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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000/06/05 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular 11CITY OFFICIAL MINUTES ., .. LouOIFS CITY COUNCIL MEETING RK ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA June 5, 2000 1 Call to Order Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7 30 p m 2. Presentations a Recognition for Marjean Ruddle Mayor Jacobs presented a plaque to Marjean Ruddle in recognition of her 19 years of dedicated service to the City of St. Louis Park. Resolution No. 00-071 3. Roll Call The following Councilmembers were present at roll call: Jim Bnmeyer, Ron Latz, Chns Nelson, Sue Sanger, Sue Santa, Robert Young, and Mayor Jeff Jacobs. Also present were the City Manager (Mr Meyer); City Attorney (Mr. Scott); Planning Manager (Ms. Jeremiah); Director of Community Development (Ms. Enckson); and Recording Secretary (Ms. Olson). 4. Approval of Minutes a. City Council Minutes of May 15, 2000 The minutes were approved as presented with the following corrections: Page 7, Item 8c, Paragraph 1, change "Three (3) land section" to "Three (3) lane section". Page 9, Item 8e, Paragraph 6, change to "looking at the question of if the City needs another lift station". Page 6, Item 6a, Paragraph 10, change to "Councilmember Santa asked where the Money Centers would be located". b. Study Session Minutes of May 8, 2000 The minutes were approved as presented with the following correction: Page 13, Item 1, Paragraph 4, changed to "Councilmember Latz requested to know the reasons behind . . ." 5. Approval of Agendas a Consent Agenda It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to approve the consent agenda. The motion passed 7-0. Council Meeting Minutes -2- June 5, 2000 b. Agenda It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Santa. to approve the agenda with the addition of item 10a. The motion passed 7-0 c Resolutions and Ordinances By consent, Council waived reading of resolutions and ordinances. 6. Public Hearings - None 7. Petitions, Requests, Communications - None 8. Resolutions and Ordinances 8a. Request by Novartis Nutntion Corporation for Preliminary and Final Plat for Novartis Addition, Amendment to Special Permit, and street vacation of a portion of West 24th Street. 5320 W 23rd Street Case Nos. 00-24-S, 00-23-CUP, and 00-26-VAC. Resolution No. 00-072 and Resolution No. 00-073 Judie Erickson, Planning Coordinator, presented a staff report and recommended approval of the Preliminary and Final Plat, Special Permit Amendment, and street vacation of a portion of W. 24th Street, subject to the conditions in the resolutions/ordinance. Councilmember Nelson asked if new lots were being created. Ms. Erickson stated that the whole area will be one single lot, and noted that the diagram was showing the existing condition of lots. Councilmember Nelson asked if there was any future plans for a Novartis expansion. Ms. Erickson indicated that she believed Novartis may have future plans to do building expansions on the lot. Councilmember Nelson was concerned that if Novartis sold the land a land locked parcel would be created. Ms. Erickson stated that this would not be a land locked parcel, but there would be one large parcel with access from Utica Avenue. She stated that Novartis would have to subdivide it in order to sell it, and in order to subdivide it they would also have to create access. Councilmember Sanger asked for an update on Novartis' efforts to control the dust emissions that occasionally fall on the Birchwood neighborhood. Ms. Jeremiah stated that the Inspections Department has been working with Novartis and there have been some improvements. John Nelson of Novartis stated that Novartis is currently working to correct the problem. Council Meeting Minutes -3- June 5, 2000 It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Bnmeyer, to adopt Resolution No 00-072 approving preliminary and final plat for Novartis Addition, subject to conditions in the resolution, to adopt Resolution No. 00-073 approving Special Permit Amendment, subject to conditions in the resolution, to approve first reading of an ordinance vacating a portion of West 24th Street, subject to conditions in the ordinance. The motion passed 7-0. 8b. CASE NO. 00-17-ZA - Zoning Ordinance Amendments proposed by Joshua E. Aaron of Park Land Company Judie Enckson, Planning Coordinator presented a staff report and recommended approval. Councilmember Sanger raised the question if some of the same purposes could be accomplished by doing mixed use zoning instead of doing so much modification to the office zoning. Ms. Erickson stated that the mixed use allows a lot of retail use and staff sees this area as a pnme office distnct. Councilmember Sanger was concerned that this may not be the most appropnate route to get to a very desirable goal of having more housing in St Louis Park and questioned why there was the deletion of all the references to cluster housing. Ms. Enckson stated that cluster housing was not a very dense development and the office distnct allows heights up to 20 stones with high density. She stated that any request to complete a residential use has to be by PUD. Councilmember Sanger was concerned about the possibility of putting such a tall apartment building adjacent to a residential neighborhood and recommended that this issue come to a study session for a discussion before the Council votes. The Council discussed the definitions of the different land use distncts. Steven Young, Representative for Park Land Company, reviewed his plan and stated that the goal was a two story office pad with a residential tower on top of it. Councilmember Sanger asked if this property would be needed to complete the frontage road. Ms. Enckson indicated that a decision has been to modify frontage road, but indicated that it wasn't possible to reconstruct the frontage road past Park Center Boulevard. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, to defer this issue to a Study Session on June 12, 2000. The motion passed 6-0-1. Mayor Jacobs abstained. 8c. CASE NO. 00-22-Z- Zoning Ordinance Map Amendments For Comprehensive Plan Consistency Judie Enckson, Planning Coordinator presented a staff report and stated that amendments would bnng the zoning in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. Council Meeting Minutes -4- June 5, 2000 Councilmember Sanger raised a concern that the City property east of CP Rail line south of Cedar Lake Road is adjacent to an area that is on study session agenda on June 12, 2000 for possible zoning changes and suggested that these areas need to be discussed together. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to defer approval of the first reading of Zoning Ordinance Map Amendments for City property east of CP Rail line south of Cedar Lake Road to a Study Session on June 12, 2000. The motion passed 7-0. It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to approve first reading of Zoning ordinance Map Amendments for Properties on the SW quadrant of Wooddale and Highway 7, and set second reading for June 19, 2000. The motion passed 7-0. 8d Investment Policy By consent, Council accepted investment policy revisions and approved Resolution No. 00-074 adopting the investment policy dated June 5, 2000. 9. Reports from Officers, Boards, Committees a. Charter Commission Minutes of March 15, 2000 b. Human Rights Commission Minutes of April 18, 2000 c. Financial Report d. Planning Commission Minutes of May 3, 2000 e. Police Civil Service Commission Minutes of March 27, 2000 f. Police Civil Service Commission Minutes of May 15, 2000 g. Vendor Claims By consent, Council accepted all reports for filing. 10. Unfinished Business 10a. Board and Commission Appointments It was moved by Councilmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Bnmeyer to appoint Tom Powers to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The motion passed 7-0. 11 New Business - None 12. Miscellaneous - None 13. Claims, Appropriation, Contract Payments Oak Park Village: Contractor Contract No. Amount SRF Consulting Group, Inc. 24-00 $ 366.06 By consent, Council authorized payment. Council Meeting Minutes -5- June 5, 2000 14. Communications The Mayor introduced Kathy Wecker of the Parktacular Board to announced Parktacular 2000 activities. 15. Adjournment It was moved by Councilmember Bnmeyer, seconded b .uncilmember Santa, to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. The motion passed 7-0. Atai Se etary !'