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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/22/2000 AGENDA MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD August 22, 2000 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: August 8, 2000 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Unfinished Business 6. Design Review a. MTC Transit Hub, Maplewood Mall - Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates, 7. Visitor Presentations 8. Board Presentations 9. Staff Presentations a. CDRB volunteer needed for city council meeting on September 11, 2000. b. Reminder: Tim Johnson is scheduled for city council on August 28. Item to be discussed is the curbing ordinance. c. Reminder of meeting changes: We will hold one meeting in SeptembermSeptember 19 and one in October--October 17. 10. Adjourn p:com-dvpt'tcdrb.agd MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA AUGUST 22, 2000 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Matt Ledvina Present Ananth Shankar Absent Tim Johnson Absent Jon LaCasse Present Craig Jorgenson Present Staff Present: Recording Secretary: Tom Ekstrand, Associate Planner JoAnn Morin III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Boardmember Jorgenson moved approval of the minutes of August 8, 2000, with one revision on page 4, paragraph 4, line 5. The line shall read "the steep slope and allow pedestrians access to Roselawn Avenue without having to traverse that..." Boardmember LaCasse seconded. Ayes--all The motion passed. IV. APPROVAL OFAGENDA Boardmember LaCasse moved approval of the agenda as submitted. Boardmember Jorgenson seconded. Ayes--all The motion passed. V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business. VI. DESIGN REVIEW MTC Transit Hub, Maplewood Mall- Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates. Mr. Ekstrand, Associate Planner, presented the staff report. He stated that the applicant is requesting approval to expand the MTC Transit Hub at the Maplewood Mall. The existing Transit Hub is a bus pick-up/drop-off site with a Park and Ride area. The facility is comprised of open benches and one glass enclosed bus shelter. It is located east of the Maplewood Mall near Applebee's. The proposal is to expand the facility by adding six enclosed shelters and a men's and women's lavatory building. The proposed bus shelters would be glass enclosed. The applicant would also plant four trees surrounded by tree grates along the median strip where these will be located. The lavatory building would have an exterior of metal siding with a metal-sided cornice at the top. The building would be colored sandstone and dark bronze -in beige and brown tones. Community Design Review Board Minutes of 08-22-00 -2- The proposal would eliminate 29 parking spaces. Staff does not feel that will be a problem since there is a surplus of 308 extra spaces at the Mall presently. Staff has no problem with the proposed traffic hub; it looks like a nice addition to the Mall. Staff recommends approval subject to no conditions only compliance to the existing plans. The applicant, Stuart Krahn of Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates addressed the Board. He stated that no changes have been made to the plans that have been submitted to staff. Chairperson Ledvina questioned Mr. Krahn regarding any traffic changes in relation to the movement of buses in and around the Mall as a result of this improvement. Mr. Krahn indicated that no changes are anticipated. Currently there is circulation of buses through this site; buses will circulate on both sides of the island so there will be a slight change to the existing traffic pattern. He stated overall the impact to the traffic at the Mall will not be different than what they are today. Chairperson Ledvina requested samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the Hub. Mr. Krahn presented samples of the dark bronze and sandstone colored siding and the aluminum tubing for the canopy. He informed the Board that the colors of the lavatory doors would be sandstone. He also noted that the lavatory facilities is strictly for drivers and employees and not for the general public. Mr. Krahn indicated that the glass on the facility is a transparent tempered glass, with no tinting. The Board briefly discussed the assets of this facility and felt that it would be an amenity to the Mall and help increase the number of people using the buses there. Boardmember Jorgenson moved the Community Design Review Board approve the plans date stamped August 2, 2000 for the proposed MTC Transit Hub expansion at the Maplewood Mall. Boardmember LaCasse seconded. Ayes - All The motion passed. VII. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS There were no visitors present. VIII. BOARD PRESENTATIONS There were no Board presentations. IX. STAFF PRESENTATIONS Mr. Ekstrand requested a CDRB volunteer for the City Council Meeting on September 11, 2000. Chairperson Ledvina volunteered. Mr. Ekstrand reminded the Board that the CDRB meeting in September will be on the 19th, and the meeting in October will be on the 17th. X. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:11 p.m.