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CITY OF FRIDLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION P�EETING, MAY 20, 1987
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Billings called the May 20, 19�7, Planning Commission meeting to
order at 7:35 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
P�e�bers Presen�: Steve Billings, David Kondrick, Dean Saba, Sue Sherek,
Donald Betzold, Richard Svanda
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Jim Robinson, Planning Coordinator
Jock Robertson, Community Development Director
Ken Bureau, 5630 W. Danube Rd.
Ray Wormsbecker, 2809 �n�shire Ave. N.
Richard Harris, 6200 Riverview Terrace
APPROVAL OF f�AY 6, 1987, PLANfVING COf�WIISSION MINUTES:
MOTION by P�r. Kondrick, seconded by Mr. Betzold, to approve the P�lay 6, 1987,
Planning Corrmiiss�on minutes as written.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declar�ed the motion
carried unanimously.
1. PUBLIC HEARING: COfdSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT, P.S. #87-04
1ST ADDITION, BY_KEN_BUREAU OF ROSEWOOD PROPERTIES, INC.:
�eing a replat of that part of Lot 5, Revised Auditor's Subdivzsion No. 77,
Anoka County, ��innesota, lying easterly of the following described line:
Commencing ai the intersection of the center line of Osborne Road, as now
laid out, with the easterly right-of-way line of Northern Pacific Railroad;
thence northeasterly along said center line of Osborne Road, 436.5 feet to
the point of beginning of the line to be described, said centerline has an
assumed bearing of North 51 degrees 3 minutes 20 seconds east; thence North
15 degrees, 40 minutes 0 seconds west, a distance of 436.5 feet; thence
north 18 degrees, 5 minutes 56 seconds west, a distance of 561.73 feet, to
its intersection with the north line of said Lot 5 and there terminating.
Except that part taken for 77th Avenue and Main Street. Also that part of
the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11, Township 30, Range 24, Anoka County,
Minnesota, lying northerly of Osborne Road and westerly of P�ain Street.
Generally located south of 77th Avenue, west of f�lain Street and north of
Osborne Road.
MOTION by P�s. Sherek, seconded by Mr. Kondrick, to waive the formal reading
of the public hearing notice and to open the public hearing.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously and the public hearing open at 7:36 p.m.
PLANNING COMP�ISSION MEETING, MAY 20, 1987 PAGE 2
Mr. Robinson stated this involved a plat of approximately 9 acres located
on Main St. between 77th Ave. N.E. and Osborne Road. The project was for an
office/warehouse type facility which included two buildings--one building at
49,800 sq. ft. and one building at 63,270 sq. ft. for a total square footage
for both buildings of 113,000. This type of facility required a special use
permit which was item 2 in the agenda.
Mr. Robinson stated that as far as the plat, the petitioner was being
asked to plat because of a lengthy lega� des� ripti:on left from the sub-,
division of the Johnson Printing Co. and also due to the fact that the property
lines presently go out to the center lines of the road.
Mr. Robinson stated Staff was recommending the following stipulations:
1. Park fee of approximately $8,937 to be paid prior to recording plat.
(exact amount equals sq. ft. x.023)
2. Developer to supply a ten foot bikeway/walkway easement along Osborne;
subject to St. Paul Water Works concurrence.
3. Provide additional right-of-way.(25 foot triangles) at the corners of
Osborne Road and P�ain Street and 77th Avenue and Main Street.
(� P•4r. Robinson stated he had other comments, but he would address those under
_ the special use permit.
MOTION by Mr. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Saba, to close the public hearing.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the public
hearing closed at 7:39 p.m.
MOTION by Mr. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Saba, to recom�nend to City Council
approval of prelir��inary plat, P.S. #�7-04, K�n's lst Addition, by Ken Bureau
of Rosewood Properties, Inc., with the following stipulations:
1. Park fee of approximately $8,937 to be paid prior to
recording plat (exact amount equals sq. ft. x.023).
2. Developer to supply a ten foot bikeway/walkway easement along
Osborne Road, subject to St. Paul Water Works concurrence.
3, Provide additional right-of-way (25 foot triangles) at the
corners of Osborne Road and Main Street and 77th Avenue and
P�ai n Street.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the
motion carried unanimously.
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2. PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL USE PERP�IIT, SP #87-09, BY
I�GIY DURC/1U �r rc���wuuu I'KUYtKIltJ� 1�V�.:
Per Section 205.18.1, C, 1, of t e Fridley City Code to allow offices
not associated with a principal use on that part of Lot 5, Revised Auditor's Su
Subdivision No. 77, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the follow-
ing described line: Commencing at the intersec�i�ion of the center line of
Osborne Road, as now laid out, with the easterly right-of-way line of
Northern Pacific Railroad; thence northeasterly along said center line of
Osb�rne Road, 436.5 feet-, to the point of beginning of the line to be
described, said centerline has an assumed bearing of north 51 degrees
3 minutes 20 seconds east, thence north 15 degrees, 40 minutes 0 seconds
west, a distance of 436.5 feet, thence north 18 degrees 5 minutes 56 seconds
west, a distance of 561.73 feet, to its intersection with the horth line of
said Lot 5, and there terminating. Except that part taken for 77th Avenue
and Main Street. Also that part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 11,
Township 30, Range 24, Anoka County, P�innesota, lying northerly of Osborne
Road and westerly of Main Street. Generally located south of 77th Avenue,
west of Main Street and north of Osborne Road.
MOTION by Mr. Kondrick, seconded by P�Ir. Svanda, to waive the formal reading
of the public hearing notice and to open the public hearing.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
,'� carried unanimously and the public hearing open at 7:42 p.m.
Mr. Robinson stated �i^s pr.aperty was zoned M-2, heavy industrial, and was
surrounded by other M-2 except for the Marquette Bank and the old Cub Food
building which were zoned commercial. The special use permit was for office
not associated with principal use in an industrial zone. The two buildings,
as mentioned earlier, would equal 113,000 sq, ft., which was 29% lot coverage,
less than the 40% allowed. The speculative ratio for parking associated with
a building of this type for properties over 12 acres was 1 stall for every
500 sq. ft. of floor area. This would require 226 parking stalls for this
project. The drawings presently showed 212 stalls which was a deficit of 14
stalls. Ort� o� the stipulations addressed the parking needed to meet code.
Mr. Robinson stated Staff has been working extensively with the developer
and his consultant in defining the architecture and landscape elements.
Mr. Robinson stated Staff was recommending the following stipulations:
1. Developer to supply the city tenant type and building area calculations
prior to each occupancy to monitor usage and parking supply. Parking
need, by code, not to exceed supply.
2. Provide at least one stall per 500 �q.. ft. of building floor area to
meet code. All stalls to be ten feet wide, except handicapped to be
12 feet wide.
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3. Developer to construct facades as illustrated on original elevations with
recessed entries, brick corbelling over signage band and brick columns
in front of entries as shown.
4. Grading plan to provide for berming, at least two feet a�ove curb, along
all right-of-ways, to screen parking. Provide revised plan by June 9, 1987.
5. Shrubbery to be planted at the top and street side of berms; add notation
to landscape plan.
6. Refine landscape plan with additional shrubbery:and increased shrub sizes
by June 9, 1987.
7. Provide five-eight foot high spruce trees on extreme southwest corner
of site to screen loading area from Osborne Road; add to planting plan by
June 9, 1987.
8. Provide detailed foundation planting plans with trees and shrubs to break
up architectural mass by June 9, 1987.
9. All green areas to have automatic sprinkling.
10. All dumpsters to be located inside buildings or in enclosed masonry
!� s t�ructure.
11. Provide for steel posts adjacent to loading doors to protect building.
12. All roof top equipment to be screened from view from right-of-ways.
13. Provide a comprehensive sign plan by June 9, 1987.
14. Provide evidence of St. Paul Water Works approval for all work in
easement prior to Council approval.
15. Provide a comprehensive lighting plan by June 9, 1987.
16. No overhead doors facing any right-of-ways.
Mr. Ken Bureau stated Rosewood Properties has been in business for 20 years.
Over those 20 years, they have built everything from office/warehouse, office
buildings, apartments, small shopping centers. Their headquarters for the
past 15 years has been in Roseville. They manage everything they build. There
are a few buildings they have sold off to an investor 5-10 years later, but in
most cases, they have managed everything they have ever built. They are not
a company that builds a building, keeps it a couple of years, then sells it
off and doesn't worry about it anym�re.
Mr. Bureau stated they own buildings in size from 30-40,000 sq. ft. of office
n building in Bloomington to the largest one they have which is the Soo Line
headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. They have done everything from new
construction to restoration. They did the Renaissance Square restoration at
5th & Nicollet in P�inneapolis.
n PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, MAY 20, 1987 PAGE 5
Mr. Bureau stated they have built in �ont�.cello, New Hope, Bloomington,
and Roseville, Minnesota, and also Arizona and Tampa and St. Petersburg,
Florida.
Mr. Bureau stated they build quality products, and t�ey pick good locations.
TF��y feel the site and the demographics in Fridley are right for this project.
Mr. Bureau stated the buildings would be brick buildings with burnished block.
The buildings were long and narrow, and the reason for this building design
was bec�use there was a need, especially in Fridley, for smaller 6usinesses
that need a mixture of of�ice and warehouse and that want the 60-90 feet depths.
He stated the day of the large deep buildings, except for large users, has
pretty much gone by the wayside.
Mr. Bureau stated the building w�s designed so they could have a combination
office/warehouse 60 ft. and 90 ft. depths, and cover the property in such a
way that most of the office would face exterior streets. The buildings will
be built with a lot of flexibility for the different tenants.
Mr. Bureau stated they have access to the site on Osborne and Main Street
and 77th St, so there should not be congestion in any one location. He stated
they would also have a series of retention ponds.
!�'� Mr. Billings asked Mr. Bureau if he was in agreement with the stipulations
as outlined by Staff.
Mr. Bureau stated he was in agreement with all the stipulations.
�r...Dick Harris, 6200 Riverview Terrace, stated he was an adjoining property
owner and he had several questions and concerns. He stated it appeared to him
with a-1�� the development in the area, that the intersection at Main Street
and Os��orne Road was ber,oming increasingly overloaded. Trying to get on
Osborne Road or across Osborne Road at any time of the day was taking your
life in your hands. He stated he understood this was not the developer's
problEm, but it was a problem the City should address. He was happy to see
another development on this particular parcel, but he thought the City better
stop and take a good look at this intersection and make some determination
on how to handle the traffic and the additional traffic from this new proposed
development.
Mr. Harris asked if these buildings would be taxed as commercial or as M-2
industrial.
Mr. Robinson stated he had had an extensive discussion with Leon Madsen,
City Assessor, about the issue of commercial versus industrial, especially
with these types of buildings that are "p�rtially commercial in an industrial
zone. It was Mr. �adsen's feeling tha� the zoning classification in and of
itself did not carry the weight in terms of determining the tax, but rather
� it was the quality of the building, the expense of the constr�ction, and the
location that determined the tax.
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Mr. Bureau stated his company owns property all over the Twin Cities and
basically it was the mark�t value the assessor puts on the property, and that
has something to do with what the building is worth, the dollars per square
foot times 43% times the mill rate. So, office, commercial, warehouse have
been taxes at the same formula all over the Twin Cities for the past 20 years.
Mr. Harris stated if they are going to go with office/warehouse type of
operations, perhaps the zoning code should be changed. As he remembered the
definition in the zoning code, in M-1 and M-2 industr�al_ zoning, the office
was incidental to the-ma�nufacturing or warehouse. In commercial zoning, the
opposite was true, that the warehouse was incidental to the office or retail.
He felt the zoning code has really been stretched. They city has stretched
the zoning code a long way for businesses such as Wickes and Plywood Minnesota
an� #us.ih.ess: c�i�r_s which� sho«1.d p�ofiak�lj!�. have a different zoning.
Mr. Harris stated he also thought they were really stretching the special use
permit to allow the office/warehouse type of uses in industrial zoning, and
he did not think the special use permit was a good way to do it. He felt it
was unfair to the developer9 to the city, and to the rest of the developers
in the city because they really do not know where they are at.
Mr. Robinson stated Staff was doing some research right now on the zoning
code and have talked to a lot of other cities. Other cities are faci.ng the
�`! same problem, because there is not a lot of demand for manufacturing sp��
anymore. Some of the cities do not have any distinction between manufacturing
and commercial. Others allow up to a certain percentage for office either .as
accessory uses or with special use permits.
Mr. Bureau stated he thought what the City had to look at was what has
developed as a market. There was nDt a need for the industrial market in
the Fridley area, nor in the whole Twin Cities area. The need was for light
industrial. They are going for high tech operations--the need for some
office, some warehouse, and some showroom, and this type of operation allows
them to be very flexible in bringing people into the Fridley market. He
stated they cannot do that with the single operation warehouse anymore.
He stated there was nothing wrong �owith the City's code. Industrial zoning
for this type of operation was all right; it was just that the terminology
�f industrial has changed. There used to be warehouses that were nothing
but metal sheds. Now they are talking about attractive, expensive, well-
landscaped buildings, and that was the change.
Mr. Robinson stated an improvement for widening Osborne between East River
Road and Main Street was planned for either this year or next year.
Mra Billings stated maybe Staff should have some traffic counts ready for
the City Council meeting. He stated the +corre�r�ns expressed by Mr. Harris
were valid concerns, and he would like Staff to have some answers to those
car�cerns for the Eity Council meeting: _ '
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Mr. Kondrick stated he agreed with Mr. Harris that the intersection was a
hassle, and getting across Osborne by Marquette Bank was getting more and more
difficult, He stated the people who will ul�imately rent from P�r. Bureau
are going to be interested in this traffic situation, too.
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Mr. Robinson stated the City already has some traffic counts, but along with
the presentation to City Council, Staff could be better versed on the design
and improvements to Osborne before the City Council meeting.
Mr. Bureau stated maybe the Planning Commission should request that a study
6e done for putting a light at Main Street and Osborne. Something had to be
done for the area, and he would be agreeable to helping pay assessments for
the light.
Mr. Harris stated the problem was that the intersection was too close to the
lights on University and Osborne, and that the distance did not fall within
the regulations of the Minnesota Highway Dept, to be able to put a light there.
But, he felt strongly that something had to be done as the traffic situation
was only going to get worse.
MOTION by Mr. Kondrick, seconded by Mr. Svanda, to close the public hearing.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the public
hearing closed at 8:29 p.m.
Mr. Robinson stated he would also recommend that the following stipulations
be added:
� 17. All boulevard landseaping and irrigation be insta�led prior to the
occupancy of the fiirs� building.
18. Performance bond or letter of credit equal to 3% construction value
be submitted prior to a building permit.
Mr. Bureau stated he was in agreement with those stipulations also.
MOTION by Mr. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Saba, to recnmmend to City Council
t�ie approval of Special Use Permit, SP #87-09, by Ken Bureau of Rosewood
Properties, Inc., with the following stipulations:
1. Developer to supply to City tenant type and building area
calculations prior to each occupancy to monitor usage and
parking supply. Parking need, by Code, not to exceed supply.
2. Provide at least one stall per 500 sq. ft. of building floor
area to meet Code. All stalls to be ten feet wide, except
handicapped to be twelve feet wide.
3. Developer to construct facades as illustrated on original
elevations with recessed entries, brick corbelling over signage
band and brick columns in front of entries as s•hown.
4. Grading plan to provide for berming, at least two feet above
curb, along all right-of-ways, to screen parking. Provide
revised plan by June 9, 1987.
5. Shrubbery to be planted at the top and street side of berms;
add notation to landscape plan.
^ 6. Refine landscape plan with additional shrubbery and increased
shrub sizes by June 9, 1987.
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PLANNING COMMISSION MEETIPJG, MAY 20, 1987 PAGE 8
7. Provide five-eight foot high spruce trees on extreme southwest
corner of site to screen loading area from Osborne Road; add to
planting plan by June 9, 1987.
8. Provide detailed foundation planting plans with trees and shrubs
to break up architectural mass by June 9, 1987.
9. All green areas to have automatic sprinkling.
10. All dumpsters to be located inside buildings or in enclosed
masonry structure.
11. Provide for steel posts adjacent to loading doors to protect
building.
12. All roof top equipment to be screened from view from right-of-ways.
13. Proyide a comprehensive sign plan by June 9, 1987.
14. Provide evidence of St. Paul Water Works approval for all work in
easement prior to Council approval.
15. Provide a comprehensive lighting plan by June 9, 1987.
16. No overhead doors facing any right-of-ways.
17. All boulevards, landscaping, and irrigation to be installed
prior to the occupancy of the first building.
18. Performance bond or letter of credit eq���k t� 3% construction
value be submitted prior to a building permit.
Upon a voice vo�e, all voting �ye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
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carried unanimously.
Mr. Robinson stated the Special Use.Permit could.go to the City Council on
June 1, but since the City Counc�l has to set a public hearing for the plat
on June 1, both the plat and the special use permit will go to the City
Council on June 15; however, the plat will not be app�oved until the July 6, 1987
City Council meeting.
Mr. Robinson stated the plat was being dfl ne at the request of the City to
clean �p- the lEgal descriptio°n� and to convert the� ease�ents to right-of-way.
The key element-.he-re was that the peti�i.oner was no.t su_bdivi�ling the land,-
just cleaning up the_.legal description. Th�refore, the special use permit
could be approved on June 15, 1987 prior to formal plat approval.
Mr. Bureau stated he could build without the plat, so he was not 4rorried
about that; but it was important to know if the special use permit was going
to be approved before he could move ahead with the project.
MOTION by Mr. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Kondrick, to recommend to City Council
that the Special Use Permit, SP #87-09 be considered separately from the plat
and that the City Council consider approval or disapproval Q� the special use
permit on its own merits at the June 15th City Council meeting.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously.
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� PLANNING COMP�ISSION MEETING, MAY 20, 1987 PAGE 9
3. RECEIVE APRIL 28, 1987, ENERGY COMMISSION MINUTES:
MOTION by Mr. Saba, seconded by Mr. Betzold, to receive the April 28, 1987,
Energy Commission minutes.
Upon a voice vote,all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously.
4. RECEIVE P�AY 4, 1987, PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES:
MOTION by Mr. Kondrick, seconded by Mr. Svanda, to receive the �ay 4, 1987,
Par s� Recreation Commission minutes.
Upon a voice vote, all voti�g aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously.
5. RECEIVE MAY 12, 1987, APPEALS COMMISSION MINUTES:
MOTION by Mr. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Kondrick, to receiv� the May 12, 1987,
Appea s Commission minutes.
Upon a voice vote, all voti.ng a�ye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously
6. OTHER BUSINESS:
Mr. Billings stated the next Planning Commission meeting was June 3, but
the second meeting was scheduled for June 17th which was the same night as
the 49er's Day parade. He would suggest they change the meeting from
June 17 to June 24.
MOTION b,y Mr. Betzold, seconded by M�. Sherek, to change th� meeting date
�from Ju'ne 17th to June 24th.
Upon a voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the motion
carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION by P�Ir. Betzold, seconded by Mr. Saba, to adjourn the meeting. Upon a
voice vote, all voting aye, Chairperson Billings declared the May �, 1987,
Planning Co�nission meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Lyn Saba
,� Recording Secretary
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