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April 22, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, APRIL
22, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Boardmember, Leo Burger Present 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
Staff added 9. a. Election of Officers and 9. b. May 27, 2014, CDRB meeting. Boardmember Kempe moved to approve the agenda as amended. Seconded by Boardmember Lamers. Ayes
- All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Boardmember Lamers moved to approve the January 28, 2014, CDRB minutes as submitted. Seconded by Boardmember Shankar.
Ayes – Chairperson Ledvina, Boardmember Kempe, Lamers & Shankar Abstain – Boardmember Burger The motion passed. 5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Overview of Gladstone Phase 2 Improvements i. Planner, Mike Martin introduced the item ii. Todd Halunen, Kimley-Horn gave the presentation and addressed the board. No action
was required.
April 22, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 2 6. DESIGN REVIEW a. Approval of Design Plans for Verizon Wireless Ground Equipment at Hillwood Drive and Sterling
Street i. Planner, Mike Martin gave the report and answered questions of the board. ii. Randy Iskierka, Verizon Wireless addressed and answered questions of the board. Boardmember
Lamers moved to approve the plans date-stamped February 18, 2014, for the proposed equipment building for Verizon Wireless to locate a new building on the water tower site at the corner
of Hillwood Drive and Sterling Street. 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. Staff may approve minor changes to these plans. 2. The
applicant shall obtain a conditional use permit from the city council for the proposed expanded use of the site with an additional building and equipment by Verizon Wireless. 3.
The applicant shall replace all evergreen trees that are removed for the proposed equipment building with at least the same number of trees. The replacement trees shall be at least
six feet tall. The applicant shall make sure to maintain these trees and keep them watered. 4. If the building project results in a need for a retaining wall at the base of the
proposed prefabricated building due to grades, the applicant shall provide a detail of this wall for staff approval. 5. The proposed structure shall match the pattern and color
of the existing structure. 6. The applicant shall comply with the conditions noted in the engineering report by Steve Love dated February 13, 2014. 7. The applicant shall provide
an irrevocable letter of credit or cash escrow in the amount of 150 percent of the cost of installing the landscaping, before getting a building permit. 8. The applicant shall review
with staff the possibility of moving the proposed building closer to the water tower. 9. The existing fence around Ramsey County’s equipment should be continually maintained.
10. The applicant shall revise the landscape plan to show the planting locations of the trees to be staggered into two rows, instead of a single row. The applicant shall also work
with staff on increasing the number of trees to the landscape plan to bolster the screening provided. Seconded by Boardmember Shankar. Ayes – All The motion passed.
April 22, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 3 b. Approval of Parking Lot Setback Variance for the Hobby Lobby at the Plaza 3000 Shopping Center, 3000 White Bear
Avenue i. Planner, Mike Martin gave the report and answered questions of the board. ii. Representative for the applicant, Tom Schuette, Azure Properties addressed and answered questions
of the board. Boardmember Lamers moved to approve adoption of the attached conditional use permit resolution approving the plans for the widening of the Plaza 3000 Shopping Center
parking lot on the south side of the building. This approval allows a parking lot setback reduction from 11.5 feet to six feet 10 inches. Approval is based on the findings required
by ordinance and subject to the following conditions: (changes or additions to the motion are in bold and underlined.) 1. All construction shall follow the site plan approved by
the city date-stamped March 27, 2014. Staff may approve minor changes. 2. The proposed parking lot widening shall be substantially started within one year of council approval of
this permit shall be null and void. The council may extend this deadline for one year. 3. The city council shall review this permit in one year. 4. The property owner shall replace
the six trees that would be removed due to this parking lot widening. They shall plant shrub varieties that grow tall enough to provide some screening, but not massive enough to have
a substantial root spread that would interfere with nearby buried cables in the street boulevard. The property owner shall plant six planting groupings of three shrubs each (18 shrubs
total) to replace the six trees to be removed. The shrubs shall be at least three feet tall upon planting. The planting plan shall be subject to staff approval. 5. The applicant
shall paint trash compactor a color that is consistent with the building, unless there is a technical reason the machine cannot be painted. Seconded by Boardmember Kempe. Ayes
– All The motion passed. c. Approval of Design Plans for Beaver Lake Elementary School, 1060 Sterling Street i. Planner, Mike Martin gave the report and answered questions of
the board. ii. Operations Supervisor, Mike Boland, ISD 622 addressed and answered questions of the board. iii. Architect, Raj Dhital, MLA Architects, answered questions of the board.
Boardmember Shankar moved to approve the plans date-stamped April 15, 2014, for the proposed building addition to Beaver Lake Elementary at 1060 Sterling Street North. Approval
is subject to the following conditions: 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. Staff may approve minor changes to these plans.
April 22, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 4 2. The applicant shall obtain a conditional use permit from the city council for the proposed building addition prior
to construction. 3. The applicant shall plant four trees to replace the four that are to be removed. Replacement trees shall be at least two inches in caliper if they are deciduous
or at least six feet tall if they are evergreens. The applicant shall work with staff on this landscaping plan. 4. The applicant shall repair the pot holes in the parking lots and
driveway from Stillwater Road. The graveled area on the north side of the building shall be paved within one year. 5. The applicant shall work with staff on the construction of
a trash enclosure for the north side of the building to contain the two trash dumpsters. The trash enclosure shall be a material compatible with the building and have closeable gates.
The trash enclosure shall be completed along with the construction of the proposed addition. 6. The applicant shall comply with all requirements of the city’s engineering department
for grading, storm water management and erosion control. Seconded by Boardmember Lamers. Ayes – All The motion passed. 7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None 8. BOARD PRESENTATIONS
None 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Election of Officers Boardmember Shankar moved to approve Matt Ledvina as Chairperson and Jason Lamers as Vice Chair. Seconded by Boardmember
Kempe. Ayes – All The motion passed. b. May 27, 2014, CDRB Meeting – Planner Martin told the board the city plans to hold the CDRB meeting the day after Memorial Day. All
board members stated they can attend the CDRB meeting Tuesday, May 27, 2014. 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Ledvina at 7:03 p.m.