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CITY OF FRIDLEY
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PILATS & SUB�VI IONS-
STREETS & U'I'SILI'�IES 5UBCOMMITTEE MEETING - MAY l, 1974
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CALL TO ORDER:
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Chairman Har•ris called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
MEMBERS PRESENT: Harris, French, Meissner
MEMBERS ABSENT: Forster, Christ�nsen
OTHERS PRESENT: Darrel Clark, Community Development Administrator
APPROVE PLATS &-SUBDIVISIONS-STREETS & UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES:
FEBRUARY 13, 1974
MOTION by French, seconded by Meissner, that the Plats a� Su;n-
divisions-Streets & Utilities minutes of the February .i3, 1974 meeting
be approved as written. Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, the motion
carried unanimously.
APPROVE PLATS & SUBDIVISIONS-STREETS & UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES:
FEBRUARY 20, 1974
MOTION by French, seconded by Meissner, that the Plats & Sub-
divisions-S�reets & Utilities minutes of the February 20, 1974 meeting
be approved as written. Upon a voice vqte, a11 voting aye, the motion
carried unanimously.
I. CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT, P.S. #74-02, GRACE HIGH
SCHOOL ADDITION, BY JEROME N. JULIUS: A replat of the South-
west Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, and that
part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section
24, except that part already platted as Parkview Manor and
Parkview Heights Addition, generally known as the Grace High
School property, South of Gardena Avenue.
Mr. Jerome Julius was present.
Mr. Julius said this preliminary plat includes all the property
owned by the Archdiocese of St. Paul, commonly known as the Grace High
School property. Since Matterhorn Drive has been completed, the property
on the West side of Matterhorn has gotten to be surplus property. They
didn't feel that this would ever be need�ed by the school, so the decisLOn
was made to sell this portion of the property. It is zoned R-1, which is
compa.:�ible with the area.
Mr. French said these were oversize lots and would fit in well
with the North Innsbruck area.
Mr. French said that when the grade level is set for these lots
he thought they would be able to grade from the South to the North
because this property is higher on the South and drains to the North.
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He said we have been asking that all new plats have underground utilities.
Mr. Julius said he had already been contacted for a six foot
easement on the West side of these lots by the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company. He said they would be putting in points of connection on each
lot until they could be replaced with underground utilities. He said
they preferred to have the utilities underground also.
Mr. French said most of these lots were treeless, so they would
be asking to have one tree planted on each lot. Mr. Julius asked how
large these trees would have to be. Mr. French said about 1� to 2 inches
in diameter. He said these should be trees such as Maple or �reen Ash.
Mr. Harris asked about the park dedication on this plat. Mr.
Clark said they were platting the entire area East of Matterhorn Drive
as Block 1. There is a very long and complicated legal description
for this property, and platting it this way would really simplify the
leg.al description. This would make the plat about 40 acres and according
to our ordinance, either 4 acres would have to be dedicated or money
paid into the park fund. He said if we asked this much dedication he
was sure they wouldn't plat this portion of the property, and it would
be better if it was platted.
Mr. French said he lives close to Grace High School and is
very familiar with the area. He said there is a hockey 'rink on school
property which is used by the City in their Hockey program (maintained
by the City), and they also have track and a tennis court which he knows
the People in this area use and they have never been asked to leave.
He would not like to ask for park dedication from the Grace High School
site when they are already sharing their recreation facilities.
Mr. Clark said the City would like to obtain easements for
the bike and walkway trail system which will be going through this
area. He said he thought there was room on the East side of Matterhorn
for this ea�:em�nt. He said the City wouldn't want to ask for more park ,
land in this area because there is a park going in just East of this '
property.
Mr. Harris said they should have a profile on this property
be,fore they go to the Planning Commission meeting. Mr. Julius said
he knew there was a berm on the rear of these lots.
Mr. Meissner asked Mr. Ju].ius if he was going to develop these
lots. Mr. Julius said they hoped to sell them to one developer. He
said they have had inquiries on this property but because it wasn't
platted, this had been a drawback on selling it.
�.OTION by French, seconded by Meissner, that the Plats & Subdi�i- _
sions-Streets & Utilities Subcommittee recommend to the Planning
Commission approvaZ of the proposed preliminary pZat, P.S. #74-02,
Grace High 5chool Addition, by Jerome N. Julius, a repZat of the South-
west Quarterof the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, �nd that part of
the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, except
that part already platted as Parkview Manor and Parkview Heights Addition,
generaZly known as the Grace High School Property, South of Gardena
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Avenue with'�the following stipulations:
1. Provid'e underground utilities.
2. War� wi.th the Engineering Department on drainage and
elevations.
3. Developer of property plant one tree on each lot, 1� to 2
inches in diameter.
4. Negotiate with City on use of existing recreational facilities
of Grace High School in liew of park dedication.
5. Negotiate with City for easement for Bike-way and walkway
system, East of Matterhorn Drive.
UPON a voiee vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously.
2. CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT, P.S. #74-03, JIM LUND ESTATES,
BY JIM LUND: A replat of the N. z of Lot 31 and Lot 30, A.S. #129
Mr. Jim Lund and Mr. Don Hardle were present.
Mr. Lund said he had brought some rough preliminary drawings
of this plat to get the feelings of the Subcommittee on different
proposals for the road pat�ern on this plat. He said this property
was North of Onan's.
Mr. Clark said all the lots had to have a minimum front footage
of 75 feet at the setback line. He told Mr. Lund �ha� the park dedica-
tion on this plat would be approximate $400 per lot.
There was discussion on different ways the road could be put in
on this plat.
Mr. Clark told Mr. Lund that there were things that would have
to be worked out at staff level on this plat before the Subcommittee
could react.
Mr. Clark said this wouldn't be going to the Planning Commission
until at least May 22nd so there was an alternate Wednesday this Sub-
committee could meet.
Mr. Harris said they would meet on May 15th. He asked that the
property owners be notified of this request and the date of this meeting
so we can find out how the people in the area feel about splitting their
lots as this would help determine the street patterns.
Chairman Harris adjourned the meeting at 8:15 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Dorothy Ev son, Secretary