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Home My WebLink About00-153 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2000/12/04• RESOLUTION NO. 00-153 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 TO MODIFY CERTAIN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLANS FOR THE PARK COMMONS EAST AREA East of Quentin Avenue, west of Monterey Dnve, and north of Excelsior Boulevard to the southern portion of Wolfe Park WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 was adopted by the City Council on May 17, 1999 (effective September 1, 1999) 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 vanance with the public interest. III 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 infect 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, industnal, 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 pnvate 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 penodically 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, changes to the concept redevelopment plans for the Park Commons East area result in certain changes to the adopted land use designations and are consistent with other provisions in the Comprehensive Plan such as Livable Communities pnnciples, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St Louis Park held a public heanng and recommended adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 on Resolution 00-153 -2- December 4, 2000 November 15, 2000, based on statutes, the Metropolitan Regional Bluepnnt, extensive research and analyses involving the interests of citizens and public agencies, and WHEREAS, the changes to the concept redevelopment plans as compared to the EAW plans do not affect the potential for significant adverse environmental effects and a new EAW is not required 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. 1. Change the land use designations as shown on the attached map including: a. reduction in the size of the Park designation for the future town green and shift in its proposed location; b. change from Civic Mixed -Use to Commercial Mixed -Use west of the town green and north of 38`h/39`h Street; c changes from Commercial Mixed -Use to High -Density Residential east of Quentin and west of Monterey Dnve on the south side of 38`h/39`h Street, d. change a portion of adopted right-of-way to Commercial Mixed -Use and High -Density Residential south of Wolfe Park and east of the town green, e. change certain street right-of-way locations that will be further refined by detailed redevelopment plans 2. Change the Redevelopment Chapter to adopt the following. a. a new Figure P-5 to be titled "Park Commons East Redevelopment Concept Plan" (attached Park Commons Overall Development Plan), which will include the following text This plan for Park Commons East is a concept that will be refined by detailed redevelopment plans through the PUD approval process. Office buildings will include at least 50% ground floor retail/service/restaurants. A mix of uses will be incorporated, including approximately 145,000 sq. ft of retail/service/restaurants, 115,000 sq. ft. of office, and 660 residential units, including rental and for -sale units. Density shall be considered overall for the entire redevelopment plan rather than block -by -block or land use designation -by -designation. Building heights south of 38`h/39`h Street will generally be 2-4 stones, while building heights north of 38`h/39`h Street will generally be 6-8 stones The actual heights of buildings will vary, due to different floor to ceiling heights of different uses. Buildings over 4 stories in height should set back upper floors The design of the park edge and town green will be further refined. The following modifications to performance standards may be adopted through PUD consideration: Mixed -Use Criteria: Daycare can be considered a retail/service use for meeting ground floor mixed-use cntena, and a fitness center (indoor entertainment) can be considered an office use for meeting upper story mixed-use cntena, since both can be converted in the future. Resolution 00-153 -3- December 4, 2000 Access to Multiple -Family Access to residential units will be approved through the PUD process based upon more detailed consideration. Right -of -Way Design of public nght-of-ways, including exact location and width of streets, on -street parking design, and width of boulevards and sidewalks will be approved through the PUD and platting process based upon more detailed consideration. Open Space • Open space should be generally consistent with the redevelopment concept and as specifically approved by PUD and plat based upon more detailed consideration FAR and GFAR: Floor Area Ratio and Ground Floor Area Ratio should be generally consistent with the redevelopment concept plan and as specifically approved by PUD based upon more detailed consideration Building Setbacks: Building setbacks, including distances for internal pnvate roadways and parking lots, should be generally consistent with the redevelopment concept and as specifically approved by PUD based upon more detailed consideration. Landscaping and Bufferyards: Landscaping and bufferyards will be as specifically approved by PUD based upon more detailed consideration. Off -Street Parking• Parking should be generally consistent with the redevelopment concept and as specifically approved by PUD based upon more detailed consideration. b. a new Figure P-7 to be titled "Park Commons East Redevelopment Cross - Section Concept" (attached), c a new Figure P-8 to be titled "Park Commons East Redevelopment Image Sketch (attached); d. add the following text to Figure P-9 "Wolfe Park & Town Green". The town green width has been refined in concept by the Park Commons East Redevelopment Plan The town green and park edge will be further refined through development plan review (PUD) based upon more detailed consideration Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council December 4, 2000 Contingent u.on approval of the Metropolitan Ci y Clerk 00-59-CP/N/res/ord STATE OF MINNESOTA) SS. newspapers AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) Frank Chilinski, being duly swom on an oath states or affirms, that he is the publisher of the newspaper known as Sun -Sailor , or the president's designated agent, and has full knowledge of the facts stated below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minn. Stat §331A.02, §331A 07, and other applicable laws, as amended (B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in the newspaper once each week, for one successive weeks; it was first published on Wednesday, the 13 day of December , 2000, and was thereafter printed and published on every Wednesday to and including Wednesday, the day of , 2000, and pnnted below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice • abcdefghiyklmnopgrst z Subscribed and sworn to o ffirmed efore me on this /3 day of �%U.J QJ , 2000. Publisher MERIDEL M HEDBLOM NOTARY PUBLIC MINNESOTA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 1 31 2005 "W/Wv1/VvvvY RATE INFORMATION (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space (2) Maximum rate allowed by law (3) Rate actually charged $ 2 85 per line $ 6 20 per line $ 1 40 per line City of St. Louis Park (Official Publication) SUMMARY RESOLUTION NO. 00-153 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 TO MODIFY CERTAIN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLANS FOR THE PARK COMMONS EAST AREA East of Quentin Avenue, west of Monterey Drive, and north of Excelsior Boulevard to the southern portion of Wolfe Park This resolution states that Comprehensive Plan for the City of St Louis Park shall be amended as follows 1 Change certain land use designations for Park Com mons East mcludmg a reduction in the size of the Park des ignation for the future town green and shift m its proposed location, a change from Civic Mixed -Use to Commercial Mixed -Use west of the town green and north of 38th/39th Street, -changes from Commercial Mixed -Use to High -Den- sity Residential east of Quentin and west of Monterey Drive on the south side of 38th/39th Street, change a por tion of adopted right-of-way to Commercial Mixed -Use and High -Density Residential south of Wolfe Park and east of the town green, and change certain street right-of-way lo- cations that will be further refined by detailed redevelop- ment edevelopment plans 2 Change the Redevelopment Chapter to adopt a nea Park Commons East Redevelopment Concept Plan (Figure P-5), Park Commons East Redevelopment Cross -Section Concept (Figure P-7), and Park Commons East Redevel- opment Image Sketch (Figure P-8) and to add notes to the Redevelopment Concept Plan and Wolfe Park & Town Green drawing (Figure P-9) specifying that certam aspects, will be further refined, density will be considered overall for the redevelopment area, and certain performance sten dards may be modified or waived This resolution shall take effect upon approval by the Met ropolitan Council Adopted by the City Council December 4, 2Q00 Jeffrey W Jacobs /S/ Mayor A copy of the full text of this resolution is available for m spection with the City Clerk (December 13, 2000)A3/Res 00-153