HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-002 Inf Sh 6700 thru 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway Application Filed on 1-25-01
City Council Action Should Be
Taken By 3-26-01 (60 Days)
Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 2001-002
Applicant: Harry S. Johnson Company, Inc. (For Medtronic, Inc.)
Location: 6700 thru 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway
Request: Preliminary Plat
The applicant, Thomas Hodorff on behalf of Harry S. Johnson Company, Inc., is seeking Preliminary Plat approval to combine three contiguous parcels of land owned by Medtronic, Inc. at
6700 thru 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway into a single parcel of land approximately 19 acres in area.
The properties under consideration are zoned I-1 (Industrial Park) and are currently described as Tracts B, C and D, RLS 1360. They are located on the east side of Shingle Creek Parkway
between 67th and 69th Avenues North. The Hiawatha Rubber site and the Earle Brown Farm Apartments abut these properties to the east and a speculative industrial building lays to the
west of the building at 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway.
Tract B is 477,595 sq. ft. (10.94 acres) in area and contains a 168,239 sq. ft. office/industrial building (6800 Shingle Creek Parkway). Tract C is 196,096 sq. ft. (4.59 acres) in area
and contains a parking lot serving the Medtronic Promeon facility. Tract D is 156,967 sq. ft. (3.59 acres) in area and contains the 78,133 sq. ft. Medtronic Promeon building (6700 Shingle
Creek Parkway). The combination of these three parcels will create a two building campus for Medtronic in this area. Section 35-540 of the zoning ordinance requires multiple parcels
of land to be combined through platting or Registered Land Survey when they are contiguous, under common ownership and serve a single development. This is the case and it’s one of the
reasons Medtronic is pursuing this platting.
BACKGROUND
In 1979, under Planning Commission Application No. 79057, Medtronic received approval to expand its building at 6700 Shingle Creek Parkway. The expansion comprehended an approximate
53,000 sq. ft., two-story addition to the north side of their then existing building. Medtronic owned the adjacent lot to the north (Tract C, RLS 1360) and the proposed expansion went
slightly on to that property and parking for the expansion also took up a portion of the adjacent lot. There was, and still is, a 40 ft. wide drainage and utility easement running along
the south side of the north lot (Tract C) and a portion of the north part of the existing Medtronic site (Tract D). This easement contains water main and sanitary sewer lines. The
plan in 1979 was to relocate the water main to the north and redescribe the easement. Medtronic had also filed a companion application at that time (Planning Commission Application
No. 79058) for Preliminary Plat approval combining the two parcels (Tract C and Tract D) into a single parcel. The platting also comprehended a new description for the location of the
40 ft. utility easement reflecting the relocated water main. A condition of approval at that time required filing the final plat prior to occupancy of the expanded building. A final
plat had been approved but, for some reason, never was filed with Hennepin County. Therefore, the two separate lots still exist, as does the old utility easement. The water main was
relocated with the 1979 project and the building expansion was made. The building addition now encroaches over the property line and into the easement.
The proposed platting, which is the subject of this application, will correct these encroachments and establish the proper location for the 40 ft. utility easement located between the
Promeon building and the north parking lot.
Medtronic has also acquired 6800 Shingle Creek Parkway and currently occupies over 50 percent of the space in that building. They plan, over time, to possibly occupy the entire facility
for manufacturing and office activities related to Medtronic functions. They are currently planning a 9,900 sq. ft. building expansion on this site. They want to combine this building
site with their other lots so that surplus parking at the Medtronic parking facility could be used to off set expanded building area or increased parking demands associated with expanded
office occupancies in that building. Their proposed building expansion is the subject of their companion application (No. 2001-003).
The City Engineer is reviewing the preliminary plat and his written comments are attached. He has indicated that no Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission review is required
with this plat or with the site plan proposed under Application No. 2001-003. He notes that this platting and easement dedication will properly describe the easement containing the
public utilities.
In addition to the 40 ft. utility easement previously mentioned, there are a number of existing and proposed easements indicated on the preliminary plat. An existing 30 ft. utility
easement is located along the east side of Tract C and a new 15 ft. utility easement is proposed to be dedicated in this area also. An ingress, egress and cross access easement exists
between the 6800 building site and the adjacent property at 6820 Shingle Creek Parkway that lies to the west. This easement will continue in the future. A new 10 ft. wide drainage
and utility easement is proposed over a sanitary sewer line lying east of the 6800 building. Ten foot wide easements are, or will be, provided along 67th Avenue North, Shingle Creek
Parkway and the property line between 6820 Shingle Creek Parkway and the 6800 building. A 14 ft. roadway and utility easement exists along 69th Avenue North also.
A public hearing has been scheduled and notices of the Planning Commission’s consideration have been published in the Brooklyn Center Sun/Post.
RECOMMENDATION
The proposed preliminary plat appears to be in order and approval is recommended subject to the following conditions:
The final plat is subject to review and approval by the City Engineer.
2. The final plat is subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of the City Ordinances.
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