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AGENDA
CITY OF MAPLEWOOD
COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
6:00 P.M.
Council Chambers - Maplewood City Hall
1830 County Road BEast
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of the September 21 , 2004, Minutes
5. Staff Presentations:
a. Gladstone Neighborhood Planning Process Update
6. Design Review: None Scheduled
7. Visitor Presentations: None Scheduled
8. Board Presentations:
a. September 27,2004, City Council Meeting - Summerhill Senior
Cooperative Building and Mapletree Townhouses
9. Adjourn
Second Revision -
MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
1830 COUNTY ROAD BEAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Longrie-K1ine called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Chairperson Diana Longrie-Kline
Board member Matt Ledvina
Board member Judy Driscoll
Board member Linda Olson
Board member Ananth Shankar
Present
Absent
Present
Present
Present
Staff Present: Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager
Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner
Shann Finwall, Planner
Lisa Kroll, Recording Secretary
Commissions Present: Open Space Task Force
Ginny Gaynor
Bill Bartodziej
Historical Preservation Commission
Richard Currie
Robert Kreager
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board member Shankar moved to approve the agenda.
Board member Olson seconded.
Ayes - Driscoll, Longrie-Kline, Olson, Shankar
The motion passed.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of the CDRB minutes for September 21 , 2004.
Board member Olson moved approval of the minutes of September 21, 2004.
Board member Shankar seconded.
Ayes ---Longrie-Kline, Olson, Shankar
Abstention - Driscoll
The motion passed.
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v. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
a. Gladstone Neighborhood Planning Process Update
Ms. Melinda Coleman, Mr. Tom Ekstrand and Ms. Shann Finwall gave a presentation on the
planning process for the revitalization of the Gladstone area as well as some successful
redevelopment examples in surrounding cities. Ms. Coleman thanked the Historical
Preservation Commission and the Open Space Task Force members for attending the
community design review board meeting for tonight's discussion. After the Gladstone
presentation, members of the board, commission, and task force made comments and asked
questions of city staff as follows:
. CDRB member Driscoll asked about the possibility of doing a dimensional concept plan
which would better address the public's need to visualize the concept.
. CDRB member Olson cautioned that the more detail you put into the concept plan, the
higher the cost of the process. Also, Ms. Olson stated that it appears that the latest
concept plan has too much housing and not enough business.
. Open Space Task Force Coordinator Virginia Gaynor stated that the neighbors should
be assured that the city is not proposing to bulldoze the entire area all at once, that the
revitalization would be incremental. Ms. Gaynor questioned whether the city would be
purchasing land for redevelopment in the area.
. Chairperson Longrie-Kline stated that in order to develop the Gladstone Savanna with
any type of housing or business it would require a unanimous vote by the city council.
Also, Chairperson Longrie-K1ine inquired if there had been any studies on the success
of mixed-use developments where there are retail shops below housing?
. Open Space Task Force Coordinator Virginia Gaynor stated that the Gladstone
Savanna and all other open space within the city is designed to be used by the
neighborhoods in which they are located, not necessarily as a regional park. It will be
important for the Open Space Task Force to have a voice in the planning process of the
neighborhood.
. Historical Space Member Robert Kreager stated that it would be helpful to have a
glossary of terms used in this revitalization process. Also, it would be beneficial to note
where all of the city's historical buildings are located within the Gladstone neighborhood.
. Chairperson Longrie-Kline stated that an outside facilitator to help in the planning
process would be a good idea.
. CDRB member Olson stated that in addition to the historical buildings, any large or
significantly important tree should be located within the Gladstone neighborhood.
. Member Driscoll stated that the surveys sent by city staff were a good idea and asked if
they were helpful in the planning process.
Chairperson Longrie-K1ine opened the discussion up to the public. The following individuals
gave comment:
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. Kim Schmidt, Gladstone Coalition Chair, 1800 Phalen Place, Maplewood.
. Pat Vaughn, Gladstone Neighbor, 1856 Phalen Place.
. Kevin Schmidt, Gladstone Neighbor, 1800 Phalen Place, Maplewood.
. Carol Warling, Gladstone Neighbor, 1449 Ripley Avenue, Maplewood.
. Elmer Swenson, Gladstone Neighbor, address not known.
. David Gageby, ERS Development, LLC
. Chris Hampl, Gladstone Neighbor, 1120 Gordon Avenue, Maplewood.
VI. DESIGN REVIEW
None.
VII. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
No visitors present.
VIII. BOARD PRESENTATIONS
a. Report on the September 27, 2004, City Council Meeting - Summerhill Senior
Cooperative Building and Mapletree Townhouses
Chairperson Longrie-Kline said the Summerhill Senior Cooperative Building at the
Transfiguration school at 935 Ferndale Street was denied by the city council. The city council
passed the Mapletree Townhome development off Southlawn Drive.
Ms. Finwall said there is a policy and procedure manual that the city council guides its
decisions on and part of that allows the city council to reconsider a vote if one of the
descending voters brings it up at the next city council meeting and a majority of the members
agree to have the item reconsidered. Mayor Cardinal, who was one of the descending voters
for the Transfiguration comprehensive plan change, has agreed to place the item on the
October 14, 2004, city council meeting and he will make a motion to have it reconsidered. If
the motion passes by a majority vote the Summerhill Senior Cooperative building would be
reconsidered at the Monday October 25, 2004, city council meeting.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:53 p.m.