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June 24, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, JUNE
24, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER Acting Chairperson Lamers called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Boardmember, Leo Burger Absent Boardmember, Bill Kempe
Present Boardmember, Jason Lamers Present Chairperson, Matt Ledvina Absent Boardmember, Ananth Shankar Present Staff Present: Michael Martin, Planner 3. APPROVAL
OF AGENDA Boardmember Shankar moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by Boardmember Kempe. Ayes – All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Boardmember
Shankar moved to approve the May 27, 2014, CDRB minutes as submitted. Seconded by Acting Chair Lamers. Ayes – Acting Chair Lamers, Boardmember Shankar Abstention
– Boardmember Kempe The motion passed. 5. NEW BUSINESS None 6. DESIGN REVIEW a. Approval of Design Plans to Convert Day’s Inn Building into Senior Housing, 3030 Southlawn
Drive i. Planner, Michael Martin gave the report and answered questions of the board. ii. Architect, Ben Delwicke, Kaas Wilson Architect, 2104 4 th Ave S, Ste B, Minneapolis, addressed
and answered questions of the board.
June 24, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 2 Boardmember Kempe moved approval of a parking waiver for fewer parking spaces than code requires, allowing 73 spaces.
This proposal for 115 units of senior housing would require 230 parking spaces. The city finds that the proposed reduction to 73 parking spaces would be sufficient for this assisted-living
and memory-care seniors housing facility since senior housing facilities do not require the amount of parking needed for typical multi-family housing needs. Should a parking shortage
develop in the future, the applicant shall revise the plan to provide enough to meet their needs, subject to staff approval. Boardmember Kempe moved approval of the plans date-stamped
June 2, 2014, for the Days Inn Hotel Conversion to senior housing. 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. 2. The applicant shall obtain a conditional use
permit from the city council for the proposed housing facility in a BC (business commercial) zoning district. 3. The applicant shall complete the site improvements as proposed in
the plans. This includes all landscaping, trash enclosure upgrades, retaining wall repair, building painting and parking lot and driveway changes and improvements. 4. After its
removal, the old parking lot surface shall be restored to lawn and kept maintained and mowed. 5. The applicant shall comply with the conditions noted in the engineering report by
Jon Jarosch dated June 4, 2014. 6. The applicant shall comply with all requirements of the city’s building official, assistant fire chief and health officer. 7. The applicant
shall obtain approval of a parking waiver from the city council before beginning this project. 8. 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 betting a building permit. Seconded by Boardmember Shankar. Ayes – All The motion passed. This item
goes to the city council July 14, 2014. 7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None 8. BOARD PRESENTATIONS None
June 24, 2014 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 3 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS None. 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Acting Chairperson Lamers at 6:33
p.m.