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PROCBSDINCS OF TAB PLANNIN6 COMAtIS6I0G
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
ftAM5°Y CtlUNT:, MINNSSOTA
Reguler Meeting
Gatuber 3, 1979
Mounde Vlew City Hall
2401 Hwy, l0, Mour.de View MN 55112
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Tha Moundo View Planning Commiaelon wae CALL TO OR~BR
callad Co ordar a~ 7:00 PM~ October 3, 1979,
by Chairpereon Haake.
Membere Preaent: Chairpareoa Heaka,
Commiseioa Membere Blanchar.d, Burmeieter,
Fedor, Freemore, Glaeer, Mountin.
4(ambare Abeent: Gochel, Quan (excused)
Aleo Preeent: Councilmembax Furelund,
Building 6 Zoning Official Roee.
Chairpereon Haeka cJ.oeed the Regular Meating
and opewed the. Public Hearing.
1. ROLL CALL OF
C(1MMISSIONSR9
Thie uno[ticiz~ Public liesring, requeated
by Sahara Invaetment Co., was held Sa order
ChaC citizens might exprees their concerns
regarding the propoeed developmeat of an
~ offica building/bank facility at Red Oak
and Highway 10.
at[eched ie; a lf.st of concerned citizena,
a letter from David Coffey, and a traffic etudy
submitted by Sahara Invastment ~o. and a memo~from
Midwest Planning whieh smmnarizes the report.
Chairpereon Nsake clorad the Public Kearing
and reopened the Regular Menting at B:00 PM.
2. PUBLIC aiBARINf3--SAHARA
INVSSTMBNT OOMPANY
PAOPOSHD OFFIC$/BANK
BUILDING
RepreaeaCing Sehara Investment Company G. SAHARA INV6STMBNT Cf1.
wara: Stevo Winnick, Attorney, Duane Sorenson~ 2711,21,3i`,41 HHY. 30
Preeident of Firet State Sank of Nev Brighton~ DBV6LOPMBNT PROPOSAL
Mike Wood, V.P. of Urban 9cope~ and Jack (CASB 36-79)
Andflreon oE Jaek Andareon Assoc. Also praeenC ~~
was Jim ChrieCeasan o£ Midwest Planning.
Fadox mada tha mohio¢, eeconded Sy Burmeister
to temove 6ahara Investm4nt Co. developmant
propueal from the table.
7 ayae
O pByB
??ejar coACeroe aere:
~ 1) Traffic congesCion at Hwy. 10 and Red Oek
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Dr1va. Poaeible eoluCions ~ffered ware:
e right turn lane for the north e1d~ of
Che intareection; aad lengthaning tfie
' CraPfic signal for Red Oak traf.f.ic.
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2) Pooaible "shorC cut" to tlie shopping
cene~x via lfillv#.ew, Poeelble eoluhiona
~ offarad vera a No Right Turn uign ac tha
~ baok ex~t on Rad Oak Drive; and a Stop
~ elgn For trefElc control on 0111view,
3) Dieturbence of wi.ldli£e in tha area.
tteguler Meeting
Octobar 3, 1979
Hsake mede the moCion, eeconded by Blanchard,
Co recommend ro Couacil hhe appzoval of the
plan of tha Firet Seate Bank officc bullding
a! ehe curner af Red Oak Urive end Highway 10.
Ylanning Commiseion hae raviawed tha tra£fic
pzoblum and woald su6mit to Council a euggaetion
of a righ[ cur.n lane eouCU on Red Oak for Gra£fic
eatering the northbound lane of Hwy. 10. Also~
if thara ie exceseive traffic ~on Aillviuw, a
suggeetion ie. a No Right Turn e~gn at the
bank'e axiII on B.ed Oak Drive.
6 ayas
1 nay
(Nay votee Gl.azor„ becauea he falt: 1) Planning
Commisetoq recantly voted to designate thie
property se Residentie2 on ehe Comp. Ylan, end
chanaing thie back to Commarcinl promoCes etrip
toning, 2) he ia uncomPortaule aitL the trnffic
~ eituation and feels approval ehould be withheld
uptil after more diecuselon has' taken place in
thia regerd, 3) epproval of this drive-in
facility ia inconeietent with the previoue
action Co reeommeqd danial of a drive-in
rastaurant for the same location.)
Glazer made the amendmenC to the mot'_on,
seconded by Fedor, that thie recommendaCion
for approvul ie cuntingent on a satiefectory
soLutlon to the potontial impact of eastbound
tratfic on HillviaW.
2 ayes
(Nay votea: Frecmore, f4ountin, 5 nays
Blenchard, Burmeister, $aake)
Haake mada the amandment to the moCion,
seconded by Freemore, [o remove everything
followiag the Eirat eentenze of the motion,
7 ayea
0 naye
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Pla¢ning Commisoioa roqueetad Sahar~ Invesewent
Compeny to furniah traffic data pro~actions
~~ ~ for Hillview by the nex[ Council meetiag. '
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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNINC C04(MI54ItlN Regulax Meeting
Pnge 3 OctoUar 3~ 19T9
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Planning ~ommieelon accapted hhu 9/10/79 3. APPF.OVAL OF 9/10/79
minutee es aubmiCted, MINUTBS
~~ Haake made Che moCion, eeconded by Blanchnrd~
. to raviee Ct~a 11/29/78 and 5/9/79 minutae to
raad ae followe~
11/29!7A third paragraph, pege 6t
"Mr. McCarty etated that, if the CS[y
epproved nev multiple dwelling etrucEuree,
it ehould be eura Co roquira garages~
adequate ?ai•king, ecr¢uning and plantinge
per the codee~ to nneure a lasting devolop-
ment which can be proparly mnint¢ined."
5/9/79 after the lant eentance of ~4:
"AC pxese~C, the Gity doea havo Rasolution
D892 to deal with tliese problem aroas.
Furthar, the Council ia presently reviawing
0692 for u~date and clarification."
Thaea ravisione will be attachad to the original
~mSnutes ae addendums. Tl~a minutee, inclilding '
these addendume, ehall ba submitted to us at
our next moeting by Staff, at which time wa
will approva or deny Che changee.
5 ayes
0 nays
~(Abate¢tioae: because of abeence 2 abstentions,
at the time of ineetinge in quaetio¢)
Cn+!nailm9mhnr Forelund advisad oY poesible POA
action to etop building in communitiea uoing
P1g'e Eyo bacauae of pollution violatione.
Roe~ stated he and t~~e City Adminietretor hsd
aCtandad maorSnge in'ehie regard ~and 'that~,a
dacision will be made Oct. 23, PCA will probably
approve reyueets bafore them now and t~irough
year-end, with the etop coming after that forr
approxlmately nine months..
Rose advised tlia next Planning Commiesion
meeCing would probably'be the 4bh [Jednasday
of OcCOber.
5. NSST A6BNDA/PRBVIOU6
COUNQIL ACTIONS
Rose was a~sked about the status~of Hwy. 10 ~
relocationa. He sl•ated tliat neighborhood
meetinae are Csking place in Mounds View by t•inDOT.
Freemore mada Che motion, seconded by Blanchard,
Co ad~ourn Cha meeting nt 9:45 PM.
Raspactfullp aubmiE[ad,
~ ' ~ St¢ven A. Roeo
Building & Zoning Officinl
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Moundnriew Plenning Oomm•laeion
City of Dloundnview
Reaeey ~ounty
2401 Aighsray 10
t~toundeviewr t4innesata 55112
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The lettar deE¢311ng ths pioposed development at U.3. Highway 10 ond F?ed
, Oak wae raoeived and reviewad with RPpreciation in you conoern for my
paraonal opinian i.n thia delioate matter. E~ren though thia hearing is of '
great importande to tha aommunity and to aty neighborhoad~ I N111 be unable
to attend due to prior ur5ant 5ueineae committrante. Howevert it ia im-
I~ perative tnRt I use thie mediwn to ex~rese ny^ diaePnointmen4 xith the ~
eadatin~• yroposed develop~ent.
r(y firet ob~eotion to the propoesd develonmant is the type of tnilding,
I ob,jeat to e two (2~ atory building With 20~000 equare i'oet becaun~ it
oen eanily he aonvortsd to a ten (10) or. more unit apartment bnildin~.
One mi~•ht eay that it would neVex he.pnan ctnd that it ie being designed
initially for an offive faotlity or aoms other nroPesaional funotion.
However~ we only have to look at the nonstant changes in t•'oundaview 3quare
marahsnte nnd ttte mcltii;u3e of abandon or aonverted bueinensea on Highwa;/
t0 to pro~ent whnt a landlord mi~ht do to eelve3e a lxrg!r inVaetnent. If
the etruoture proro:~ed Were a ons story build.ing srit•h 1to aele purpose
thet of a mediaal clinic or docter and dental officeer I would withdraw
my ob~eQti~~n nnd nupgort tho development. " ,
In ndd3l.Sou t~ ths two (2) etury 0u71ding~ I ob.jact to the detHahed be.nk
Saoility. I have no nbiPntinn to thE Firnt itnte Hank of 4taw Hrighton
but I do to kheir ;~a~ting u er_telli.t~ faoflit~ i:: uith the propoeod ( .
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~evel~pinent. Fey ob3uotlor. ic Uar.cd. on' th= pr.=n!impt±nn tkte.t it •,till
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be or hnvo n,drive-in oonvonidnoe toller operatlon. Thoee oonvenianoes
nre niae buS not emhedded in a x•aeidenLinl area whera the ir.arsaeod traffio
would qleoe e strain on the already dalioate trcfl'ia eitunt!on. On Varioue
deys of tha waek end manth~ n drive-in faai:lEy oould add another t~o (200)
hundred veh~alea in a omnll oongosted are.s during oartain houra thnt
might not otheruion be preeer,t.
The queetion of traffia leade me to a Chixd ob~oation. The interseatioa af ,
~ighway 10 end 811vor I,ake Road~Red Oak Drive is u vary busy intero3atian.
Y,7W WORld He pftrposely c.pprove ery develupa~nt thuE MnuZ{1 dr.netdoally in-
oreaao traffio during penk hourel This zntersecticn everagea br+bdaen
eighbaen (1B) nnd nineteen (19) reported uanidente per year, One (1) out !
oF every threa (3) aooidenta reaulta in ono (1) or oore ruported parsonnl
in,~uriex. Even though tho L4~paatment nf Tranaportation hae etated to me ~
thst this intornsetion is below nvereiga for the diatriat~ (E[V- 1.Q acaidente
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\i psr million vahialeo~Dietriat- 1.9 soaidante psr c~illion vehiolee), I don~t ~
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If I aannot aonvinna nnyane thet tiutClcg n large niamher of a9ditional
whiolos in a nmall ooneeated aren ie potentisll;/ dan~,reroup to traffio '
contml, le*, n~e go ong step furthor. Since the r~sin nntry~exit ie on Red ,~,
Oa;c Drive~ a vehiale hne two U7Z30R0 of direotion to reach Yighwey 10. Thare ~
is n taird option for W88EbOLL!lf~ LTA`I018PA vig a emu:ller driveus~y onto High- ~
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wKy 10, but ~+a know that an intelliQunt drivar irou].d not ohoo~+o ttiis exit ~
es~renially du^in3 th~ :voh hour. Thie lenves anly the 5ed Oak exit. A I
driver ooulde::it nnto Red ~nk ~outhhound for th~ lon~ signnl w~it•. or he t
aqnld exit north to Hillvicw, Onne th= driver re~ir.hae IiillvieN ho hea vaided ' . ~
himAel£ of inelor con~eetion and only has tu tnvel ~ee~t oae (t) bloc'.< for ~
ess~ aeaens to Hiat«r:~y 1Q. 1'ha ea^.tbound treveler n^ed on1,v tn tftIC9 Hill- i
Vl^W eapt for To~ir ~~~ V~.OC~:A E!ij AClUt~l t!JO (2) bincks ti9 L'V'JiCl CO[leTA9t~OTl• .
Tho ~oint of this dir~~ctionvi dieeortstion i.n that the parnon usin~ Cha ~
drlva-lrt oortv~~ninna~ fu:.n ^cucea:~fully er.i*.•sd the'cocpl~x~ avoidad trulf'ic ~.
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r.nnsestton rind turnFd I[il!.v;~~.r Tnnd inta Ci A9T'YSCA road Tor the ~ronoaod K ~ ~,
co~pl~x. 3udd?nly~ q mildly LrKVnlyd rasl3an:i~1 straat in tranotbrmed '
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into a ma,jor moCorizari oanvey.snae e.nd~or a drx?atrip, ito longer ~/ill thu
atreet be as ne~Ce for woaen and ahildrAn to tn:c~ trelke~ L1oy~lep ~jo~ or
orose Ea via~t a nelghbor. Thie inoreaead tz~,ffio w~u1d demand m~~re
r.ttentian by Eha looul PtoundevleN Poitoe, require e3dltionel stroat main-
tansnoa~ poexible total strset renovetion in a shnrter geriod of time whil¢
inareanin~ our ta.ees for additionnl eerviaes and lo:ierin~ our Proparty
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Aa s uon.casnad n7.td~en of tha oommunity~ I£eel thet I have oompletely ~
~asori6a~l my m:far ot~ection Lo Lhe prop~~ed develogmenb: i aould go ,:
iuto more datnil on the ob~ections I have m=nt?'o~zed 6ut it would only ~
' mske Ehie 2otcer lon~er and he.zdar for the x~ender to hold your aoaplete
attenCion. To uwnnurize~ if the planninq aocim3ssion devalope s t+ell
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landeoaf~ed, ona atory atruoture~ deaignsd for var3oue Qembeae o£ ~he
aedioal nrofeeyion~ with a olient~lo aho:ia pet:~nage Nill be eveniy ~
~ die2Ft6utud.ovar tha Wholo day, I will bo in full agraement ~+ith and
eupport,the daveia1~ment. 'dith tfie exibtliiy~:ac:: ;crt4.3ning ta tha. "~
pronosed deVelopm3nt~ T oan unl,y ob3e t to and ttot ertQport.
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