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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-01-98 WSY f ~ • CITY OF LAKEVILLE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES APRIL 1, 1998 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Zaun at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall. Administration conference room. Those present: Mayor Zaun; Councilmembers Holberg, Mulvihill, Ryan (arrived at 5:15 p.m.), Sindt; City Administrator Erickson; City Engineer Keith Nelson; Community and Economic Development Director Sobota; Administrative Assistant Hennen; Planning Assistant Mullenbach; Joni Hubred, Life & Times; and David Licht, Northwest Associated Consultants. Item No. 1: Review of Proposed Rural Service Area Ultimate Land Use Plans. Mr. Sobota explained to the City Council that formulation of the rural service area plans began in June 1997 with the first round of neighborhood meetings. With input provided by rural service area residents and property owners, Northwest Associated Consultants (NAC) and staff developed ultimate land use draft plans for the Northwest, Southwest, and East Rural Service Areas for • discussion purposes. In a second round of meetings held January 27-28, 1998, NAC and City staff presented the draft plans to each rural service area neighborhood for input. In addition, the Planning Commission reviewed and discussed the plans at their January 22, 1998 meeting. Mr. Mullenbach presented revisions which had been made per comments received from residents, property owners, and the Planning Commission, including the following: Northwest Rural Service Area • The Knoch and Lund properties were removed from the current 2010 MUSA and designated for Permanent Rural uses as requested in letters received from both property owners. Southwest Rural Service Area • The Buckley Trucking and Brown & Cris properties were re-designated from high density residential to commercial uses as requested by the owners. • The Rechtzigel property was re-designated from medium density to medium/high density residential as per the property owners requests and • consistent with the 1988 Land Use Plan and current zoning of the area. Page 1 . An area north of 205th Street was changed from high to medium density residential uses as per comments received from owners of single-family residences in the area. The change will create a better transition from planned commercial uses (Dunham and Dale properties) along Interstate 35 to low density residential uses to the west. • The low/medium density residential area north of South Creek and south of 210th Street was adjusted to correspond to the natural boundary created by South Creek. East Rural Service Area • Areas south and east of King Park were re-designated from low density to medium and low/medium density residential land uses. These changes were made due to comments received from the property owner, Mr. Streefland, and the area's proximity to 185th Street which is identified as a high density minor arterial in the Transportation Plan. • The high density residential area adjacent to Cedar Avenue south of the Dodd Boulevard was reduced in size. Subsequently, an area to the east designated as high density was changed to medium density, and an area to the west was changed to medium/high density. In general, staff attempted to lower overall density in the area consistent with comments received at the East Rural Service Area neighborhood meeting. • Designations in the Nordic Square gravel mine area were made to conform • with the Nordic Square Reclamation Plan land use concept. • A strip south of future 179th Street and north of the Farmington boundary was changed from medium to low density residential uses consistent with adjacent land uses to the south in Farmington. • An area south and east of the Cedar/Dodd intersection was re-designated from medium to low/medium density residential to serve as a better transition from existing low density uses to the north. • The park search area on the Tutewohl property was enlarged consistent with the Nordic Square Reclamation Plan land use concept and the Parks and Open Space Plan. Councilmember Mulvihill questioned the amount of high density residential uses planned in the East Rural Service Area. Staff then presented a map showing the distribution of medium and high density existing and planned land uses in the City of Lakeville. After discussing the issue, the City Council agreed to change the land use designation from high density residential to medium/high density residential land uses. Staff was directed to revise the map showing the distribution of medium and high density residential land uses to include manufactured home parks. Councilmember Sindt asked what land uses are planned in Farmington directly • south of future 179th. Mr. Licht indicated that planned and existing land uses along the Lakeville-Farmington boundary in Farmington consisted of existing Page 2 • and planned low density single-family residential land uses west of Pilot Knob and existing high density single-family residential land uses east of Pilot Knob Road. Staff will research the compatibility of land uses in the Farmington Land Use Plan Mayor Zaun asked how the ratio of land uses proposed in the rural service area compares to existing and planned land uses in the urban service area. Mr. Licht indicated that no such calculation had been done, but that it would be pursued at a later date. The draft rural service area ultimate land use plans will be presented to the City Council at their regular April 6, 1998 meeting with the one change identified above. Item No. 2: Agreement with Metropolitan Council regarding Administrative Approval of MUSA Amendments Mr. Nelson presented a past and current proposal for the Green Ridge subdivision development. The current proposal shows the ability to serve the entire parcel, including that area outside the 2010 MUSH, whereas the past proposal did not. Developing the area outside the MUSA would allow more rational development of the parcel. • Currently, owners of four parcels that are split by the 2010 MUSA boundary have submitted initial plans for development of their property which further defines areas that can be served through gravity sanitary sewer. City staff met with Metropolitan Council staff to review the Farmington MUSH expansion area. Staff also mentioned in passing that a number of parcels currently split by the MUSH are under review for development and related infrastructure system improvements, i.e. transportation, parks, utilities. To the surprise of staff, Metropolitan Council staff were supportive of minor adjustments that would be necessary to accommodate rational land use development patterns for each contiguous property ownership. Metropolitan Council staff stated they could administratively approve the refinements. Councilmember Holberg asked why one of the parcels, which is almost entirely outside the 2010 MUSA would be allowed to develop. Mr. Erickson explained that he had researched adjustments to the MUSH line that have occurred over the last fifteen years as it relates to the subject property. Before digitization of the MUSH line on the City's GIS system, previous maps have shown a greater portion of the subject parcel lying inside the MUSA. Since past MUSA maps were not to scale, the City has no basis by which to differentiate between parcels with varying degrees of MUSA and non-MUSA acreage. • Page 3 • Mr. Sobota explained that the four proposed administrative MUSA amendments would be presented as one request to the Metropolitan Council when the first project was approved by the City Council. Item No. 3: Consider Proposed Urban Planning District Boundaries and Proposed Neighborhood Meeting Dates for Comprehensive Guide Plan Update Mr. Licht discussed the current comprehensive guide plan update, including explaining the initiation of Phase Two of the process. Phase Two will include: 1) Identification of Neighborhood Land Use Issues/Opportunities; 2) Policy Plan; 3) Community-Wide Land Use Plan; and 4) Planning District Land Use Plans. Mr. Licht stated that the City was divided into twenty-two planning districts during the 1988 Comprehensive Guide Plan Update. Staff is proposing a total of eleven planning districts (3 rural service area; 8 urban service area) for the current update. The proposed urban service area planning districts are: Central Business District: Bounded by CSAH 50 and CR 70 to the south, 202nd Street to the north, Dodd Blvd. and the existing MUSH line to the west and Hamburg Ave. and . Airlake Industrial Park to the east. Includes historic downtown Lakeville and the commercial strip along CSAH 50 (210th Street), east to Ardmor Mobile Home Park. Airlake Industrial Park: Bounded by CSAH 50 to the north, City boundary to the south, Dodd Blvd. to the west and Farmington to the east. Includes all of Airlake Industrial Park and Belzer's. Fairfield Business Campus/ Clay's Acres: Bounded by Lake Marion to the north, Dodd Blvd. to the east and the MUSA line to the south and west. Includes Fairfield Business Campus, I-35/CR 70 Interchange commercial areas and residential neighborhoods (Clay's Acres/Meadows) south of Lake Marion. Highway 50/Lake Marion: Bounded by Lake Marion to the south and west, 185th Street to the north, and CSAH 50 to the east. Includes Kenwood Trail Junior High School. Town Square/ Heritage Commons: Bounded by 185th Street to the north, 202nd Street to the south, CSAH 50 to the west and the MUSA line to the east. Includes City Hall, Heritage i Square, Heritage Commons and the Central Area/Ipava Corridor Study area. Page 4 • Interstate 35/ 50 Corridor: Bounded by Burnsville to the north, 185th Street to the south, and Credit River Township to the west. The east boundary generally follows the extent of commercial zoning east of I-35. Includes the 185th Street, CSAH 50, and CR 46 interchange areas, Orchard Lake, Kingsley Lake, and Brackett's Crossing Golf Course. North Lakeville: ISD #194: Bounded by Burnsville to the north, the MUSA line to the south, Interstate 35/50 Corridor to the west, and School District #194 boundaries to the east. Includes North Park, and Crystal Lake Golf Estates. North Lakeville: ISD #192/196: Bounded by Apple Valley to the north, the MUSA line to the south and east, and School Districts #192 & #196 boundaries to the west. Includes Countryview and North Creek mobile home parks, Valley Lake Park, and Valley Park subdivisions, and North Trail and Parkview elementary schools. Councilmember Holberg requested that the Interstate 35/50 Corridor planning district be renamed to more closely reflect the entire area. She suggested • adding "/Orchard Lake" to the planning district's title. Staff was directed to make the change to the planning district name to read "Interstate 35/CR 50/Orchard Lake". Councilmember Holberg also expressed concern that the meeting participants may wish to focus on the current transportation issues effecting the I-35/CR 50 interchange area rather than comprehensive plan issues. Mr. Erickson suggested that SRF could prepare a 3-5 page traffic study summary to be handed out at the comprehensive plan meeting in May. This would allow the residents and property owners to become informed about the traffic study without consuming time scheduled to discuss the comprehensive plan. The traffic .study will be presented at a neighborhood meeting in~une. Staff was directed to prepare a transportation issues handout for the May 5th meeting for the Interstate 35/ CR 50/Orchard Lake planning district.. • Staff also presented the following dates, times, and locations for the neighborhood meetings: Page 5 • • Date Neighborhood Time Location May 5 . Interstate-35/ County 5:30 - 6:45 Trinity Evangelical Tuesday Road 50/Orchard Lake PM Free Church North Lakeville: 7:30 - 8:45 Cherryview ISD #194 PM Elementary School May 6 Fairfield Business 5:30 - 6:45 Lakeview Wednesday Campus/ Clay's Acres PM Elementary School May 13 Town Square/ 5:30 - 6:45 Lakeville City Hall Wednesday Heritage Commons PM Council Chambers North Lakeville: 7:30 - 8:45 Parkview ISD #192/196 PM Elementary School May 27 Airlake Industrial Park 7:30 - 8:45 Grist Mill Wednesday AM Conference Room Central Business District 4:30 - 5:45 Senior Center PM Lake Marion/CSAH 50 7:30 - 8:45 Lake Marion Corridor PM Elementary School Mayor Zaun asked whether there is a specific strategy that is used when scheduling meetings. Mr. Erickson responded that the meetings were scheduled to allow maximum possible participation by elected officials. The personal schedules of the City Council, including the six nights with D.A.R.E. graduations. were taken into consideration. Mr. Erickson suggested to the City Council that the City may wish to hire a court reporter for the neighborhood meetings to obtain a more accurate and complete compilation of residents comments, and to allow staff the ability to answer questions from residents and property owners during the meeting. Councilmember Ryan requested that the cost of hiring the court reporter and cost for obtaining transcripts be explored before moving forward. Councilmember Ryan also suggested that videotaping the urban service area neighborhood meetings may be helpful. Item No. 4: Comprehensive Guide Plan Update -Planning Tactics and Planning Inventory Reports Mr. Licht presented the latest draft of the Planning Tactics and Inventory reports. Since the City Council last saw a draft of the. Planning Tactics document in • November 1997, NAC and City staff have received comments from an additional elected official and adjacent unit of government. In addition, the Page 6 Planning Commission, Environmental Affairs Committee, Economic Development Commission, and Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee recently reviewed both reports. Comments received by City staff and NAC from the City's ,advisory committees, and additional interviews, have been incorporated into the March 1998 draft. Mayor Zaun asked Mr. Licht whether all comments received from the City's advisory committees were incorporated into the documents. Mr. Licht explained that some of the comments were placed in locations other than that suggested by the advisory committees due to the nature of the comments. Issues identification comments were placed into the Planning Tactics and factual or technical information was placed into the Inventory. Overall, the incorporation of comments into the draft documents meets the intent of the recommendations made by each of the advisory committees. The Planning Tactics and Inventory will be placed on the agenda for the regular April 6, 1998 City Council meeting. Item No. 5: Review Contract for Professional Services with Northwest Associated Consultants (NAC) Mr. Erickson presented a proposal from Northwest Associated Consultants • tNAC) which identifies a proposed work program for Phase Two of the Comprehensive Guide Plan Update. The work program proposed by NAC includes: 1) identification of neighborhood land use issues/opportunities; 2) policy plan; 3) community-wide land use plan; 4) .planning district land use plans; and 5) public hearing/approval. Mr. Erickson explained that the City is currently within its budget for the comprehensive guide plan update. Mr. Erickson indicated that he expects the December 31, 1998 deadline for submitting the comprehensive guide plan update amendment to be extended by the Metropolitan Council. Therefore, some expenditures may carry-over into 1999. All comprehensive guide plan meeting expenses would be covered by NAC's current zoning administration contract. The City Council discussed NAC's role in the overall comprehensive guide plan process. Councilmember Holberg stated that actions of the Lakeville School District (ISD #194) could substantially effect the outcome of the comprehensive guide plan update, especially as it relates to selecting the site for a second high school. Mayor Zaun and Mr. Licht agreed to meet with ISD #194 concerning • the site selection process for the future location of a second high school Page 7 Item No. 6: Status Update on Reconvening the Strategic Growth Management Task Force. Mr. Erickson indicated that letters from Mayor Zaun were mailed February 18, 1.998 to nearly all of the original members of the Strategic Growth Management Task Force, inviting them to meet .once or twice as a reactivated Task Force. In addition, the superintendents in School Districts 192 and 196 were contacted regarding a representative from their district. Reply postcards were returned by nearly all original members, with the few who did not reply contacted by telephone. Several indicated that they would be very pleased to play a role in reviewing the accomplishments that have taken place since the Task Force recommendations were presented in 1992. Councilmember Holberg indicated that the reconvened task force could evaluate the extent and success of implementation of its recommendations. In addition, the group could discuss whether recommendations should be revisited due to changing demographics, conditions, etc. (i.e. Will past recommendations apply in the future?) Councilmember Ryan indicated that he felt that demographics and conditions in the City have changed significantly since the recommendations were made in 1992. For example, large lot subdivisions may not be needed in the future due to changing demographics. Mayor Zaun asked whether the Task Force should be reconvened before or after the comprehensive planning process is completed. Councilmember Mulvihill suggested that the Task Force could reconvene in time to be in attendance at the neighborhood meetings in May. Then, the group could begin its evaluation process in the Fall. Councilmember Ryan asked how additional membership would be determined. Mr. Erickson suggested that notice could be placed in the next Messages page in the Life & Times asking for applicants. Applications would have to be received in two weeks time in order to have time for City Council interviews. Noting current time constraints, the City Council agreed that past task force members could be instructed to attend the neighborhood meetings in May, but that new members could be added in the future. Councilmember Sindt indicated that the City Council would not be members and that staff would only. provide information to the Task Force as it was requested, as was the case in 1993. Councilmember Ryan inquired as to whether anyone from outside the City would be able to be a task force member. It was agreed that the task force Page 8 ` S ~ should continue to consist of only Lakeville residents and business owners, consistent with membership in the past. Mayor Zaun indicated that Barbara Lukerman, moderator of the group in 1992, could be asked to lead the reconvened task force. The City Council agreed that Ms. Lukerman provided excellent leadership and expertise in the role as moderator in 1992. Mr. Erickson offered to contact Ms. Lukerman to determine her interest and/or availability for such purposes. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p. m. Respectfully Submitted by ~~ Ron Mullenbach Recording Secretary • • Page 9