HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 05-23-1979Planning Commission
City of Plymouth
May 23 1979
A sturdy meeting of the Plymouth Planning Commis3ion was called to order by
Chairman Davenport at 7:05 p.m in the City Couo it Chambers, 3400 Plymouth
Blvd., Plymouth, Minnesota,
MEMBERS PRESENT. Chairman Davenport, Commissioners Barron, Schneider
Threinen, Vasiliou, Wire and Eagleton
MEMBERS ABSENT; none
STAFF PRESENT. Blair Tremere, Bill Pearson and Mary Ray
Amended Honeywell Landscape Plan (A-151)
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Review Revised Sunrise Bad Estates Landscape Plan (A-186)
Review and Examination of Walking and Driving Neighborhood Designations
Cam sive,,Plan Update),
Mr. Pearson, from. the Planning Staff, introduced the subject and stated that
during the last part of March, 1979, the City Council' reaffirmed or endorsed
the Land Use Guide Plan iCo ient, that the Planning Commission. recommended for
adoption the last of December, 1978, He informed the Planning Commission
that a draft of the Land Use Guide Map and Component was forwarded to the
Metropolitan Council staff regarding their "informal" preliminary review,
within 30 days. In the interim staff and consultants are continuing to work
on the other comprehensive plan components. He noted,that this brings us to
the two items staff has brought to the Planning Commission's attention this
evening,.
Mr. Pearson then reviewed the existing Walking :and Driving Neighborhood system.
He pointed out a concern staff had regarding determining Park and Recreation
standards for so called "partial walking nei ghborh000s ". Staff asked how
park: needs for partial walking neighborhoods #48, #49, A, #3 and #2 would
or should be met? Mr. Pearson noted: trail linkage should not be a problem
regarding Walking Neighborhoods
Commissioner Threinen acknowledged staff's concern and after some discussion
he suggested that actually the partial neighborhoods should remain as partial
neighborhoods since the larger remainder of each partial walking neighborhood
lies in an adjacent community. IL was the consensus of khe Commission that
the partial walking neighborhoods should` be left as is.
Mr. Pearson asked the Commission whether there should be a Southwest Driving
Neighborhood? The Commission noted that perhaps the Luce Line Trail was
not a definitive divider between neighborhoods in this area of the City.
The consensus of the Commission was that the Southwest Driving, Neighborhood
should be integrated into the Kreatz Lake Driving neighborhood,
Mr. Pearson pointed out a concern that Walking Ne -1 *borhood #28 be realigned
to include the Buhler-Miag and Carlson Company sites, in Via southeast
corner of balking Neighborhood #28. Commissioner Threinen noted this was
appropriate, since the City had already rezoned and reguided that portion of
the City industrial. It was the consensus of the Planning Commission that
the Buhler Mi ag and Carlson Company sites be included -in Walking Neighborhood
28.
Finally, staff asked the Commission whether,Bassett••Creek Driving Neighborhood
should be designated as a Driving Neighborhood,. It was the consensus of
the Commission that the Bassett Creek Driving Neighborhood remain as is.
MOTION by Commissioner Schneider, seconded by Commissioner Barron to make the
following recommendation;
1, The "partial walking neighborhoods" in the City should retain
their present configuration.
2, The Southwest Driving Ne* ghborhood should be integrated
into the Kreatz Lame Driving Neighborhood.
3, The Buhler-Miag site and the Carlson Company site to the south
of :BuhlerMiag should be included in ~Talking Neighborhood #28,
4 Bassett Creek Driving Neighborhood shallremain as is with
no adjustments to its boundaries.
MOTION CUR B0 7-0-0 All in favor
Review of the Parks and Recreation Standards Recommended by the Park and
Recrea# ion Advisory Commission <197$
Staff presented the background to the Parks and Recreation Standards that had
been recommended by PRAC in 1978. It was noted that standards for "typical"
Turk sizes are needed for the completion of the Parks heeds Statement portion
of the Park System Plan. It was stressed that it became apparent that a.
range" of standards, was a more appropriate approach to take, rather than a
singles' standard fir each type of park, this avoided the situation of
having to lock into a specific number of acres, for example, for a neighborhood
park. A range of standards allows for the ,;i;,-nber of factvs that may come to
bear on the proposed size of a neighborhood park (e.g. -the amount of land
available in an older, built neighborhood and the availability of funds, if
the land must be purchased out right)._
Staff then reviewed the range of park standards as lasted in the staff
memorandum. it was also noted that Jon Born, the Director of Parks and
Recreation and PRAC had reviewed the proposed r4rge of standards. Staff
also noted that the City presently has 190 acres of park and approximately
10.5 miles of trail already in place~
The Commission discussed the proposed' range of standards: and made the
following motion.-
MOTION
otion,
MOTION by Commissioner Barron, seconded by Commissioner 'Threinen to make:
the: following range of standards be recocimended as a guide for the Parks
Component of the Uxti kt ehensi ve Plan and for Parks planning
1. That the consultant's (Barton-Aschman Associates) recommendation
be supported for adoption and
L That a range of standards be adopted identifying
a.. Total urban ;park/recreation space of 6.25; to 10.50 acres
per 1000 population, and
b. The range of standards for specific park purposes proposed
by staff be -1 commended for adoption for planning purposes
MOTION CARRIED 6-0-0 Commissioner Wire
left prior to vote
MOTION by Commissioner Barron, seconded by ;Iommissioner Eagleton to adjourn
the meeting at 9135 p.m.,