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Home My WebLink About99-101 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1999/09/07RESOLUTION NO. 99-101 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1990 TO THE YEAR 2010 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 AMENDMENT TO ADOPT A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN PARK CENTER BOULEVARD 3601, 3633 AND 3663 PARK CENTER BOULEVARD WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council on March 5, 1984 and amended on April 1, 1991 as Comprehensive Plan 1990-2010, and provides the following 1 An official statement serving as the basic guide in making land use, transportation and community facilities and service decisions affecting the City 2 A framework for policies and actions leading to the improvement of the physical, financial, and social environment of the City, thereby providing a good place to live and work and a setting conducive for new development 3 A promotion of the public interest in establishing a more functional, healthful, interesting, and efficient community by serving the interests of the community at large rather than the interests of individual or special groups within the community if their interests are at variance with the public interest 4 An effective framework for direction and coordination of activities affecting the development and preservation of the community 5 Treatment of the entire community as one ecosystem and to inject long range considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more pleasant, and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial, and public activities and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and WHEREAS, said Plan will prepare the community for anticipated desirable change, thereby bringing about significant savings in both private and public expenditures, and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning activities of adjacent units of government, and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan is to be periodically reviewed by the Planning Commission of the City of St Louis Park and amendments made, if justified according to procedures, rules, and laws, and provided such amendments would provide a positive result and are consistent with other provisions in the Comprehensive Plan, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St Louis Park recommended adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1990-2010 on July 7, 1999 based on statutes, the Metropolitan Regional Blueprint, extensive research and analyses involving the interests of citizens and public agencies, Resolution No 99-101 2 - NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St Louis Park that the Comprehensive Plan, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, is hereby amended as follows Chapter V, P , Redevelopment, Park Center Housing The Park Center Housing District is located within the Park Commons redevelopment area and was established in 1997 to facilitate the development of the Parkwood Shores assisted living housing project A Redevelopment Plan was adopted by the City Council on September 7, 1999 for 3601, 3633, and 3663 Park Center Boulevard, which includes the existing 207 -unit senior high rise apartment, a total of 91 units of senior assisted living housing, and the future redevelopment of the office property 45 assisted living units were completed in 1998 Phase II of 46 units are to be completed in 1999/2000 Redevelopment of the office property as high density residential, which is anticipated within the next five to ten years (2005-2010), shall conform to the following guidelines • Density shall be at or near 75 units per acre maximum • Floor Area Ratio may be a maximum equal to the Parkshores high rise (2 2 FAR) • Height may be a maximum equal to the Parkshores high rise (142') • There shall be no reduction in the amount of existing usable open space on the lot • Any curb cut access on Park Center Boulevard shall be aligned with the existing median break • The site design shall conform to Livable Communities principles outlined in Chapter R, specifically including relationship to the public street, architectural interest at the pedestrian level, and use of below ground structured parking • Architecture shall coordinate with Parkwood Shores and Parkshore Place • Good pedestrian/trail connections shall be provided The following modifications to Zoning Ordinance requirements are approved as part of the Redevelopment Plan for the assisted living and senior high rise properties only • Density increase to 70 units per acre • Reduction in required usable open space of 51% • Increase in Floor Area Ratio to 1 7 • Reduction in building setbacks up to 72% • Building height for senior high rise of 142 feet • Setback reduction for surface parking lot to 20 feet • Setback reduction for structured parking to 10 feet • Reduction in required parking stalls of 15% • Reduced building to curb setback to seven feet NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this amendment to Chapter V P , Redevelopment, Park Center Housing be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2010 approved by the City Council of the City of St Louis Park on May 17, 1999 (Resolution No 99-66), and currently being reviewed by the Metropolitan Council r Resolution No 99-101 Attest -3- Adopted by the City Council September 7, 1999 Contingent upon approval of the Metropolitan Council Ci ' Clerk Mayor Reviewed for Administration //. / . .►�U . i y anager Reso1 uti on L No. 99-101 LEGAL DESCRIPTION CASE NO. 99-15-S AND CASE NO. 99 -16 -VAC Lot 1, Block 2, Pork Center. according to the recorded plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota. except fcr the south 40.00 feet of Lot 1. Block 2. Park Center. and the north 145.00 feet of the south 185.00 feet of the ecst 215.00 feet of said Lot 1. AND The South 40 00 feet recorded plat thereof, feet of the south 185. AND of Lot 1, Block 2. Park Center according to the Hennepin County, Minnesota and the north 145 00 00 feet of the east 215.00 feet of said Lot 1. That pert of Lot 2, Block 2, Pork Center, commencing at the intersection of the East fine of sold Lot 2 and a line 24.00 feet Northerly of, measured at a right ongle to and parallel with the South line of said Lot 2; thence Westerly. along sold parallel line. a distance of 423.00 feet; thence Northerly parallel with said East line a distance of 401.00 feet to the beginning of a line hereinafter described as Line A", thence Northwesterly, deflecting to the left 16 degrees 35 minutes 14 seconds. to the Southerly right—of—way line of Park Center Boulevard as dedicated in said plat of Park Center and said Line A" there terminating; thence Easterly, along said Southerly right—of—way line, to the intersection with a line 60.00 feet Easterly of, measured at a right angle to and parallel with said Line A� and the point of beginning of the lond to be described; thence Southeasterly, along the last described parallel line, to the intersection with a line drawn Westerly, parallel with the South line of said Lot 2. from a point on the East line of said Lot 2 distant 401.00 feet Northerly from the point of commencement; thence Easterly along the lest described parallel line, to East line of said Lot 2: thence Northerly, along said East line, to the Northeast comer of said Lot 2: thence Westerly, along the North line of said Lot 2. to the Easterly right—of—way tine of said Park Center Boulevard; thence Southerly and Southwesterly, along the Easterly and Southeasterly right—of—way line of said Park Center Boulevard to the point of beginning Together with easement appurtenant for driveway purposes as more fully set forth in Easement Agreement recorded as Document No. 51 92210. t