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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/27/2001AGENDA MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD March 27, 2001 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: 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Unfinished Business a. March 13, 2001 Gander Mountain Building Elevation Revisions - North of Bennigan's at Birch Run Station 6. Design Review a. Menard's Building Elevation Revisions-2280 Maplewood Drive 7. Visitor Presentations 8. Board Presentations 9. Staff Presentations a. CDRB representation needed for the April 23 city council meetings. b. Reminder: Tim Johnson is the CDRB representative for the April 9 city council meeting. 10. Adjourn p:com-dvpt\cdrb.agd MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001 II. III. IV. Vo CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6:02. ROLL CALL Matt Ledvina Present Ananth Shankar Present (Arrived at 6:12) Tim Johnson Present Craig Jorgenson Absent Linda Olson Present Staff Present: Recording Secretary: APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 13, 2001: Tom Ekstrand, Assistant Director of Community Development Lori Hansen Board member Johnson moved approval of the minutes of March 13, 2001. Board member Shankar seconded the motion. The motion passed. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ayes-All Board member Olson seconded. Ayes-All The motion passed. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Gander Mountain Building Elevation Revisions--(North of Bennigan's at Birch Run Station). Mr. Tom Ekstrand gave the staff report for the city. The applicant for Gander Mountain had submitted revised architectural plans as the board requested. The examples included in the boardmembers packets have been revised even further. Also, new landscaping plans were submitted to staff this evening. Staff is suggesting additional column detailing be added. In a brief meeting with the applicant, the applicant has stated they are opposed to the columns and feel they will detract from the mountain detailing on the building. Board member Johnson moved approval of the agenda, as submitted. Community Design Review Board Minutes of 03-27-01 -2- Substantial landscaping has been added along the easterly side and southwesterly corner of the building. The pictures that were recently submitted to staff best display the shrubbery and other landscaping the applicant is proposing to break up the long expanses of building. Boardmember Olson asked if the two trees on the west side of the building were transplantable. Staff did discuss the trees with the landscaper, and, due to the type of tree, ash (which does not transplant well), and the fact that they are in not that great of shape, they did not feel the trees would survive transplanting. Instead, the trees would be replaced with new trees. Mr. Dennis Crowe, with Oppidan Investment Company, was present for Gander Mountain. The elevation drawings submitted to staff have reflected the building materials that are being proposed (two-toned split faced block) and show the change in grade that occurs along the west and south elevations. On the east elevation vertical elements have been added. The elements will be of a brick material that will match the brick banding which will project four inches from the face of the building. The base will be a grey split-faced block that will project eight inches out from the face of the wall. This will provide a shadowing and 3-D effect to provide the relief needed. Three intermediate columns have been added on the east elevation to break up the wall face. A corner detailing that carries the same detail around the corner has also been added. The trees noted on the landscaping plan are whitespire birch trees. The shrubs are a combination of burning bush and spreading junipers to give the wall face a tier effect. On the west elevation there is a four-foot grade change. The grey base will run along the bottom up to the first course of brick banding. Two Norwood Red Maple Trees have been added with shrubs below them to continue the three-dimensional effect. The south elevation has been adjusted to reflect the grade change that occurs across that side of the building, and a screen wall has been added to screen the loading dock. The same brick banding and corner detailing will be applied to the screen. The signage will remain as proposed with all four walls being signed with no pylon sign installed. Boardmember Olson felt the plans submitted were a vast improvement over the "big box" submitted originally. Boardmember Shankar asked about the height of the entry doors and the color of the frames. The applicant responded in saying they were 3' x 7' doors. Mr. Shankar felt in relation to the whole building, the entry way appears dwarfed. Mr. Shankar questioned if there is a possibility to recess the entry doors two feet to create a shadowing effect on the north and west elevation. Mr. Crowe felt it would be difficult to do that without affecting the airlock vestibule. He did feel they may be able to set it back 12 inches, but is it not a change they would view favorably. Mr. Crowe also stated the color of the frames was a clear anodized aluminum. The color will not match one of the three E.F.I.S. colors because, as nice as that may look, it would not be a finish that would be durable enough to stand the abuse these entry doors take. Mr. Crowe explained the color of the bollards would be dark green, or could be any color the board feels would be appropriate. The bollards are basically a pipe with a vinyl wrap that is available in multiple colors. He felt staying in the earth tones would be most appropriate. The board members felt adding columns at the end of the screen wall would break up the expansive, highly visible south wall. Mr. Shankar moved to board to approve the revised architectural plans date-stamped March 27, 2001, for the proposed Gander Mountain store at the Birch Run Station Shopping Center. Approval is subject to the developer complying with the following conditions: 1. The bollards shall be tan in color. 2. The entrance door front on the north and west side shall be setback 12 inches from the base of the E.I.F.S. material. Community Design Review Board Minutes of 03-27-01 -3- VI. The Iow screen wall on the south side shall be terminated with a 4-foot-wide brick. Compliance with the March 13, 2001 community design review board motion, except as noted above. Mr. Johnson seconded. Ayes-All Motion carries. DESIGN REVIEW A. Mendard's Building Elevation Revisions-(2280 Maplewood Drive). Mr. Tom Ekstrand, Assistant Director of Community Development, gave the staff report for the city. In observation by staff and the design board members, the exterior on the new addition that was approved by the board, was not used. A brick embossed precast panel was the exterior approved. What was installed was an aggregate finish. Also, five additional feet were added to the height of the building. The applicant has submitted plans showing revisions which show a greatly enhanced landscaping plan on the westerly and northerly faces of the new addition. Since the report was mailed out, the applicant has informed staff that they have pressure washed the exterior. Staff did have an opportunity to go look at the exterior yesterday. It did wash off some of the grey and makes the exterior appear more tan in color. The coloration of the new exterior is now more compatible to the brick on the existing building. Staff therefore, would like to alter the recommendation to note the building color as being acceptable. Since the fascia on the front of the building will be a hunter green, staff is suggesting an accent stripe of the hunter green along the north face of the building. Mr. Gary Colby, with Menards, was present to answer questions. Mr. Colby displayed photos of the exterior of the building after it had been pressure washed. He felt the color of the building was now a very close match to the existing building. The previously approved grey color for the building flashing will now be a hunter green. Hunter green is now one of Menard's basic colors in their new corporate color scheme. The green accent stripe, proposed by staff, was reviewed by Menard's, and they feel it is a good suggestion. Although staff proposed a six-foot-wide stripe to go behind the sign, Mr. Colby noted they would like to use a narrow stripe below the sign, and run it along the east, north and west elevations. The landscape they are now proposing is quite extensive. The original plan submitted had eight trees along the north facade. They now are proposing to replace the 8 trees with 19 trees and 184 shrubs. It will not be possible to have the landscaping done by the time they would like to occupy the building, but they are willing to put up an escrow to ensure the completion of the landscaping in June. The retaining wall block will be a darker color than the color of the addition to add some contrast to the north end of the building. The retaining wall planters will each be two- feet in height. It will be a combination of a curved and straight wall and extend all across the north end of the building. The applicant feels the installation of the retaining wall and landscape will, in effect, reduce the height of the building. As boardmember Olson pointed out, and other boardmembers agreed, the accent stripe should run behind the red text just as it is on the sign above the front door. They felt continuing the theme around the building would be appropriate. Mr. Ledvina felt the total planter height should be 5 feet. He felt this would then proportionately decrease the excessive height appearance of the building. Community Design Review Board Minutes of 03-27-01 -4- VII. IX. Boardmember Olson moved the board to approve the plans date-stamped March 19, 2001 for the building design and landscaping changes for the Menard's store addition at 2280 Maplewood Drive. Approval is subject to the property owner doing the following: Painting all flashing and building fascias hunter green. Painting or staining a horizontal accent stripe on the west, north and east sides of the addition. This stripe shall be hunter green to match the fascia and flashing. The width of this stripe shall be as wide as the Menard's wall sign on the north side of the building addition. This stripe shall be placed in line with the "Menard's" sign on the north side of the building. Installing all landscaping on the site by the time of the occupancy of the addition or the applicant shall provide escrow as required previously by the city council. Installing the two-tiered retaining wall planters with a brown-tone color as a contrast to the building color and a rock-face front that total a height of 5 feet. Mr. Shankar seconded. Motion carries. VISITOR PRESENTATION No visitor presentations. BOARD PRESENTATIONS Compliance with the October 25, 1999 city council conditions except as stated above. Ayes-All Mr. Shankar attended the March 26 city council meeting. The Maplewood Imports Addition, the Auto Zone proposal and the AT & T Monopole proposal were all approved. STAFF PRESENTATIONS A community design review board member is needed for the city council meeting on April 23. Mr. Ledvina will attend this meeting. Mr. Johnson will be attending the April 9 city council meeting. Mr. Ekstrand welcomed Linda Olson as the new community design review boardmember. There will be an orientation for Linda at the April 10 meeting. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:12.