 3000
Shopping Center, 3000 White Bear Avenue i. Planner, Mike Martin gave the report on Hobby Lobby ii. Representative for the applicant, Tom Schuette, Azure Properties addressed and answered
questions of the board.
January 28, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 2 iii. City Council Liaison, Marylee Abrams, addressed the board regarding the welcome addition of Hobby Lobby to
Plaza 3000. Boardmember Lamers moved to approve the plans date-stamped January 8, 2014, for the proposed building remodeling and also approval of a parking waiver for the proposed
Hobby Lobby addition to the Plaza 3000 Shopping Center, 3000 White Bear Avenue. Approval is subject to the following conditions: (changes or additions to the motion are in bold and
underlined) 1. Approval of design plans is good for two years. If the applicant has not begun construction within two years, this design review shall be repeated. 2. The proposed
smooth-face concrete block on the front of the vestibule addition shall be substituted with rock-face block and stained or painted to match the building colors. The applicant is required
to add new EFIS and stucco to match the existing colors at center. 3. The proposed smooth-face concrete block on the proposed dock addition shall be a single- score block to match
the existing block on the back of the building. The color shall match the back of the building. 4. The property owner shall submit a plan to staff for approval that proposes trash
enclosures behind the building on the south and east sides to contain all trash and recycling dumpsters. This is a code requirement. These trash enclosures shall be constructed by
September 30, 2014. The trash enclosures must be constructed whether Hobby Lobby moves into the Plaza 3000 or not. 5. The applicant shall comply with all requirements of the assistant
fire chief and building official. All building code requirements relative to the proposed building expansion and revisions shall be subject to the building official’s approval.
6. The applicant shall comply with all requirements of the engineering department’s review dated January 13, 2014. 7. This approval includes a parking waiver to have 103 fewer parking
spaces than code requires. This parking reduction is based on: a. The determination that, though the Old Country Buffet requires 163 spaces alone, their peak business hours are
during lunches and dinners when the need for retail parking is lessened. b. There has never been a parking shortage at the Plaza 3000 even when the building was fully occupied.
Seconded by Boardmember Kempe. Ayes – Boardmember Shankar made a friendly amendment to add language to number 2. Requiring new EFIS and stucco to match existing colors at
center. The motion passed.
January 28, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 3 7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None 8. BOARD PRESENTATIONS None 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Election of Officers
i. Planner, Mike Martin introduced the election of officers. Chair Ledvina moved to table the election of officers until next month until all boardmembers are present. Seconded
by Boardmember Lamers. Ayes – All The motion passed. b. 2013 Community Design Review Board Annual Report i. Planner, Mike Martin gave the report on the 2013 CDRB Annual Report
Boardmember Lamers moved to approve the 2013 Community Design Review Board Annual Report as amended. Adding under 2014 activities the board would like updates on (5) Parks Task
Force and (6) Living Streets. The board also requested language about merging the PC and CDRB. Seconded by Boardmember Kempe. Ayes – All Boardmember Shankar made a friendly
amendment under 2014 activities the board would like updates on (5) Parks Task Force and (6) Living Streets. The board also requested language about PC and CDRB combination. The
motion passed. This item goes to the city council February 10, 2014. 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Ledvina at 6:43 p.m.