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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCAgenda_04Apr27~. • City of Falcon Heights Planning Commission City Hall 2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue Tuesday, Apri127, 2004 7:00 p.m. AGENDA • A. CALL TO ORDER: 7 p.m. B. ROLL CALL: Tracy Lukermann Hatris Lageson Maher Heideman DeLeo Ryan Ziebarth Council Liaison Lindstrom City Administrator Worthington Staff Liaison Jones City Attorney C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 24, 2004 D. PUBLIC HEARING: Interim Use Permit for the Farmer's Market E. AGENDA ITEM 1: Consideration of 2004 Interim Use Permit for the Farmer's Market and recommendation to the City Council F. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 of the City Code Concerning Vehicle Sales G. AGENDA ITEM 2: Consideration of the proposed Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 9 concerning vehicle sales and recommendation to the City Council H. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS I. ADJOURN • City of Falcon Heights Planning Commission City Hall 2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue Tuesday, April 27, 2004 7:00 p.m. AGENDA A. CALL TO ORDER: 7 p.m. B. ROLL CALL: Tracy Lukermann Harris Lageson Maher Heideman DeLeo Ryan Ziebarth Council Liaison Lindstrom City Administrator Worthington Staff Liaison Jones City Attorney • C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 24, 2004 D. PUBLIC HEARING: Interim Use Permit for the Farmer's Market E. AGENDA ITEM 1: Consideration of 2004 Interim Use Permit for the Farmer's Market and recommendation to the City Council F. PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 of the City Code Concerning Vehicle Sales G. AGENDA ITEM 2: Consideration of the proposed Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 9 concerning vehicle sales and recommendation to the City Council H. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS I. ADJOURN • MEMORANDUM To: Members of the Planning Commission CC: Heather Worthington, City Administrator; Peter Lindstrom, Council Liaison From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison Subject: Planning Commission Meeting on Apri127 Date: Apri123, 2004 As I told you in my email of April 8, there are two hearings scheduled for the Planning Commission this coming Tuesday and two related items for you to consider. A quorum is required. Please notify Staff if you are unable to attend. • The first item is the renewal of the Farmer's Market IUP. This should be pretty straightforward as we do not expect any concerns from the community. The only changes from last year are some adjustments in the parking space numbers, which are detailed in the staff report. What all the changes boil down to is a loss of 5 parking spaces in the lot used by most shoppers. Since the parking lot was never at capacity last summer, we do not think this will impact the operation of the market. In fact, entry and exit traffic flow should be improved by having one-way traffic in the lot. The second hearing is to consider a proposed amendment to Chapter 9 of the City Code regulating and restricting the location of vehicles for sale. For years residents have been communicating their concerns about this issue to the City, and until now we have not had any enforcement tools except for the genera148 hour parking restriction to discourage the use of our major streets, in particular the Snelling service drives, as de facto used car lots. The recommended ordinance is based on language in the Lakeville city code. Since there are two major items of business, there will be no code workshop this month, and the workshop notes from February are not enclosed. They will be distributed in advance of the next workshop. Finally, there is an information item on the bus bench issue. No action or on-camera discussion is necessary at this time; we just want to keep you informed. • ~ FALCON HEIGHTS 2077 W.LarpenteurAvenue Falcon Heights, MN 55113-5594 email: mailC~3ci.falcon-heights.mn.us website: www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us MEMORANDUM To: Members of the Planning Commission CC: Heather Worthington, City Administrator; Peter Lindstrom, Cowicil Liaison From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison Subject: Planning Commission eting on Apri127 Date: Apri12~, 2004 Phone - (651) 644-5050 Fax - (651) 644-8675 As I told you in my email of Apri18, there are two hearings scheduled for the Planning Commission this coming Tuesday and two related items for yeu to consider. A quorum is required. Please notify Staff if you are unable to attend. • The first item is the renewal of the Farmer's Market IUP. This should be pretty straightforward as we do not expect any concerns from the community. The only changes from last year are some adjustments in the parking space numbers, which are detailed in the staff report. What all the changes boil down to is a loss of 5 parking spaces in the lot used by most shoppers. Since the parking lot was never at capacity last summer, we do not think this will impact the operation of the market. In fact, entry and exit traffic flow should be improved by having one-way traffic in the lot. The second. hearing is to consider a proposed amendment to Chapter 9 of the City Code regulating and restricting the location of vehicles for sale. For years residents have been communicating their concerns about this issue to the City, and until now we have not had any enforcement tools except for the genera148 hour parking restriction to discourage the use of our major streets, in particular the Snelling service drives, as de facto used car lots. The recommended ordinance is based on language in the Lakeville city code. Since there are two major items of business, there will be no code workshop this month, and the workshop notes from February are not enclosed. They will be distributed in advance of the next workshop. Finally, there is an information item on the bus bench issue. No action or on-camera discussion is necessary at this time; we just want to keep you informed. U HOME OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND THE U OF M INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE ~~ PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER City of Falcon Heights Planning Commission Minutes • February 24, 2004 Chair Pamela Harris called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Harris, Heideman, Lageson, Maher, Ziebarth, Council Member Lindstrom. Also present was Staff Liaison Deb Jones. ABSENT: Lukermann, Ryan, Tracy The minutes of the January 27, 2003, meeting were approved. There was no further official business. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Staff Liaison Jones announced that Planning Commissioner Barbara Lukermann has been honored by the American Planning Association with its National Distinguished Leadership Award for a Professional Planner. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:07 p.m. to a workshop on the zoning code. • Respectfully submitted, Deborah Jones, Staff Liaison • City of Falcon Heights -Planning Commission Meeting of February 24, 2004 -Page 1 of 1 Planning Commission 4/27/04 • ITEM: Interim Use Permit for the Twin Cities Co-ops Federal Credit Union SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Jones, Planning and Zoning Coordinator REVIEWED BY: Heather Worthington, City Administrator Roger Knutson, City Attorney EXPLANATION: Summary: Last year a Farmer's Market opened in the north parking lot of Twin City Cooperative Federal Credit Union at 2025 W. Larpenteur. The market, which operated Tuesday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon, June through October, was set up under an Interim User Permit (IUP). The Planning Commission, and then the Council, approved the necessary code amendments to (1) add a provision for IUP to the Code, (2) add "farmers' market" to the zoning definitions, and (3) add farmers' market as a legal interim use in the B-2 zones of Falcon Heights. The actual IUP, also approved by the Commission and the Council after several public meetings, gave specific conditions for operation of the St. Paul Farmer's Market at the TCCU site, with the term of one year. By all measures, the market was a resounding success. No complaints were received. Residents • expressed universal approval of the way the market was conducted, the location, convenience and quality. The average turn-around time for each visitor was under ten minutes; many customers walked from nearby neighborhoods. While traffic was much heavier than usual on Prior, no serious problems were encountered. Parking was more than adequate. City Staff did not observe that the parking lot was full at any time; anecdotal accounts from TCCU staff bear this out. You will recall that we used the Interim Use Permit last year so that the City Council and Planning Commission would have an opportunity to revisit and re-evaluate the situation each year. In the intervening year, there have been several changes in the parking situation that require an adjustment to the IUP as approved last year. These are the only proposed changes. The adjustments are explained below: 1. TCCU staff drew our attention to some inaccuracies in the parking space count we used last year. They, and the City, used a site plan that showed an outdated striping of the parking lots. We now have a hand count of parking spaces actually available. The total count is 423 spaces. 2. In the intervening year, the Credit Union has tried to assist the City by making available approximately 30 spaces in its parking lot for lease to non-residents commuting to the University of Minnesota. This has benefited the community by easing on-street parking on Garden Avenue, and now removes 30 spaces from the parking formerly available to market customers. • 3. The Credit Union is also supplying up to15 parking spaces for the use of construction workers at the SE Corner, reducing the available parking by that number. Planning Commission: Staff Report on Farmers Market IUP, Page I of 2 4/27/04 4. Including these two groups, the number of parking spaces required by TCCU for its business needs increases from 122 to 160, as shown in the IUP (115 employees and • visitors, plus 30 plus 15). 5. The market vendors will occupy the eastern three rows of parking stalls of the north parking lot, consisting of 75 spaces. Last year they were expected to occupy 4 rows, but the vendor area was expanded instead into the islands and driveways (blocked off) at the ends of the row. This was enough space for the vendors, so this number is reduced from 120 spaces to 75 (shown in the IUP). 6. To improve traffic flow and safety, TCCU proposes to re-stripe the two southbound lanes of the parking lot to make all lanes northbound, so there will be one entry into and one exit out of the parking lot, at south and north ends, respectively. This should substantially alleviate the bottleneck at the main vehicle entrance this year. However, it will result in the loss of 10 parking spaces in the north lot, due to the configuration of raised islands. Only 5 of these are in the customer parking rows, so this represents the loss of another 5 spaces, in exchange for improved traffic flow and safety. 7. Subtracting the TCCU needs, the vendor area and the re-striping loss from the total of 423 parking spaces leaves a total of 183 spaces (down from 231 indicated on the 2003 IUP) for customers, as shown in the IUP. These parking stalls are located in the north parking lot, west of the vendor area, and in the west parking lot adjacent to Prior. It should be noted that this is the actual area that was used for parking during last year's market, and it was never observed to overflow. The real net change to this area is only the 5 spaces lost from re-striping. • 8. Overflow parking at City Hall (25+ spaces) is not included in any of the calculations for this year's IUP. However, it is still available, as needed. Staff is confident that the site will be able to bear the parking burden of the Farmer's Market this year with the adjusted numbers given on the revised IUP. We want to make sure we are not requiring an unreasonable restriction on the TCCU property. The adjusted parking figures reflect real usage based on last year's experience, corrected parking stall counts, and a reasonable allowance for TCCU's business use on Farmer's Market days. The IUP will be revisited again next year. ATTACHMENT: Copy of Public Hearing Notice Draft of 2004 Interim Use Permit Revised site plan of TCCU ACTION REQUESTED: Public Hearing Discussion Recommend approval of the IUP to the City Council Planning Commission: Staff Report on Farmers Market IUP, Page 2 of 2 4/27/04 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Falcon Heights Planning Commission will meet on April 27, 2004, at approximately 7:00 p.m. at Falcon Heights City Hall, 2077 Larpenteur Avenue West, Falcon Heights, Minnesota 55113, to consider approving an amendment to the interim use permit for a farmer's market at Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit Union, 2025 West Larpenteur Avenue, legally described as: The South 765 feet of the parcel of land which consists of the West 20 acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota; except the East 131 feet of the South 186 feet of said West 20 acres and except the West 60 feet of said East 15 acres (subject to roads and easements) • And Except the South 765 feet of the part East of the West 60 feet and except the South 522 feet of the West 60 feet of the following described tract: The South 15 acres of West 20 acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter (subject to roads and easements) in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota All persons who desire to speak on this issue are encouraged to attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard at this meeting. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the City of Falcon Heights at (651) 644-5050. Dated: April 6, 2004. • Heather Worthington, City Administrator/Clerk City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota i• • r~ N T ~'~ ~ ` . '' ,~ `. {r ~~ _. _..__ D ~. V ~~ Z r -i fi~ X S 3' V ~ :J 1 ~~ . O ~~: Cu~to~er ,Parking :_,.~::~:~ r. ,.: .. ._. ~~ ` ~-; Vendor `.~ -T_~ ,, --~- { ~ ,,, ~~ t .~ ~ ~` ''~:.. ~ ~ ~ 1` i - 1 . ~ l ` . / ~ ~ I, ~y ~~`L `\L'~~~ A ,Qti _ , l 1 ~ ._ L- 0~-- p ~~ ~-`e~~..fi p~Y1U.~P~ ,~~ ~t • CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA INTERIM USE PERMIT Permit. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the City of Falcon Heights ("City") hereby grants an Interim Use Permit ("IUP") to allow a Farmer's Market at Twin Cities Cooperative Federal Credit Union, 2025 W. Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights operated by the St. Paul Farmer's Market. 2. Subject Property. The IUP is for that certain real property located in Ramsey County, Minnesota, commonly referred to as 2025 W. Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, MN and legally described as follows: The South 765 feet of the parcel of land which consists of the West 20 • acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota; except the East 131 feet of the South 186 feet of said West 20 acres and except the West 60 feet of said East 15 acres (subject to roads and easements) And Except the South 765 feet of the part East of the West 60 feet and except the South 522 feet of the West 60 feet of the following described tract: The South 15 acres of West 20 acres of the East half of the Southwest Quarter and the East 15 acres of the West half of the Southwest Quarter (subject to roads and easements) in Section 16, Township 29, Range 23 of Ramsey County, Minnesota 3. Conditions. The IUP is granted subject to the following conditions: ^ Market may only be open to the public between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to Noon local time on Tuesdays. ^ Set-up will begin no earlier than 6:30 a.m., and the market must be taken down and all vendors must have vacated the Location no later than 1:30 p.m. local time. • There may not be any sales prior to 8:00 a.m. ^ There may not be more than 60 selling stalls. IUP - Fazmer's Mazket - 02/10/03 ^ The Farmer's Market may be held on the Property during the months of June through October. ^ The vendors may not occupy more than 75 parking places at the Location, for selling stalls and parking. ^ No fewer than 181 parking spaces must be available at the Location for customer parking. ^ Property owner must provide at least 160 parking spaces for its employees during the hours of the Farmer' Market, either at the Location or another location to be specified. ^ Vendors are responsible for leaving the area clean when they leave. ^ The Location and all adjoining land must be free of any trash or debris which results from the Market or is reasonably attributed to the Market. ^ Vendors will sell only what they grow or produce themselves. ^ Items for sale will be limited to fruit, vegetables, flowers and decorative plants, bedding plants, meat and dairy products, honey, baked goods, salsa, jams, preserves and similar products, all of which shall be subject to and must comply with applicable local, state and federal health and safety and food rules, regulations and laws, and the rules of the St. Paul Farmer's Market. ^ No sound amplification devices may be used during the Farmer's Market by the Market or by vendors. ^ The Property Owner's Director of Facilities will be the managing agent responsible for the conduct of the vendors in compliance with the • conditions of the Interim Use Permit. ^ Use of the Location must be pursuant to a written agreement between the owner of the Location and the St. Paul Farmer's Market ^ The owner of the Location must make the St. Paul Farmer's Market aware of this Permit and require the St. Paul Farmer's Market to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this Permit. ^ The owner of the Location shall be obligated to make sure that a policy or policies of insurance of the proper type, kind and amount are in place to cover any injuries or damages to individuals and property which may occur at, during or as a result of the operation of the Market at this Location. ^ Reasonable and appropriate measures must be taken to prevent unreasonable disturbance to adjacent properties, such as trash or debris finding its way onto the adjacent properties, and not being removed, or customers of the Market crossing over adjacent properties without permission of the owner. ^ The owner of the location shall take reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that the St. Paul Farmer's Market does not disturb adjacent property owners with excessive noise. • NP -Farmer's Market - 02/10/03 2 4. Termination of Permit. The Permit shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following events, whichever first occurs. a. One year from the date of granting this permit. b. Violation of any of the conditions set forth herein. c. A change in the zoning ordinance which no longer allows the use. 5. Recording. This permit may be recorded against the title to the subject property. Dated: .2003. CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS By: ATTEST: Heather Worthington, City Administrator/Clerk Landowner: Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor The terms and conditions of this Interim Use Permit are agreed to and accepted as of the date set forth below: Dated: .2003. n l__J By: Cindy Hartley Its IUP -Farmer's Mazket - 02/10/03 3 Planning Commission 4/27/04 r: ITEM: Proposed Ordinance Amending Chapter 9 of the City Code Concerning Vehicle Sales SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Jones, Planning and Zoning Coordinator REVIEWED BY: Heather Worthington, City Administrator EXPLANATION: Summary: During the last several years, Staff have received numerous communications from residents concerned about the parking of cars for sale on the public right of way, particularly along the two Snelling service drives. Typically, cars are parked bynon-residents and identified as being for sale by signage inside the car. The residents have raised the following concerns: Illegal business operation on a public right-of--way. Residents have observed the same individuals selling different cars on the frontage road, in effect, operating an unlicensed and illegal business on the public right-of--way. • Safety. The frontage roads are narrow and, in places, have poor visibility for drivers emerging from driveways or turning into and out of cross streets. Parked cars contribute to • the visibility problem, especially at night. Parked cars also encourage oncoming traffic to detour to the wrong side of the street, which has caused several near-accidents. While residents recognize that street parking is a convenience for themselves and their visitors, and while they are prepared to take necessary precautions for legitimate short term parking, they feel that cars left on the road only for the purpose of sale unnecessarily add to the existing safety hazards. • Neighborhood quality of life. Residents feel that the parked vehicles for sale are detrimental to the visual attractiveness and the quality of the neighborhood. They are concerned about the additional traffic congestion caused by "customers" gathering and parking near these vehicles and turning around in private driveways. At present the only means the City has to discourage these vehicle sale operations is the parking ordinance, which allows street parking up to 48 hours. Residents must call the police and ask to have the tires marked and then checked again two days later. If the car has been moved even a short distance in 48 hours, the clock starts again. Imposing additional parking restrictions on the frontage roads alone will merely move the problem elsewhere, as well as impose a different inconvenience on residents and visitors who need to park on the street for legitimate short-term purposes. Staff agrees with the residents that it is not in the best interests of the City, the residents or legal businesses in the City to allow these car sales to continue. At the same time, the City does not want to unduly restrict residents in selling their own personal vehicles on their own property. Other cities have successfully dealt with this problem by adopting ordinances that restrict the Planning Commission: Staff Report on Proposed Ordinance Concerning Vehicle Sales 4/27/04 parking of cars for sale city-wide. The proposed amendment to the Falcon Heights City Code is modeled after an ordinance used in the City of Lakeville, on the recommendation of the City • Attorney. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve this amendment to Chapter 9 of the City Code and forward the amendment to the City Council for its approval on May 5. ATTACHMENT: Copy of Public Hearing Notice Draft of the proposed ordinance ACTION REQUESTED: Public Hearing Discussion Recommend approval of Ordinance 04-01 to the City Council • • Planning Commission: Staff Report on Proposed Ordinance Concerning Vehicle Sales 4/27/04 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Falcon Heights Planning Commission will meet on April 27, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. at Falcon Heights City Hall, 2077 Larpenteur Avenue West, Falcon Heights, Minnesota 55113, to consider an amendment to the City's Zoning Ordinance. The amendment, if approved, would regulate and restrict the location of vehicles for sale. All persons who desire to speak on this issue are encouraged to attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard at this meeting. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the City of Falcon Heights at (651) 644-5050. • Dated: April 6, 2004. Heather M. Worthington, City Administrator/Clerk City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota • 111343.01 RNK:03/31/2004 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS • RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 04-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 OF THE FALCON HEIGHTS CITY CODE CONCERNING VEHICLE SALES THE CITY COUNCIL OF FALCON HEIGHTS ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 9 of the Falcon Heights City Code is amended by adding Section 9- 13.08 to provide: 9-13.08 Vehicle Sales. Subdivision 1. Residential District. Motor vehicles and recreational vehicles which are permitted within the respective residential district may be advertised for sale and sold provided the vehicle is owned by the resident where the vehicle is parked and the vehicle is currently licensed, operable, and parked entirely on a driveway. Vehicles that display a for sale sign shall not be parked or stored on public property or rights of way. At no time shall any commercial vehicle be parked within a residential district and • advertised for sale. Subdivision 2. Nonresidential District. Motor, commercial, and recreational vehicles shall not be displayed "for sale" or sold within nonresidential districts unless as part of an approved licensed sales dealership or for short term parking (12 hours or less) if the vehicle is owned by an employee of said business where the vehicle is parked with the consent of the business owner. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon is passage. ADOPTED this day of , 2004, by the City Council of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS BY: Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor ATTEST: Heather M. Worthington, City Administrator/Clerk • 111340 RNK:03/31/2004 Planning Commission 4/27/04 • Information Item ITEM: Regarding Bus Bench Advertising SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Jones, Planning and Zoning Coordinator REVIEWED BY: Heather Worthington, City Administrator EXPLANATION: Summary: A number of privately owned bus benches have been placed on public right of ways in Falcon Heights by U.S. Bench Corporation. These benches were placed in the right of way without permit, and they violate signage ordinances in the City Code. City Administrator Worthington has sent the attached letter to U.S. Bench Corporation requesting removal of this illegal signage. This is an information item. No Planning Commission action is required at this time. ATTACHMENT: • Copy of letter to U.S. Bench Corporation Copy of relevant portion of the signage ordinance Map of bus benches in Falcon Heights. ACTION REQUESTED: None • Planning Commission: Staff Report on Proposed Ordinance Concerning Vehicle Sales 4/27/04 least once annually Subdivision 18. Electric Sians All signs and displays using electric power shall have a cutoff switch on the outside of the premises and on the outside of the sign. All electrical work shall conform with the city code and be subject to city inspection. Subdivision 19. Construction Sians These si exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area andgshallebeot to allowed in all zoning districts during construction. Such signs shall be removed when the project is substantially. completed. Subdivision 20. Roof Sians Roof signs are prohibited in all districts. Subdivision 21. any indecent or Subdivision 22. prohibited. By be considered tc the owners. Offensive Sians No signs shall contain offensive picture or written matter. Advertising Sians Advertising signs are October 1, 1985, all advertising signs shall ~ be fully amortized and shall be removed by Subdivision 23. Multi-Faced Signs These signs shall not exceed two (2) times the allowed square footage of single- faced signs. • Subdivision 24. Lar a Si ns. Exc subsections of this sign section notsior more restrictive hundred (100) square feet in area shall beterectedeods one maintained: a. Which would prevent any traveler on any street from obtaining a clear view of approaching vehicles on the same street for a distance of five hundred (500) feet. b. Which would be closer than one thousand three hundred fifty (1,350) feet to a national, state, or local park, historic site, picnic or rest area, church or school. c. Which would be closer than one hundred (100) feet to residential structures. • 100 CiT~' OF • FALCC}N HEIGHTS 2077 U\~. LARPENTEUR AVENUE FALCON HEIGHTS, MN 55113-5594 PHONE (651) 644-5050 FAX (651) 644-8675 April 14, 2004 U.S. Bench Corporation 3300 Snelling Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55406 To Whom It May Concern: The City of Falcon Heights has conducted a survey of your benches in our jurisdiction. These benches have been placed in the right-of--way in violation of city ordinance (attached) prohibiting the use of advertising signs in the right-of--way. • Please make arrangements to remove the benches at locations which are served by an existing transit shelter, and remove all advertising on benches located at bus stops not served by a transit shelter (see attached map) no later than May 11, 2004. If you have questions regarding the city ordinance, or the enforcement of this ordinance, please contact me at 651/644-5050. Sincerely, `Heather Worthington ~%~ City Administrator C: Roger Knutson, City Attorney • HOME OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR ANG THE U OF M ST. PAUL CAMPUS r ~~>D ~ i aer cn r us:~ ~~ ..1 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER ~~ • N _~ L ''^~^ vJ ^ O O U L • U v m • m • 20 Planning April ?004 PROFLS3ION:~L PL11NiVF.R Barbara Lukermann, FAICP Barbara Lukermann could be called the Bar- bara Walters of Minnesota planning: She's tough. She's fair. She has a slight accent. And when folks are looking for someone to lead a hot-button discussion, they turn to her. A practicing planner and for 25 years pro- fessor at the Univer- sity of Minnesota, Lukermann is winner of the 2004 APA award for distin- guishedleadership by a professional planner. The award caps a broad-ranging career that includes teach- ing, research, and con- sulting. The British-born geographer has taught hundreds of planning students at the University of Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, where she headed the land-use concentra- tion. She has influenced state and regional policy by her work in groups such as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, the Governor's Round Table on Sustainable De- velopment, and the Metropolitan Waste Con- trol Commission, which she chaired in the late 1970s. "I became committed to sewers," she says with a wry laugh. Bridging many worlds She has studied homelessness, exclusionary zoning, affordable housing, commercial cor- ridors, cluster development, nonprofits, and government spending. And she has helped guide 30 years of metropolitan growth from the first comprehensive plans in the 1960s for dozens of first-ring Twin Cities suburbs to last year's strategic growth study for exurban Lakeville. The first chair ofAICP in 1978-79> she was named a Fellow ofAICP in 2001. Lukermann's expertise has taken her to post-Mao China and post-Communist Ro- mania and Poland to do what she does best: help others understand the way cities and t• ~` ~~ ;? ~.~;., " , regions change and grow. "I've always been a bridge between the world of planning and the academic world," she says. Lukermann, 74, retired three years ago from teaching. She is now a fellow emeritus at the University's Center for Urban and Re- gional Affairs, which receives state money to engage students and faculty in ap- plied research. She is research- ing the last 50 years oftranspor- tation decisions in the metro azea with center di- rector Tom Scott. "It's really been a rewarding career," she says with the lilt of her native York- shireinhervoice. "This is why I don't know how to retire." Lukermann's enthusiasm about land-use planning has en- gagedboth srudents and citizens. Bob Erickson, city manager of Lakeville, says he has brought Lukermann in three times to facilitate strategic planning for the fast- growing southern exurb. Since 1998 the city has grown from 38,000 to 48,000. Something happens "when this English lady is presenting current trends," he says. "Her effervescent enthusiasm makes it enjoyable." Erickson credits the 29 detailed recom- mendations in her 1998 study with helping Lakeville phase in new housing, jump to fourth in the metro area in permit valuation (after the big three of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Rochester), and "keep ahead of rapid growth." Although the Lakeville studies aze consult- ing jobs, they are just the sort of case studies Lukermann used to hone her students' skills. Real projects "She secured real projects, that she hired stu- dents to work on, or made the subject of a class," says Barbara Sporlein, a former Lukermann student who became Minneapo- lis planning director in January. As a planning student, Sporleinand amulti-disciplinary team assessed housing needs for the first-ring sub- urb of Brooklyn Pazk. "Not onlywas it great planning experience, we also got some practice in how to package a plan and present it to a city council," Sporlein says. Plus, says Sporlein, "with those experiences and Lukermann's name behind it, I got the plan- ningjob Iwanted in St. Paul right out of school." Lukermann says that seeing her students find distinguished posts with cities, congress- men, or government agencies such as the Federal Highway Administration "is a real pleasure." Curt Johnson, a writer for the CitiStates Group who formerly headed the Metropoli- tan Council, the Twin Cities regional govern- ment, says Lukermann tackled tough issues such as who pays for waste water treatment. "She stepped right into the middle of that weighty and politically radioactive issue, ran some serious numbers, and came to some conclusions. It was a courageous thing to do," Johnson says. Working on public issues seems to be Lukermann's lifeblood. Three Minnesota gov- ernors have appointed her to leadership posts. She especially prizes her chairmanship of the ` Depaztment of Natural Resources steering committee for a metropolitan "greenprint." The greenprint served as a base for the Met Council's more detailed natural resource in- ventory. Now, she says, if only communities were still required to plan, they could, as they develop, work azound these natural resources. Linda Mack Mack is the architecture and urban design columnist for the Star-Tribune in the Twin Cities. E(.LC~rF u Orric(nL Gov. Ruth Ann Minner "We need to pursue a strategy that will keep sprawl in check, reduce traffic congestion, strengthen our towns and cities, and protect our huge investment in roads, schools, and other infrastructure." Spoken like a planner, these are the words of Gov. Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware in her first State of the State address three yeazs ago. Minner called the strategy "Livable Delaware," and she set out to make good on its promise. In recognition of her leadership, Minner receives the 2004 APA award for an elected official for a significant contribution to plan- ~i~~##1~~`: `'frig for pe~pie w#~ ~ ~ #~ip hY geeing ir~i~d with their a.jr. If ~ :.. ~8 ors of ter live a v~kd driver's lioenae Live or in ~ near t y of Fon ... ~ ftot~c~youi ~~~1 ,,..~: ~ ''• ~f ~ like ~ know rnn-re, corns to y~r ~7 i P~1 "~- t,_~op the ati~rn any ~'t~.ing f ~' PPS ~9 # during rwr :mining, a~+e #~d ~~~t~hir he ~t.Y Nall at 2tl~"7 ~~~nteur. 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The award caps a broad-ranging career that includes teach- ing, research, and con- sulting. The British-born geographer has taught hundreds of planning students at the University of Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, where she headed the land-use concentra- tion. She has influenced state and regional policy by her work in groups such as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, the Governor's Round Table on Sustainable De- velopment, and the Metropolitan Waste Con- trol Commission, which she chaired in the late 1970s. "I became committed to sewers>" she says with a wry laugh. Bridging mane worlds She has studied homelessness, exclusionary zoning, affordable housing, commercial cor- ridors, clusrer development, nonprofits, and government spending. And she has helped guide 30 years of metropolitan growth ftom the first comprehensive plans in the 1960s for dozens of first-ring Twin Cities suburbs to last years strategic growth study for exurban Lakeville. The first chair ofAICP in 1978-79> she was named a Fellow ofAICP in 2001. Lukermann's expertise has taken her to post-Nlao China and- post-Communist Ro- mania and Poland to do what she does best: help others understand the way cities and regions change and grow. "I've always been a bridge between the world of planning and the academic world," she says. Lukermann, 74, retired three years ago from teaching. She is now a fellow emeritus at the University's Center for Urban and Re- gional Affairs, which receives state money to engage students and faculty in ap- plied research. She is research- ing the last 50 years oftranspor- tation decisions in the metro area with center di- rector Tom Scott. "It's really been a rewarding career," she says with the lilt of her native York- shire in hervoice. "This is why I don't know how to retire." Lukermann's enthusiasm about land-use planning has en- gaged both students and citizens. Bob Erickson, city manager of Lakeville, says he has brought Lukermann in three times to facilitate strategic planning for the fast- growing southern exurb. Since 1998 the city has grown from 38,000 to 48,000. Something happens "when this English lady is presenting current trends," he says. "Her effervescent enthusiasm makes it enjoyable." Erickson credits the 29 detailed recom- mendations in her 1998 study with helping Lakeville phase in new housing, j ump to fourth in the metro area in permit valuation (after the big three of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Rachester), and "keep ahead ofrapid growth." Although the Lakeville studies are consult- ing jobs, they are just the sort of case studies Lukermann used to hone her students' skills. Deal lu•oject "She secured real projects, that she hired stu- dents to work on, or made the subject of a class," says Barbara Sporlein, a former Lukermann student who became Minneapo- lis planning director in January. As a planning student, Sporleinand amulti-disciplinary team assessed housing needs for the first-ring sub- urb of Brooklyn Park. "Not only was it great planning experience, we also got some practice in how to package a plan and present it to a city council," Sporlein says. Plus, says Sporlein, "with those experiences and Lukermann's name behind it, I got the plan- ningjob Iwanted in St. Paul right out of school." Lukermann says that seeing her students find distinguished posts with cities, congress- men, or government agencies such as the Federal Highway Administration "is a real pleasure." Curt Johnson, a writer for the CitiStates Group who formerly headed the Metropoli- tan Council, the Twin Cities regional govern- ment, says Lukermann tackled tough issues such as who pays for waste water treatment. "She stepped right into the middle of that weighty and politically radioactive issue, ran some serious numbers, and came to some conclusions. It was a courageous thing to do," Johnson says. Working on public issues seems to be Lukermann's lifeblood. Three Minnesota gov- ernors have appointed her to leadership posts. She especially prizes her chairmanship of the Department of Natural Resources steering committee for a metropolitan "greenprint." The greenprint served as a base for the Met Council's more detailed natural resource in- ventory. Now, she says, if only communities were still required to plan, they could, as they develop, work around these natural resources. Linda Mack Mack is the architecture and urban design columnist for the Star-Tribune in the Twin Cities. 1'vi~El"PI;D C)FI~NIIAL Gov. Ruth Aiui 1llinner "We need to pursue a strategy that will keep sprawl in check, reduce traffic congestion, strengthen our towns and cities, and protect our huge investment in roads, schools, and other infrastructure." Spoken like a planner, these are the words of Gov. Ruth Ann Minner of Delaware in her first State of the State address three years ago. Minner called the strategy "Livable Delaware," and she set out to make good on its promise. In recognition of her leadership, Minner receives the 2004 APA award for an elected official for a significant contribution to plan-