PCSR AGENDA 6-14-2005
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Elk River Planning Commission
Workshop Meeting
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 6:30 p.m.
Elk River City Hall - Upper Town Conference Room
1. Call to Order
2. 175th Avenue Land Use Discussion
. Review Concept Plans
3. Discuss Maxsun Furniture Building Materials
4. Turner Concept Plan
5. Discuss 2005-2008 Goals & Objectives
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Other Business
. Summer schedule of topics
. Discuss Zone Change Request ZC 05-01, Parcel # 6 and #8 Tabled from the
May Regular Meeting .
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Adjourn
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
Michele McPherson, Director of Planning
DATE:
June 14, 2005
SUBJECT:
Agenda Memo
2. I 75th Avenue Land Use Discussion
Attached please find a series of concept land use plans for the 175th Avenue neighborhood.
The residents will be in attendance to discuss these land use plans and their suggestions and
changes will be incorporated into revised plans for consideration at the July workshop
meeting.
3. Discuss Maxsun Furniture Buildina: Materials
Maxsun Furniture was approved by the Planning Commission on February 23, 2005. As
part of that approval, the building materials were proposed to be comprised of concrete tip-
up panels with a combination of a ribbed and stamped finish.
I have since been contacted by the builder regarding the panel finish. He has been informed
by FabCon that combining the ribbed ftnished with a stamped ftnish, which is hand-done,
cannot guarantee a high quality finish. They will be asking the Commission to consider a
raked or smooth finish exposed aggregate panel combined with the stamped portion of the
panel. They will be in attendance with product samples for the Commission's consideration
and approval.
4. Turner Concept Plan
Meridian Development has a purchase agreement for the 40-acre Turner site located west of
Cleveland Street and southeast of the Miske (River Park) parcel. An aerial photo of the
property is noted below.
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The 40 acres has been fanned, therefore there is litde natural vegetation on the site. A large
utility corridor traverses the site and there are a number of wedands on the property. A
concept plan has been developed for the site and the applicant will be available to discuss
this issue with the Commission.
5. Discuss 2005 .;.. 2008 Goals and Objectives
Attached please find the revised 2005 - 2008 Goals and Objectives. I received comments
back from Commissioners Scott, Offerman, and Westgaard, and written comments from
Commissioner Ropp. Staff looks forward to discussing these goals and objectives with the
Commission and identifying specific projects the Commission would like to work on.
6. Other Business
6a. - Summer Schedule of Topics
Attached please find a tentative summer schedule. We are working on neighborhood
concepts for 175th Avenue, East County Road 40, and the Cargill Industrial area. The
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summer schedule identifies when the Planning Commission can anticipate reviewing
these concepts and meeting with affected property owners. In addition, we have
identified other projects that may be included in the workshop agendas.
6b. - Discuss Zone Change Request ZC 05-01. Parcel # 6 and #8 Tabled from the May
Regular Meeting
Parcel 6 is located adjacent to Bonine Excavating on Meadowvale Road and is comprised
of two parcels.
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The parcels include a single family home of the American Four Square archetype and
two multi-tenant residential buildings. The property is zoned multi-family. It has been
selected to be rezoned to Light Industrial, as it has been guided Light Industrial in the
Comprehensive Plan. The two parcels total 5.4 acres, but a large portion is wetland.
There are townhomes to the east of the two parcels.
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Parcel 8 is that parcel located south of 193rd Avenue, north of Elk Lake Road (County
Road 1) and between Upland and Proctor Avenues. The intersection of Upland Avenue
and County Road 1 is not signalized and has a stop condition for the side street.
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The property contains a large wetland complex in the middle. The NRI notes both areas
of Oak woodland-brushland and Altered/ non-native deciduous woodland on the parcel
adjacent to Proctor Avenue. The Comprehensive Plan has this area guided for High
Density Residential. It is currendy zoned both Community Commercial near Upland,
and Single Family Residential near Proctor. There is significant space on the east side
for residential development, and given the site constraints of the wedand for the westerly
parcel, it may be appropriate for some type of multi-family housing to be located on this
site versus commercial.
The Planning Commission is asked to provide direction regarding the proposed zone
change for these parcels.
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