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MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
1830 COUNTY ROAD BEAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24,2010
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Ledvina called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Boardmember Jason Lamers
Chairperson Matt Ledvina
Boardmember Michael Mireau
Boardmember Ananth Shankar
Vice Chairperson Matt Wise
Present
Present
Present
Present
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Staff Present: Michael Martin, Planner
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Boardmember Shankar moved to approve the agenda as presented.
Vice Chair Wise seconded the motion.
Ayes all; the motion passed.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. June 22, 2010
Chairperson Ledvina requested the following changes be made:
. Page 2, second paragraph, amend to reflect that Boardmember Mireau
commented "... that grass seed..."
. Approval of minutes, reflect that a motion was actually seconded by
Boardmember Wise; not Boardmember Lamers.
Vice Chair Wise moved to approve the minutes of the June 22, 2010, minutes as
presented. Boardmember Lamers seconded the motion.
Ayes all; the motion passed.
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V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None
VI. DESIGN REVIEW
a. Metro Transit Park-and-Ride Parking Ramp Proposal, Beam Avenue and
South lawn Drive
Michael Martin presented the staff report.
The following applicant representatives presented and discussed various design
elements with the board.
. Lindsay Sheppard, Metro Transit, 560 6th Ave N. Minneapolis
. Gary Milne Rojek, BTR Architects, 801 Nicollet Mall, Suite 801, Minneapolis
. Tom Downs, BKBM Engineers, 5390 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Center
The following visitor addressed the board regarding this issue.
. Bob Zick of North Saint Paul
Chair Ledvina moved to recommend the Planning Commission approve the site plan
dated July 28, 2010, for the Metro Transit parking ramp and park-and-ride facility.
Approval is subject to conditions outlined in the staff report as follows: Conditions 1, 2,
and 3 as written, condition 4 modified that a parking stall width of 8.5 feet is
recommended, condition 5 as written, striking condition #6 as it is already covered in
condition 5.
Seconded by Boardmember Mireau.
4 ayes, 1 nay, motion passed. Boardmember Shankar voted nay because he
opposed the 8.5 foot wide parking stalls.
VII. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Bob Zick of North Saint Paul again addressed the Board to indicate that he had
calculated the number of stalls that would be lost at 9.5 feet wide is only 54 spots out
of 1,000. He believes the Board should require Metro Transit to explore an alternative
way to get the number of stalls they want without granting either variance requested.
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VIII. BOARD PRESENTATIONS
a. Extreme Green Makeover
Boardmember Lamers announced that Michael and Michelle Thibedeau were
chosen as the winners of the Extreme Green Makeover contest.
b. The Shores at Lake Phalen, 940 Frost Avenue
Michael Martin, City Planner, reported that, at their last meeting, the City Council
voted to approve several of the requests, including design plan lot division, CUP,
wetland setback variance and tax increment financing for the site. There are
several design review items that will come before the CDRB for approval. The
applicant also submitted a tree survey, which will be presented for review by the
CDRB.
IX. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
a. Architectural Guidelines Discussion
Mr. Martin presented to the board and facilitated a discussion regarding
architectural guidelines.
X. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 8:07 p.m.
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