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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/12/2004 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. Community Design Review Board Minutes 10-12-2004 2 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: Community Design Review Board Minutes 10-12-2004 3 . 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.