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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 02-15 PCP PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR SESSION February 15, 1979 1 . Call to Order: 8:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes: January 25, 1979 4. Chairman's Explanation: The Planning Cor�,,lission is an advisory body. One of the Commission's functions is to hold public hearings. In the matters concerned in these hearings, the Commission makes recommendations to the City Council . The City Council makes all final decisions on these matters. 5. • Korsunsky-Krank-Erickson,Architects 79004 Preliminary Plat approval for the property located at 5920 Brooklyn Boulevard (the site for the First i Brookdale State Bank remote banking facility) 6. Hodne/Stageberg Architects 79005 Site and Building Plan approval for the Hennepin County regional library, license center, social 9 services office and county court and administrative offices located on the west side of Shingle Creek Par!-.,:ay, +h .,f ±he c_hinClA Creek Tnwerc highrise apartment building. 7. Arvid Elness Architects, Inc. for Dale Tile 79006 Site and Building Plan approval for a Dale Tile warehouse, showroom and office on Lakebreeze Avenue westerly of the present Dale Tile site. 8. Discussion Items: a) Draft Ordinance Amendment Regarding Directional Signs 9. Other Business 10. Adjournment i . Planning Commission Information Sheet ' Application No. 79004 Applicant: Robert Sheehy for Korsunsky-Krank-Erickson Architects, Inc. Location: 5920 Brooklyn Boulevard Request: Preliminary Plat Approval On July 10, 1978, the City Council approved Application No. 78037 consisting of site and building plan for a remote banking facility for the First Brookdale Bank to be located on 59th Avenue North and Brooklyn Boulevard. One of the conditions of that approval was that the property be replatted by formal plat or registered land survey into a single tract or lot prior to occupancy.of the building. This application is in response to that condition. The applicant has submitted a proposed plat combining Lots 1 through 6, Block 5, Hipp's 3rd Addition into a single parcel to be known as Lot 1 , Block 1 , First Brookdale Bank Addition. Presently there is a drainage and utility easement running north and south through the center of this parcel . The City is now in the process of formally vacating that easement. The Engineering Depart- ment is reviewing the plat and will be prepared to comment further. We will also be prepared to review, as a matter of information, various revisions that have been made to the site, building and landscaping plans that are in keeping with the original approval of Application No. 78037. Notice of a public hearing has been published. Approval of the application would be subject to the following conditions: 1 . The final plat is subject M review by the City Engineer. 2. The final plat is subject to the requirements of Chapter 15 of the City Ordinances. 2-15-79 tI7\ �Yd 4��tt1 NINE MOM PWANGSTAD 'I PARX va ►ii i=u�S / � �NINE ERNE m MEN MOOM ON MOOM NOW MEMN ONSM ME mom C:M.0 NS CCI C: � ME I TO, MEN oil RUN .mKi WK COUN'�y Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 79005 Applicant: Hodne/Stageberg Architects Location: West side of Shingle Creek Parkway, south of the Shingle Creek Towers Highrise Apartment Building Request: Site and Building Plan Approval The applicant is seeking site and building plan approval for the Hennepin County Regional Library, License Center, Social Services Office and County Court and Administrative Offices. The site is an approximate 10 acre site located westerly of Shingle Creek Parkway, south of the Shingle Creek Towers Highrise Apartment Building. It is bounded on the west by City park property and on the south by a large tract of land zoned R7. Access to the site on the north is provided through a common driveway with the Shingle Creek Towers Apartment complex at Summit Drive, while access on the south is through a common driveway at John Martin Drive. Appropriate driveway and pedestrian easements have been obtained. As a part of the easement agreement for the south drive, the County has agreed to maintain a small triangular piece of property which is not part of the County property located northeasterly of the south driveway and this area will be landscaped as part of the entire site. The building is approximately 54,500 sq. ft. , and the ordinance required parking has been provided. The layout of the building provides an access to the library area, the license and the social services office through a common entrance. The County Court and Administrative Offices, although part of the same building, has a separate entrance area and does not provide public access through the building to the other areas. The exterior of the building is a 4" by 8" glazed tile, bu`Ff in co i or, with a contrasting i i" by 10" yellow gl aZeu tile band that ,exten—s- around the building at window height. A different colored the is proposed for use on the court's area entrance. The architect will present colored renderings and materials to better illustrate the exterior decor. Walkways and pedestrian access to, and within the library site, are contemplated. A walkway is proposed along both the north and south driveway areas to provide pedestrian access to the main entry area. This walkway area would also tie into the Central Park proposed walkway system between the parking lot and the regional library facility. In addition, a bikeway/walkway along the north property line would tie Central Park into the sidewalk system proposed for Summit Drive which would link up with a pedestrian bridge over T. H. 100 a.t approximately 59th Avenue North. Additional easements may be- necessary from the property to the north to provide the necessary width for such a concept. Much time has been spent reviewing the landscape plan for the site, particularly with respect to a compatible treatment along the west property line and the area , abutting Central Park. The treatment is felt to be compatible with the plans for the development of Central Park. The applicant has also proposed a somewhat different ground cover technique which envisions using a mixture of sod and prairie grass. Sod generally would be installed around the parking and driving areas, along the west and north side of the building and along Shingle Creek Parkway. 2-15-79 Application No. 79005 Page 2 Prairie grass would be planted in a large open area primarily on the east and southeasterly portions of the site. Prairie grass is a long grass containing wild flowers and is not maintained in the normal sense, being cut approximately • once a year. It is looked upon by the applicant as part of the design concept for the entire site. The applicant will be prepared to elaborate further re- garding this treatment. He also proposes to provide underground irrigation for only the sodded areas and not the area designed for prairie grass. The Zoning Ordinance requires an underground irrigation system to facilitate maintenance of site landscaping and green areas. It is the staff's feeling that the irri- gation system should be one that would provide irrigation to the area designed for prairie grass as well . Further discussion and Commission direction regard- ing this matter is recommended. Another area of concern to be reviewed is the feeling that consideration should be given to providing additional trees, at least on one large island area in the main parking lot to provide some visual breakup of the large blacktopped area . They also propose to have exposed aggregate concrete islands in the parking area rather than the gravel indicated on the plan submitted. Finally, the applicant has requested (see attached letter) that an amphitheater be shown as an add-alternate meaning that if the bid price is in excess of the building budget, this item would be deleted, and the amphitheater would be re- placed with sod. They have also requested that a provision be made to enable the County to make revisions to the building and landscaped areas as necessary, bUt only after careful discussions with the City of Brooklyn Center. This, too, should be reviewed in greater detail with the applicant. Approval of the application should be subject to at least the following conditions: 1 . Building plans are eohjec't to rpvipw and approval by the Buildinq Official with respect to applicable codes prior to issuance of permits. 2. Grading, drainage and utility plans are subject to review and approval by the City Engineer prior to the issuance of permits. 3. A Performance Agreement and supporting .financial guarantee (in an amount to be determined by the City Manager) shall be sub- mitted to assure completion of site improvements. 4. The building shall be equipped with an automatic fire extingu= ishing system to meet NFPA Standard No: 13 and shall be connected to an approved central monitoring system in accord- ance with Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances. 5. Any outside trash disposal facilities and/or rooftop mechanical equipment shall be appropriately screened from view. 6. All landscaped areas shall be equipped with an underground irrigation system. 7. Plan approval acknowledges the proposed amphitheater 'as an add-alternate meaning it could be deleted if the bid price is • in excess of the building budget provided the proposed area would be treated with sod and an irrigation system. 8. Any revisions to the building and landscaped areas are subject to review and approval by the City of Brooklyn_Center. 2-15-79 R CI. v FREEWAY — TO BE CLOSED ` t, - CENTRAL PA RD AVE 4r w � 0 ---- PROPOSED ROADWAYS ° Fes`'; >----t PROPOSED BRIDGES GARDEN i.-CITY PARK i t R7 3 c - 0 ROOKLYK r" I SUMMIT V 1 w AP LICATI NO. 01 79005 R7 z a TW 1- ,J a � j 2 R5 0 y - �ORtH yygy DR►V �' a„,� --i ------- architects/planners/environmentalists 30 January 1979 hodne/Stageberg *07S City of Brooklyn Center PET' r 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway inc. Brooklyn Center Minnesota 55430 116 east 22nd street 871-1700(612) minneapolis,minnesota 55404 Attention : Ron Warren Re : Brookdale-Hennepin Area Library and Service Center . Dear Sir: I am pleased to attach the following documents for your use: 1. Three sets of civil architectural and mechanical drawings which meet the requirements for filing application for site and building plan approval . 2. Completed application form. 3. Check made payable to Brooklyn Center in the sum of $25. 00. 4: Copies of all easement agreements . As we discussed, the County have requested that the amphitheatre be shown an add-alternate in the building contract . This would mean that • should Lhe bid price be in excess of the build iig budget , this item would be deleted. Should this deletion take place, the amphitheatre would be replaced with sod. In addition, we would ask that a provision be made to enable the county to make revisions to the building and land- scape areas as necessary but only after careful discussions with the City of Brooklyn Center . Should you require any further information, please feel free to contact me immediately. Yours sincerely, THE Hodne/Stageberg PARTNERS, Inc . le S Oeff Scherer , Project Architect xc: Bill Schroeder Bob Rohlf JS/ls Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 79006 Applicant: Arvid Elness Architects, Inc. for Dale Tile Company • Location: Lot 2 and a portion of Lot l of Block 1 , Dale and Davies 1st Addition Request: Site and Building Plan Approval The applicant is seeking site and building plan approval for an approximate 32,000 sq. ft. warehouse, showroom, and office on a site located on the north side of Lakebreeze Avenue, just west of the Dale Tile Company. The proposed plan comprehends utilizing.a portion of the present Dale T•1 Company site and a re- platting of this area to shift the present property easterly is required. The applicant has been informed of this requirement and a replatting of the area will be forthcoming. The proposed access to the site is via two curb cuts off Lakebreeze Avenue, the One to the east being a common entrance with Dale Tile: Common access and cross driving easement agreements are required along the easterly portion of the proposed site to accommodate this plan. Approximately 2,400 sq. ft. of the building is designed for warehouse and approximately 10,900 sq. ft. for office and showroom area. The applicant shows parking in excess of the ordinance required 78 spaces. In reviewing the plans with the applicant we have noted some drainage problems on the west side of the site. Revisions have been requested to provide on site drainage. These revisions have some effect on the applicant's long range plans for expansion of the building to the west. We have indicated that it may be possible to work out the drainage problem through some kind of common agreement with Davies Water Company located to the west of the site. One solution might be a drainage easement encompassing a portion of the Davies • site and this site. Tt may he. possible to obtain the necessary easements along • ,.t Th plans F..,tcro the CcmmicsiQ herPforp wi h l.1iC t CMIa Vti lt'j of lkliz ur�u. �i�� ��u�c� . c »r.. ny do not indicate any expansion possibilities and expansion could only be compre- hended upon resolution of this drainage problem. The applicant is proposing a scored concrete block building with a clear sealer and- a baked enamel roof panel . The Commission may well wish to further review this treatmbnt to determine if it is in keeping with past approvals. We have requested various plan revisions which we have not yet received. We will be prepared to review the plans in more detail Thursday evening. Approval would be subject to the following conditions: 1 . Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits. 2. Grading, drainage, and utility plans are subject to review and approval by the City Engineer prior to the Issuance of permits. 3. A Performance Agreement and supporting financial guarantee (in an amount to be determined by the City Manager) shall be submitted to assure completion of approved site improvements. • 4. The building shall be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system to meet NFPA Standard No. 13 and shall be connected to an approved central monitoring system in accordance with Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances. 2-15-79 Application No. 79006 Page 2 S. Any outside trash disposal facilities and/or rooftop mechanical equipment shall be appropriately screened from view. 6. All landscaped areas shall be equipped with an underground irrigation system. 7. Joint access and cross driving easement agreements relating to the easterly portions of the site are subject to approval by the City Engineer prior to the issuance of permits. venla-thin 8. The property is subject t9 Prior to the issuance of building permits 14; C'� t' i 2-15-79 z _ SI STAVE N. 1.2 Z ®2 . W � R4 T APPLICATION NO. 79006 • f TH f DAV I ES DAL E ol WATER TILE EQUIP. UIP. 4' ` < LAKE BREEZE�rAY iw < V Y N l d, l FFIR I It /ice .tea I � i LAKESIDE AVE '�� 2 4 T H q y LAK 5 E. w. BEACtH ° PARK � f ROBBINSDALE 'z� a ► y 9 44 , Z W > < < > Z < W 46T AVE d Lu t i i AGENDA COMMENTS • Item No. 8a - Draft Ordinance Amendment Regarding Directional Signs We hope to have a draft ordinance amendment for the Commission's review regarding a size limitation for directional signs. • 2-15-79