HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/11/2000 AGENDA
MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
6:00 P.M. , )
City Council Chambers
Maplewood City Hall
1830 East County Road B
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes: June 13, 2000
4. Approval of Agenda
Revision in Order: First Item - Guest Speaker Tine Thevenin
5. Unfinished Business
6. Design Review
Code Amendment - Curbing Ordinance Changes
7. Visitor Presentations
8. Board Presentations
9. Staff Presentations
a. CDRB volunteer Needed for City Council Meeting on July 24, 2000.
10. Adjourn
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MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
CALL TO ORDER /
Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Matt Ledvina Present
Ananth Shankar Present
Tim Johnson Present
Jori LaCasse Present
Craig Jorgenson Present
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June 13, 2000
Boardmember Johnson moved approval of the minutes of June 13, 2000, as submitted.
Boardmember Jorgenson seconded.
The motion passed.
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Ayes--all
Boardmember Johnson seconded.
The motion passed.
Guest Speaker--Tine Thevenin
Secretary Tom Ekstrand introduced Tine Thevenin, recipient of a grant from the University of
Minnesota, who was present at the meeting to discuss site lighting. Ms. Thevenin's objective
was to raise the level of lighting awareness. She said she would look at why there is site lighting,
the problems of typical outdoor lighting, the solutions to these problems and all the benefits that
good solutions will provide.
Ms. Thevenin emphasized that quality lighting is that "which shines where it is suppose to light."
Two good reasons for site lighting are security and visibility. She showed a picture of the United
States, taken from 500 miles up, that picked up all lighting over 50 watts. Ms. Thevenin explained
that an estimated 33 percent of this lighting/energy/money is wasted. She said this situation is
similar all over the world.
According to Ms. Thevenin, glare is one of the key issues when looking at outdoor lighting. She
spoke about physical and environmental problems that are associated with glare and light. A
solution to this is to shine the lighting down. Ms. Thevenin said "good outdoor lighting systems
put light where it is needed" and have the bulb inside the light fixture. She listed additional criteria
for good light.
Ayes--all
Boardmember Jorgenson moved approval of the agenda as submitted.
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The boardmembers and Ms. Thevenin discussed lighting concerns in Maplewood. Chairperson
Ledvina thanked Ms. Thevenin for her presentation and felt that she offered "a lot of good
information." He recommended that Maplewood's ordinance be reevaluated. Mr. Ledvina liked
the suggestion that lighting be restricted to a certain amount per acre. Ms. Thevenin asked to be
informed of any ordinance change so that she could share this information with other
communities.
Chairperson Ledvina thought site lighting was a significant issue and asked Secretary Ekstrand to
evaluate the ordinances from other cities for ideas on how to improve the Maplewood ordinance.
Mr. Ekstrand agreed to do this.
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
There was no unfinished business.
VI. DESIGN REVIEW
Code Amendment--Curbing Ordinance Changes
Secretary Tom Ekstrand presented the staff report. Chairperson Ledvina noted the fact that the
revision allowed the city engineer to waive the curbing requirement. Secretary Ekstrand asked if
the wording should be changed to "the CDRB may waive the curbing requirement in instances
where the city engineer has determined that sheet drainage over ground would improve storm-
water quality." Mr. Ledvina agreed with this.
Boardmember Shankar moved the Community Design Review Board approve the code change
ordinance, allowing the Community Design Review Board to waive the curbing requirement in
instances where the city engineer has determined that sheet drainage over ground would improve
storm-water quality.
Boardmember Jorgenson seconded.
The motion passed.
Ayes--all
VII. VISITOR PRESENTATION
There were no visitor presentations.
BOARD PRESENTATIONS
There was a report on the June 26 City Council meeting.
IX. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
A. CDRB Volunteer for July 24 City Council Meeting: Mr. Ledvina is available for this meeting.
B. Secretary Tom Ekstrand reminded the boardmembers of the July 31,2000, city tour.
C. Secretary Tom Ekstrand mentioned that someone will be present at future review board and
planning commission meetings to take notes and then transcribe the minutes of the meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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