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PLANHING COWYlISSION AGENDA
STL*,IDY HEETI NG
JULY 30, 1970
1 CALL TO ORDERt 7n30
2. ROLL CALL?
1. CMAIRMN'S EXPLANATION-. The Planning Commission is an advisory
body. one of the Co7mmission ' s
functions is to hold Public Hearings.
In the matters concerned in these
hearings, the cowaraission makes
recoranendations to the City C.ouncil-
The City Council makes all final
decisions on these matters.
C OLD BUSIVESS: Application NO
a. Glad and Miller 70017
Now 'Irnown as Viewcon, Inc.
See attached information Sheet
• he Ti en Chevrolet 69022
Extension of Special Use Perinit
See attached information sheet.
Two Neighborhood Committee
_he West Central and Southwest Neighborhood
Committees have not yet fled reports stating
that they have reviewed those sections of the
Comprehensive Plan tha-111" apply to their neighbor
hood. Also, these same commit.G-ees have not
filed a walkway report.
5. DISCUSSION OF STUDIES A19Tj
a. �-Ljrsjng Hories (See attached information
Sheet and report)
Ron Fleissner 70018
Ron Fleissner 70032
b. Automobile Dealership
Sign Revieiw -- See attached staff report
c. City counicilrL. .july' 27, declared a first reading
on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 - "Requilring
Undergro,und irrigation Sprinkler Systems Lra
1-1, C-1, CIA, C-2 Districts.
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planning Coy°m isslon A(Terkda
Study Meeting - July 30, 1970
• d. Freevvay Development Zones
Staff recommendation will be forthcoming at
the August 27, 1970 Study Meeting
6. CORRSSPOWENCF AND FUTURE 14BETINGS
a. Review of Planning Commission Agenda
items -- August 6, 1970 Regular Meeting
b. August 27, 1970 Study Meeting
c. September 3, 1970 Regular Meeting
7. ADJOURNMENT
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Pi hNNING COMMISSION INFORMATION SHEET
Application No. 70017 (Revised)
Applicant Viewcon, Inc.
Description of Request7 Review changes in Glad and Miller
site and building plans originally
approved by Planning Commission
on 1-8-70 and City Council. 5-25-70.
Property: South of Lakeside Avenue and
North and adjacent to "A H. 100.
COMMENTS.-
1) The new applicant is requesting approval of an additional
23 apartment units for a total of 123 units vs., Glad
and Miller' s 99 apartment units.
2 The apartment buildings have been lengthened easterly
and the detached garage moved closer to the apartments
for more convenient access. A second underground
tunnel has been added for the convenience of the north
• units. The apartment building will be converted
from a walkup to a- building equipped with elevators,
The basic setbacks on the original Glad and Miller
site plan will be the same as well as the basic configu-
ration of the entire complex.
REC(*1MENDATION-
The staff recommends approval providing that the City Council
conditions of May 25, 1970 set forth for the Glad and Miller
application be applied to this application.
PLANNING COMISSION INFORMATION SHEET
A pp;L.I.Cat ion No. 69022
Applicant: Joe Iten
Description of Request.- Extend special use permit (69022)
to allow placement of a mobile home.
type trailer (10' x 471) as a sales
office.
Property 6701 Osseo Road
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1) Section 35-322.3 (e) Special Uses -- The sale of
motor vehicles at retail.
POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED-.
1) The reauest is of a temporary nature until such time
as t-he applicant can corranence and complete construction
of an additional facility for heavy duty trucks.
REC:C EWDATION%
• The staff would recommend approval of the extension for
the following reason-.
1) The applicant has submitted a letter of intent in
regard to preliminary site buildi-ng and construct lon.
schedules. (See attached letter)
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Attention.- Donald, C. Foss
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Regarding the special. tiae Parr.”t erranted to Itaen Chevrolet Co.
by ` 3e City allowing tempom , use of a mobile home for a. truck Sales
Office.
Your office has larorme d us of the expiration of said permit and
requested that we illform you in writing regarding ov,w intentions per-
taining to the building of a parzaaent tm%!k sales office to alleviate
the need of continued use of said trailer.
I have enclosed copies of application and correspondence with the
• Mevrolet Motor Division, concerning the granting to Iten Chevrolet Co.
.of a new Leavy Duty Truck Frawhise. We have been ,given assurance from
Chevrolet that in the very near future, regret likely at this years con-
tract time (October 31, 1970) Iten Cb*vmlet Co. and one other Chevrolet
d -vor will be given the -fin:jap emiaets oe.t4s tgpe in the State
Of Mlz=tsota�
I:4 1-�P*9=t ivO thst ve .for sure wo bay* this type of contract.
bGf'01=* so we can old accordintly. /also, of course, as you
s Va'A'd &%,%Mrs this hasn't t°. _a ' b*st year to obtain money to build
vth, or the Ideal time as fnr tm the automb:ile dealer is conderned.
Although we have already te4a a t 4 nec awry steps to build as soon as
Xk),iaib'e, such a . dra�,*fiag up ;1w.js witij our arc��itects, applying for
a Y ;r cVcl to build tr txi Che-vr lot and chl'okittg into the availibility of
. . az�y. :fit is our ��an anticm that we ahould be able to complete these
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plans and build said building soLaeti.me during the next 12 to 18 months.
Therefore, we ask that the City comider the granting of an ex-
1"OkL01on of thla special. use pert for a similar time period, thereby
r ling possible for us to operate in the meantime.
FUIOWing 701.x will give this request. every posaible consiciration,
than X. you.
Yours '=OLD-y.
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1O: Planning Commissioners and City Manager
• FROM: Administrative Staff
DATE; July 27, 1970
SUBJECT: New Hope Nursing Home
On June 29, 1970, we visited the New Hope Nursing Home and
discussed with the owner and operator, Mr. C. P. Thompson,
problems associated with operating a nursing home. Mr. Thompson
stated that New Hope requires that their nursing home have
adequate drainage and that the parking lot be lighted and that
the home itself meet the City's fire regulations. Other than
that, the site and building plan approval generally had to meet
the State standards and regulations.
Mr. Thompson suggested that one parking space be provided
for every 20 beds. He further suggested that there be no rooms
with more than 2 beds and he stated that the only time a nursing
home gets in trouble financially is with more than three beds
per room. There are generally three types of care in a nursing
home:
• 1) Board and care
2) Intermittent Care
3) Skilled care and Medicare
These three different classifications are all separate and
should not be mixed at any time. Prices are a minimum of $360.00,
$425.00, and $500.00 per month for permanent bed-ridden hospital
care.
The New Hope Nursing Home was completely air conditioned.
Also there were sensory alarms on all exit doors.
71wo hundred seventy beds on nine acres. The nursing home
itself is shaped in the form similar to a wagon wheels, concept
whereby in the center, at the nurses station, nurses and nurses
aides could look down each of the spokes consecutively to keep
watch on any patients in the hallways. This concept provides
maximum visibility with individual privacy.
Mr. Thompson referred us to fir. Elmer Slagel, State Board
of Health Licensing Department. He stated that plans have to
be reviewed by the State first.
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• Mr. Thompson commented that rubber backed carpet should
not be installed as it is dangerous. Regarding carpet, Mr.
Tbcimpson suggested that approved carpet should be provided
in all the rooms, hallways and bedrooms included. He stated
that carpet would generally be cleaner than the because
carpets were regularly cleaned with a rug cleaning machine.
Mr. Thompson stated that State regulations on ventilation
were poor. We noted that New Hope Nursing Home had excellent
ventilation, however.
Other facts area
1) five different diets;
2) fire drills are constantly held with new employees;
3) electrical and plumbing plans had to be
reviewed by the City;
medical doctors often place or suggest specific
nursing homes that elderly people should be placed
in.
Mr. Thompson commented that the Tri-Villa Nursing Homes
in New Brighton and Robbinsdale all have three beds per roorti
and they just can;1C. fill these rooms up.
The average stay for elderly people is two to three years
and the average age is 74. Sixty-five per cent of the elderly
people are women and 35 per cent are men. For supervision,
there should be a center where nurses can quickly look down
each one of the various corridors. For individual dignity,
there should be two beds per room. There should be sensing
devices on all exit doors connected to the control deck.
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MEMO TO m a n ss Planning Commissioners and City
FROM� Administrative Staff
• DATE� July 17, 1970
SUBJECr.. Notes from meeting with State Department of Health
officials regarding nursing homes.
on July 1, 1970, jear, Murphey and inyself net with Mr. Elmer
Slagel,, Assistant Director, and Mr. Ray Torell. of the Hospital
Services Division, Minnesota Department of Health, regarding
procedures for processing nursing home applications, During
our discussion, State officials told us that the nursing and
boarding care homes regulations relating to the State Fire
Marshal, 1.959 Edition, and the regulations for the Construction,
Equipment, Maintenance, operation and Licensing of nursing homes
and boarding care homes, 1963 editio.-I, al-e also in the process
of being revised to higher standards, These new regulations
will res-trici the number of multiple bed roomis,
presently only St. paul licenses nursing homes. Mr. Slaqel
stated that it was his qpinion that when any city liceases nursing
homes, they will not be licensed 6y the State also. Further,
that city which licenses nursing homes must provide adequate
professional staff. It seems that this could be contrued as a
legal problem on state vs , city over licensing authority.
State health officials mentioned ;-3 concern that possibly
too many nursing homes were being built. They stressed the need
for recreational activities program for elderly people. The
State, in lieu of newly revised regulations, is following the 191`0
Life Safety code which requires sprinklers in all nursing horr-es.
City officials were referred to Mr. flerb Meyers of Bloomington
and Mr. Howard Kelly of Hennepin County welfare Services regarding
nursing homes.
The state of Minnesota -Lcollows the U,, S. Public Health
Services regulations on ventilation which requires high efficiency
filters.
Mr. slagel specifically told us that there could be a joint
review with City officials on nursing home site and building plans .,
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• fir.. Slagel and mr. Torell gave us one copy of a memorandum
dated March 6, 1970, regarding licensing and certification for
long term care facilities in Minnesota, and one copy of
Volume 34, No. 120, of the Federal Register, Part 11, dated
Tuesday, June 24, 1969, regarding institutional Services in.
Intermediate Care Facilities Under the Jurisdiction of HEW,
and also one copy of the General Standards of Construction and
Equipment for Hospital and Medical Facilities, I.W4, Public Health
Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration.
The following points will be considered when formulating
standards for a nursing home: ,
1) That City staff officials jointly review with the
State any nursing home to be built in the City;
2) That the applicant desiring to build a nursing
home in Brooklyn Center fill out an information
sheet regarding the kinds of care that will be
offered, types of food served, different kinds of
recreational activities provided, the types of
degree and treatment provided, whether or not the
• patient is receiving financial assistance from
the federal or state governments, number of
registered professional nurses, doctors and other.
-health oersonnel.
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Planning Commissioners and City manager
PROM., Administrative staff
DATE.- July 22, 1970
SUBJECT.- Nursing Home Field Trip
On July 22, 1970, members of the City Staff met with Mrs.
C. Fitzsirzions, Acting Administrator of Trevilla Nursing Home,
to discuss various aspects of nursing care, procedures,
construction and philosophy.
Trevilla is a new two level, 192 bed unit, staffed by 131
employees located in New Brighton near Interstate 35. The sL-t'-.e
is located on 2.75 acres. The facility has been in operation
for 18 months providing service for board and care, intermediate
- nd skilled care patients. The following are some of the
-.thoughts and opinions expressed by Mrs. Fitzsimmons:
1. There should be due consideration to providing a
mixture: of one, two and three bed units. She
emphasized that there should be about six to eight
single bed units per 100 units to meet the needs
of those patients requiring skilled or intensive
care. :gin addition, when questioned, she felt that
• three bed units were not particularly detrimental
to the patient. She indicated that the majority of
units at Trevilla contain three beds. However, she
emphasized that no nursing home should have over 150
beds for efficient service and maximum economy of
operation.
2. it was noted that the facility did not have air
conditioning and Mrs. Fitzsimmons informed us at
that time that they were in the process of having a
central air conditioning unit installed. She noted
that when the facility -;,aas originally constructed
that it was recommended that central air conditioning
not be installed because patients experience difficulty
and discomfort. However, Mrs,. Fitzsimmons felt that
this would only be a problem when the air conditioning
units or ducts were placed directly in the rooms.
Trevilla plans call for central air conditioninci of
those open and common areas as hallways, dining areas,
meeting rooms and recreational areas. It was her
opinion that the patients could then control the
temperature in the room by either opening their
• doors when they felt too warm or closing them when
they felt discomfort from the air conditioning.
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3. When asked about the hub and spoke type control
• method used by facilities such as the one in New
hope, Mrs. Fitzsimmons stated that she felt this type
of arrangement has some merit, however some problems
may result in that one nurse may be required to care
for and observe more patients than those located
at traditional nurses station locations. She quite
seriously stated that if a nurse simply sits at
the nurses station, she is not doing her job anyway
so she sees no real problem with the normal set
up of stations as we normally observe in most
facilities of this type.
4. It appeared to us that the site was somewhat crammed
in that there appeared to be very little open space
around the buildings above and beyond a parking lot
which had 57 parking stalls. we noted this and Mrs.
Fitzsimmons took us on a tour of the facility and
pointed out that a great deal of their open space is
contained in an inner court yards. The building,
as it exists on the site, consists of four wings
that are in a 11 W of
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are created. They are fairly well landscaped, had
• decorative lawn chairs and little fountains - matter
of fact - it was very attractive. It is interesting
to note that two of these court yards opened up toward
the Interstate 35 which is just north of the building. .
She noted that the hightway patrol often sets up speed
traps in front of the nursing home and the patients
get a great deal of pleasure watching the officers
pick speed violators. it might be difficult to find
a site where you could do that, however it does point
out the fact that perhaps the patients at the facility
do enjoy high activity areas.
5. Mrs. Fitzsimmons also eitpressed the notion that there
is a need for more intergrated type of patients in
nursing homes. She felt very strongly that above and
beyond the normal type of elderly patients, there
should be those patients that are mentally retarde-I
of those who have psychological problems not considered
dangerous. She noted that Trevilla is moving forward
in this area and that they are taking on an additional
20 patients that have various :Farms of mental disorders.
but she did note however, that these patients are aot
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• the manic depressive or schizophrenic. However,
she did recognize that there is a real problem of
selling and educating the public on the need to
handle mentally retarded or mentally ill patients
in private nursing home facilities other than state
institutions.
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PLANNING CCM41SSION AM CITY MAMAGER
JULY 27, 3.970
SUBJECT.- Planning Cot mission AppliCatiOns sub-
mitt,ed by Ron Fleissner requesting subdivision
(70030) , rezoning to R4 (70031) , special use
permit for a nursing home in an R4 district
(7001.8) , and site and building plans for a two
story - 200 bed nursing home (700 32)
CONTENTS: Page
RACKGROUND
A_iqALySjS OF APPLICATIONS 2
STAFF CQMWE"'"_
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MEMO Tce Planning commission and city xianager
FROM.A B. E. Peterson, Administrative Assistant
DATF,,- July 27, 1970
S' BJECT.a Planning Commission Applications submitted by
Ron a l.ei.sasner requesting subdivision (70030) ,
rezoning to R4 (70031) . special use permit for
a nursing home in an R4 district (70018) , and
site and building plans for a two story 200
bed nursing home (70032) .
BACKGROUND
Reference is made to the May 7th and June 4th, 1970 Planning
Commission minutes for the above applications. At its May 7,
1970, meeting, the Commission tabled Application No. 70018,
requesting the special use permit, in order to allow the
applicant time to repl.at the AEMAC Addition; to submit an
application requesting rezoning; and to file site and building
plans. on May 13, 1970, the applicant initiated applications
for subdivision, rezoning and site and building plan approval.
• Prior to the June 4th regular commission meeting, the staff,
on Monday, may 25th, reviewed site plans showing landscaping
and walkways and commented to the applicant, that these were
deficient. Just prior to the June 4th meeting, the applicant
presented the staff with revised site plans and at that time
also presented building plans for a 200 bed-two story nursing
hone. The staff noted that there were some improvements in sf�.te
plans showing landscaping, but that there still could be con-
siderable improvement made in this area.
At the June 4, 1970, regular commission meeting, the
commission and staff reviewed a series of applications submitted
by Ron Pleissner on behalf of Cold Medallion Nursing Homes;
said applications were for subdivision, rezoning, special use
permit, and site and building plans for construction of a 200 bed-
two story nursing home. At that time there was discussion among
Planning commissions and the applicant concerning fixeproofin.g,
safety, patient selection criteria, patient density per room,
recreational activities, interior color schemes, privacy for
patients, and potential traffic problems. The applications were
tabled by, the Planning Commission in order to allow I- me to
develop "standards" for nursing homes,
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ANALYSIS OF APPLICATIONS
Subject property is located East of the Weinsch Townhouse Project,
North of 66th Avenue and West of 5th Street extended and said
property is on a collector street as required by the ordinance.
1. Application No. 70030 submitted by Ron Fleissner requesting
subdivision.
The existing plat of the DEMAC Addition shows certain
utility and drainage easements which should be shown on
the proposed registered land survey. Special attention
should be given to either vacating or retaining any
existing easements.
2. Application No. 70031 requesting rezoning of part of
R3 and C2 to R4.
Nursing homes are not a permitted use or a special use
in either an R3 or C2 zone. it is recommended that these
parcels be rezoned to R4 - which allows nursing homes as
a special use.
3. Application No. 70018, requesting a special use permit to
operate a nursing care home in an R4 multiple family resident
district. Section 35-315.3(a) reads as follows:
"Nursing care homes, . . .boarding care homes and
child care homes, provided that these institutions
shall, where required by state law, or regulation,
or by municipal ordinance, be licensed by the
appropriate state or municipal. authority. "
Reference is also made to "Minnesota Statutes and Regulations
of the Minnesota State Board of Health for the Construction,
Equipment, Maintenance, Operating and Licensing of Nursing
Homes and Board Care Homes, 1963 Edition" . in this report,
the staff did not consider the merits of the City licensing
a nursing home. (State Board of Health regulations relating
to fire marshal standards and maintenance, and operation, etc. ,
and licensing of nursing homes are presently being revised.
On July 1, 1970, Jean Murphey and myself met with Mr. Elmer
Slagel, State Board o f Health Official, who told us that
their unpublished interm state regulations are the regulations
followed.
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• Section 35-220.2' "Standards for Special Use Permits" , and
specifically, Section 35-220.3 "Conditions and Restrictions"
for a special use permit, states the following:
"The Planning Commission may recommend and
the City Council may impose such conditions and
restrictions upon the establishment, location,
construction, maintenance and operation of the
special use as deemed necessary for the protection
of the public interest and to secure compliance
with the requireements specified in this ordinance.
In all cases in which special use permits are
granted, City Council may require such evidence
and guarantees as it may deem necessary as part of
the conditions stipulated in connection therewith."
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4. Application No. 70032 requesting conceptual review of site
and building plans.,
The preliminary site and building plans were drawn up on
May 22, 14-970, and the landscape plans were reviewed by tAe
staff on Monday, May 25, 1970, at which time the applicant
was informed that these landscape plans were considered
deficient. Prior to the June 4. 1970, meeting, the applicant
submitted an improved landscape plan for preliminary review.
Then at the June 4th regular Commission meeting, the applicant's
architect, mr. Donald Nordblom, of the Johnson- Nordblom
Architect firm, presented to the Commission preliminary aate
and building plans of the proposed 200 bed-two story nursing
home. The proposed 200 bed-two story nursing home would be
placed upon 3.3 acres of land. As plans are presently d-.a-wn,
there are 75 patient rooms for the two stories. rrhis breaks
down as follows: The first floor has 20 patient rooms with
3 beds each and for the 2nd floor, there are 30 patient rooms
with 3 beds each, thus for the first and second floors, there
are a total of 50 patient rooms with 3 beds each, or a total
of 150 beds. Also, on the first floor, there are 13 patient
rooms with two beds each which equals a total of 26 beds,
and for the second floor, there are a total of 1.2 patient.
rooms with 2 beds each or 24 beds. The summary is as follows.
• The applicant proposes 50 patient rooms with 3 beds each
150; and 25 patient rooms with 2 beds each - 50; with a total
of 200 beds for 75 patient rooms. As a density factor,
this works out to be about 66- 2/3 beds per acre or 25
patient rooms per acre, it should be kept in mind that patients
in n a nursing homes do not have a great deal. of mobility,
however, there should be built-in design and space amenities
so that patients. regardless of health status should not feel
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confined to a definite giver, area. As of present, a patient
room. with 3 beds would have a total area of approximately
300 aquare feet per room or 100 squzire feet per bed. However,
considering only usable floor space, when the closet., sink
and aoilcts are excluded (2-49. 5 square and subtracting
ou- the 3 beds, 21 square feet per bed) there is left a
total, of 186. 5 scRiare Y:eet of usable open space or 52 square
feet of usable OPE11 Space per patient to a room. Regardless
of Patlent health status.. 52 square feet of usable floor,
space per patient should be considered deificient. The State
requiremerits are 70 square feet per bed of usable floor space
with rooms for t-hree or more persons, A typical, two patient
bedroom has 208 square feet of area of which 20 square feet
sbould be deducted for closet and sink and 20 square feet for
the bathroom; that , leaves 168 square feet of which the two
• beOs or 42 square feet should also be deducted, thus leaving
a total of 126 square feet of usable floor space available
fcr 2 patients or 63 square feet per patient in a 2 patient room,
St aLe requireineots are that there Le 60 square feet of
usable f"Loor space for rooms with 2 beds each.
Another serious deficiency of the proposed preliminary site
and build"Sing plans is -the area of where the kitchen is located
on the first floor. The placement of the kitchen would seem
to interfere with the 7 patient rooms 0-2 bed rooms and 4
3 bed rooms) at the northwestern end of the building.
Considering if the ap Dcant were ailloved 211-01 "'C"d z I -A A U %A L
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mean that for three meals a day, that well over 600 meals
would be prepared in the kitchen area,, Thus, it would seem
that this would be a bi9ft activity area and possibly inter-fere
With the care and well being of patients of said area. In
short,, it is the op-inion of the staff that the ki'tchen area,
cold storage and delivery area is -much too close to the
Pat lent rooms at the northwest part of the building.
Another staff comment is that the nurses stations, even
though located at each end of the central corridors on both
floors, do not provide adequate visibility, and specifically,
• quick access, to patient rooms. Fax example, on the first
floor, the northwest nurses station seems to be a great
distance from the patient rooms at the northwest end of
the building. Specfici-ally, because between those patient
rooms and the nursing stations, there is the kitchen and
staraae area
STAFF COMF'N_TS
1. it should be noted that there are differing points of view
aulong nursing horse administrators regarding the number of
beds per patient room for nursing homes. Further, it -is
recognized that there are some limited State standards
developed for a physical area but it seems that there
should also be some design standards developed or built in
to enbance the patient4s psychological environment. This
would include, but not limited to, color coded patient rooms
and drapes, color coded carpeting, large bay windows, etc.
On June 29, 1970, the staff visited the New Hope Nursing
Home where all patient rooms had no more than 2 beds per
ro0m. The administrator, and owner, mir. Cc, P., Tihon peon,,
commented to us, that the only time a nursing home gets in
• trouble financially is with more than 3 beds per patient
room. On july 22, 1970, the staff met with Ithe Acting
Administrator, Mrs. Co ritzsimmons, of the Trevilla Nursing
HOMP Mrs, Fitzsimutons, a registered nurse, felt that 3
beds per patient room should not be considered particularly
detrimental to the patient. The staff is under the assumption
that most Gold Medallion Nursing Home--, have a mixture of
Patient x0oms with 4 bf-ds, 3 beds, 2 beds and in -some casec- ,
1 bed, but in no case, is there a Gold Medallion Niursing
Home strictly with 2 beds per patient room. In May , 1970,
T'she City staff and P-lann-iJig co-itmissioners Schuller and r-,ogucki
visited Crystal Lake Rest Rome in Robbinsdale, and a brand
nex,q 2 story nursing home in Fridley, as well as the Maple
11anor Nursing Home in Stillwater, Minnesota. At the time
of the visit, it was not noted how Tmany patient rooms or.
beds per patient rooms there were in each of these institutions.
Following that visit, the City staff received a "Market Study
Of JqUrS4ng
Care Centers in the a in Cities metropolitan. Area- "
a study done exclusively for Go3d medallion Nursing Centers
by tbe D, 11. Gusto son and Associates, a landscape architecture
and Site planninq -Firm. Basically, this study was two-fold.
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To assemble data which could be used to
determine several prime geographical areas
for the location of nursing homes; and
2. To provide a guide selection_ within the generally
selected areas which will contribute to the
efficient and successful operation of a
nursing home facility.
This report recommended that the North Brooklyn Center area
and the South Brooklyn Park area, (rated third) would be
a good area to locate a nursing home because it was believed
that there would be a high ratio of people over 60 years of
age; and that the per cent of population over 60 was apt to
increase in the next ten years and that hospital facilities
were convenient and easily reached by a major freeway. It
is interesting to note that in pzart 3 of their report, under
site requirements, that they (Gustafson) suggested to the
Gold Medallion Nursing Home staff that their site size ::or
nursing homes should accommodate at least 1.00 beds and that
any site selected should contain a minimum of 3 acres or
approximately 125,000 square feet. Also, that future home
expansion should be considered during site selection and
planning. In the case of the instant application, the site
is 3. 3 acres and the applicant is requesting 200 beds for 75
patient rooms.
?. on July 1, 1970, the City staff met with mr. Elmer Slagel,
Assistant Director, Hospital Services Division, State Boars?
of Health. fir. Slagel was not too certain whether or not a
City could also license nursing home facilities (as stated
previously, the question of the City licensing a nursing
home facility in lieu of State licensing has not been
examined) . However, he did state that the City of St. Paul
does license nursing homes and because of this, the Statue
does not. qtr. Slagel emphasized that the Hospital Services
Division is currently upgrading all regulations as they
pretain to nursing hordes. He further commented that one of
the present State requirements is that a prospective nursing
horse applicant must submit preliminary plans, and final working
drawings and specifications for approval of the State Board
of Health. The staff was informed by Mr. Slagel that at the
time, when the applicant submits his preliminary plans and
from thereafter, the City of Brooklyn Center could participate
in a joint review of said plan. with State offacial.s. it
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is the City staff' s understanding that the present applicant
has not submitted any plans to the State for .review. The
staff wishes to point out that if the applicant's plans are
approved by the Planning commission and the City Council.,
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they still must be reviewed by the State Board of Health
where said plans could be substantially altered because
of State reconanendations.
3. Licensing iqurs-ing F-owes.
On Tuesday, July 26, 1 talked with Dr. Paul Cox, Health
OZ-ficer, City of St. Y,>aul, regarding licensing of nursing
homes. Presently, St. Paul has 45 nursing ho-raes, all of
which are licensed by the City as well as the State.
Dr. Cox stated that the City can license nursing homes
as well as the State. !A the case of St . Paul, the
C-T-ty is presently drafting a new nursing home ordinance that
will license as well. as promulgate rules and regulations
regarding the operation and maintenance of nursing
homes. it vi,)as his opinion that a nursing home ordinance
should license as well as spell out regulations.
A copy of St. Paul's draft nursing home ordinance is
being forwarded to the staff.
O Dr. Cox also conuriented that, in his opinion, the sl-.-ate
regulations were the bare minimum and that it was
always difficult to get regular and current state
inspection. Nursing hontes, he said, need an awful lot of
inspection to protect the welfare of the residents.
He recommended mrs. margeret Christiansen, Public
Health Nurse and Sanitarian, as the most qualified
person to comment on nursing homes. She will be
available after August 24th at which time we will
contact her.
In the near future the staff will be developing a
nursing home ordinance that will license and contain riales,
regulations and standards for the operation and main-
tenance of nursing homes. Until that time, the
Fleissner applications should stay tabled.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. "Market Study of lqursing Care Centers in the Tivin City
Metropolitan Area" by D. H. Gustafson and Associates,
Landscape Architecture and Site Planning Fixrm, dated
May 23, 1970, to the Gold Medallion Nursing Centers, Inc.
2. Minnesota Statutes and Regulations of the Minnesota
State Board of Health for the Construction, Equipment,
Maintenance, Operation and Licensing of Nursing Homes
and Boarding Care Homes, 1963 Edition.
3. Minnesota Regulations relating to State Fire Marshal
Nursing and Board Care Homes, 1959 Edition.
4. Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection
Association, 21st Edition, 1967 (latest edition) .
5" Institutional Services in Intermediate Care Facilities,
Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical Assistance and
Standards for Payment for Skilled Nursing Home Care as written
up in the Federal Register,, Volumne 34, 120, dated
• Tuesday, June 24, 1969, Part 11, Washington,, D.C. ,
H.E.W. Social and Rehabilitation Service.
6. General Standards of Construction and Equipment for
Hospital and Mi�dic_al Facilities, Hospital and Medical
Facilities Series of the Hill-Burton Program Regulations
as written by H.E.W. Public Health Service revised Februarys,
1969.
7. Brooklyn Center Sun, July 8, 1970, entitled "Nursing Homes,.
B� C, Dilemma" by Nancy Fellger.
a. "Which Nursing Home Best?" Minneapolis Sunday Tribune,
June 28, 1970,
9. Memo from Mayor Philip Cohen to Bam Peterson, Subject:
Nursing Home Standards, dated June 22, 1970.
10. Memo to Planning Commission and City Manager from Admin-
4strative Staff dated June 30, 1970, Subject- New Hope
Nursing Rome
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_11. Memo to Planning Commission and City Manager, D. G. Posy,
dated July 17, 1970, from Administrative Staff; Svbject:
Notes from Meeting with State Department of Health officials
on July 1, 1970.
12. Mento to Planning Commission and City Manager from. Adminis-
trative Staff dated July 22, 1970, Subject: Trevilla
Nursing Home on-site visit, New Brighton.
13. Minnesota State Plan for Hospitals, Public Health Centers
and Related Medical Facilities, 1970-71, 22nd Annual Revision.
Minnesota Department of Health, Division WE Hospital Services,
717 Delaware Street, S.E. , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440.
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MEMO
TO< Planning Commission
F ROM Tom Loucks, Administrative Assistant
DATE: July 27, 1.970
SUBJECTr Sign Study
At the meeting of July 2, 1970, the Planning Commission
directed the staff to conduct a study in regard to signs at.
automobile dealerships to aid them in acting upon a request,
by Brookdale Ford to install a second freestanding sign
which would be in violation of the existing Sign O.-dinance,
The following are the results of the survey conducted
by m
North Star Dodge has one freestanding sign that
exists on its site that is in compliance with
the Sign ordinance;
2, Brook.dale Pontiac has two freestanding signs
• existing on-site which are in compliance with the
Sign Ordinance;
3. Velie Olds has one roof sign and one conforming
directional sign. The roof sign does not conform
with the ordinance. The sign was approved as part
of the original site plan, and for the purposes cf this
study should be classified as non-conforming;
4. Iten Chevrolet has two freestanding signs existing
On-site. The national brand sign located on the
southeast corner of the site was approved for
hey;gbt and area variance on. May 24, 1965, by the
City Council. The second freestanding sign existing
on-site consists of a billboard located on the aorth-
west portion of the lot. There is little question
that both signs are non-conforming in that they exceed
requirements as promulgated by the Sign ordinance.
51. Brookdale Chrysler-Plymouth has six freestanding
signs 'Located on-site, one of which is a conforming
national brand identification sign and three of
which are non-conforming, previously approved, rotating
signs. in addition, there are two conforming traffic
directional signs located on this site;
6. Brook.dale Ford currently has five freestanding signs
located on-site, two of which were approved by the
City Council and three falling into the category of
non-conforming.
Given the fact that four of the six dealerships in the
community are utilizing non-conforming signs, perhaps the Planning
Commission should re-evaluate the Sign ordinance in terms of
the reZ.lationsh-4
ps between automobile dealers and other uses in
the C-2 district.
The purpose of the ordinance is to "provide for necessary
visual communication, to preserve and promote a pleasant phy:3ical
environment, to protect private and public property, and to
encourage safety upon the streets and highways within the Ci-,:y
of Brooklyn Center, by regulating the type, number, structure,-
size, location, height, lighting and the erection and maintenance
of all. outdoor signs and sign structures within the City. " The
Planning Commission would be well advised to examine if amending
the ordinance would protect this statement of purpose, while at
• the same time providing reasonable identification for automobile
dealerships. The fact that four of six dealerships surveyed
are thwart with non-conforming signs would seem to indicate
that perhaps they are experiencing difficulty in utilizing
effective signage for identification purposes.
Dealerships in themselves are unique in that they do provide
numerous services (maintenance, new car sales, and use cars) over
large areas (average o: 5 acres of land) .
it should be recognized Ua'C. an ordinance amendment, as opposed
to a variance is appropriate in such instances when the inteAt of
the ordinance is not being fulfilled. it is therefore recommended
that an amendment to add Subsection (c.) to Chapter 34-140.3.A(.2)
should read as follows-.
(c) Automobile Sales and Service
Those individual business establishro.ents having a
gross floor area in excess of 24,000 square feet
may have a second freestanding sign with a maximum
sign area not to exceed 125 square feet and a
maximum height not to exceed 24 feet above the
first floor elevation of the principal building.
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The staff recommends approval for the following reasons%
1n.. Automobile dealerships are unique in that they do
offer a range of diversified services over a
relatively large land area;
2„ The adding of an amendment to the ordinance would
relieve a hardship now being experienced by some
automotive dealers in the community.
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