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12. Hwy 5 Corridor study 1 icz_ CITYOF -- II 0 1 _I CHANHASSEN 0" 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 1 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 N 1 MEMORANDUM . 1 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Paul Krauss, Planning Director 1 DATE: April 22, 1992 1 SUBJ: Highway 5 Corridor Study Proposal /Discussion of Potential Hwy. 5 Overlay District 1 Highway 5 Corridor Study Since last summer's tour of the Hwy. 5 corridor, the city has moved closer to undertaking 1 a formal corridor study and planning effort for the Hwy. 5 corridor. Excellent ground work has been laid through the use of Bill Morrish and his staff working with the Chanhassen I Task Force comprised of representatives of the Planning Commission, HRA, City Council and city staff. This work culminated in the publication "Building Community Across the Corridor" newsletter. Based upon discussions with the Council, we believe it is now time I to move into the second and more definitive phase of the project. At the Council's request, we have developed a formal proposal to undertake the required work. I Rather than go through a lengthy and time consuming interview process, staff elected to get a proposal from Barton Aschman and Associates since we have had a good working relationship with them on Hwy. 5 issues to date. You are all familiar with the work that I Barry Warner has done with the HRA on urban design pertaining to the major downtown entrances and to the Hwy. 5 corridor in the current construction phase. Barton Aschman is also uniquely positioned to work with MnDOT since they are also undertaking the I MnDOT design contract for both the current and future phases of Hwy. 5. Joining Barton Aschman and providing the planning support for the program is the firm of Camiros. Camiros is relatively new to the Twin Cities area, having had a local office for about a year. I Their larger office is based in Chicago and they will be able to draw on a wealth of urban design planning efforts for their work in Chanhassen. We have also designed the proposal to keep Bill Morrish and the University actively participating. . 1 1 net PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 1 1 1 Don Ashworth April 22, 1992 1 Page 2 1 Work tasks in this program include the following: 1. Refinement of mainline Hwy. 5 design to incorporate features outlined in the I "Building Across the Corridor" document as well as other environmentally and community sensitive improvements that are developed through this study. 1 2. Work to secure funding under the new Highway Transportation Bill for non- traditional aspects of the plan. I 3. Define the rights -of -way for parallel collectors described in the "Building Across the Corridor" document. 1 4. Refine land use plan recommendations for the existing MUSA area and for the 1995 Study Area. 1 5. Accurately define environmentally sensitive areas for protection. - 6. Develop a corridor design plan and handbook that can be appended to the City 1 Comprehensive Plan. 1 7. Develop zoning ordinance amendments designed to help facilitate the establishment of the city's vision. I 8. Design streetscape improvements along the highway corridor similar to that which has already been completed in the first phase of Hwy. 5 construction. I The planning process envisions working with a technical advisory committee in a manner similar to which the Surface Water Management Plan Task Force is working under. Any plan or ordinance changes would have to be reviewed by the Planning Commission, and I ultimately approved by the City Council and potentially the HRA. We find that it is useful to establish a broad spectrum of people to work with consultant and city staff to develop this plan. We would recommend that the Council consider establishing this technical advisory 1 committee in the following format: Two members of the Planning Commission I One member of the HRA Two members of the City Council Four members representing corridor area residents at large 1 Two members of the business community 1 • I 1 Don Ashworth 1 April 22, 1992 Page 3 If you agree with this concept, you could either simply appoint those persons who you feel would be interested in participating or we could publish a notice in the newspaper and see what kind of response we have. We would also provide a forum for the developers operating in the corridor to have input. In addition, there would be numerous public meetings held to solicit input from residents at large. We realize that cost continues to be a concern of the Council and this is fully understandable. However, at this point, we are recommending that the Council authorize undertaking the study on an hourly basis to get us through the organizational steps, issues, opportunities and constraints analysis, first public meeting, and drafting of a summary memorandum. At that point, we would suggest refinement of the work program and negotiate consultant level of effort. Thus, the Council would have a second opportunity to review the program and authorize expenditures related to it. 1 Attached you will find a copy of the proposal from Barton Aschman and Camiros. Staff is requesting that the City Council authorize staff to proceed on the first phases of the study in the manner outlined above. Highway 5 Overlay District 1 Staff has held several discussions with the Council about the need to expedite Hwy. 5 planning efforts. Obviously, the city is experiencing a great deal of pressure in offering 1 development in this corridor and our ability to control and direct it needs to catch up. The idea of a moratorium was discussed by the Council and was dismissed. Given Minnesota's short construction season and developers' needs to position projects at optimal times in an economic cycle, we would not recommend that a moratorium be pursued. We feel that much of the city's goals can be accomplished through alternative means. It is along these lines that staff has developed g de eloped a proposal to adopt a Highway 5 Overlay District. At this point in time, until the above mentioned planning effort is completed, the overlay district is necessarily long on intent and short on substance. However, it is hoped that as presently structured, the overlay district, if adopted, would be sufficient for the city to get its foot in the door by making developers and property owners aware that the city's expectations for this area are different than other areas of the community. Additionally, when formal ordinances and plans are developed they could be adopted by reference to the overlay district. 1 When the Planning Commission reviewed this proposal, they were supportive of it. Based upon their reaction, staff requesting that the Council review and provide your comments. 1 1 1 1 Don Ashworth April 22, 1992 1 Page 4 Adopting an ordinance at this time engenders some risk. We are essentially put into a 1 position of putting the cart before the horse since the formal plan has not been developed. However, we believe that the "Building Community Across the Corridor" document gives some credibility to the overlay district concept. An additional problem is, that while the 1 work on the corridor plan to date has received the strong support of the Planning Commission, HRA, and City Council, there has been no public information program. If an overlay district is to be considered, it would have to be done with the knowledge that it must run hand in hand with this public information program. Possibly it is something that could be considered at the first public meeting described in the Barton Aschman proposal. Staff is looking for the City Council's guidance in this matter. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Barton - Aschman Associates, Inc. 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 350 Phone: (612) 332 -0421 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Fax: (612) 332 -6180 USA RECE April 22, 199 APR 2 3 1992 Mr. Paul Krauss i) r ur L. City of Chanhassen 1 690 Coulter Drive P.O. Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Re: TH 5 Corridor Land Use and Urban Design Study Dear Mr. Krauss: We have attached for your review and consideration information pertaining to the Trunk 1 Highway 5 (TH 5) Corridor Land Use and Urban Design Study. The principal objective of this exercise is to assist the city in identifying and putting in place land use designations, private parcel design guidelines, and public sector corridor urban design elements. This work carries on that vision established previously by the University of Minnesota's Design Center for the American Landscape. Our submittal includes a suggested scope of consultant services, project organization, task flow diagram, and project schedule. We have also enclosed resumes of those principal staff that would be involved in the project. We are excited by the opportunity that has presented itself in creating an enhanced corridor for the city. This opportunity can become a reality with the cooperation and participation of the city's residents and land owners, the council, its commissions, staff, and the city's consultants. We look forward to assisting Chanhassen in bringing this project to fruition. On behalf of Barton - Aschman and Camiros, thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal. Sincerely yours, 1 BARTON - ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 Barry arner, ASLA, AICP 1 Principa Associate BJW:dmv 1 Attachments • 1 1 Barton — Aschman Frontage Road Design 1 Barton — Aschman TH5 Mainline Barton — Aschman Planning/Design 9� n 9 1 Met MnDOT Council ISTEA Camiros 1 Technical Committee —.) Design Center for the 1 American Landscape 1 Staff Involvement I AC DO 1 I M Public Involvement SI 1 O HRA R T T Planning Commission YE 1 Park E Commission h < Public Involvement 1 City Council 1 u Nte 1 Implementation 1 C H A N H A S S E N 1 ti Barton- Aschman Associates, Inc. PROJECT ORGANIZATION 1 • Refine Work Program and Negotiate Consultant Level of Effort Technical Committee Establish University University Advisor Input Input Committee University Frontage Rood Input Input $ $ 2. Corridor 3. Evaluate 1. Collect Project Issues, Alternative � 4. Establish and Or anize Public (mma Land Uses t o r Summary 9 Kickoff Opportunities, y P arce l D esign Summar y Information W /Staff and Constraints Meeting Memo Arnmend I ` Memo / Guidelines Memo Comprehensive \ / Plan • OVERLAY DISTRICT Technical • ZONING • ORDINANCE Committee DESIGNATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS • LAND USE • DESIGN STANDARDS MnDOT DESIGNATIONS University Design Input Input • 5. Establish 6. Prepare ` HRA Planning City Corridor Summary Public Implementation Final I y Urban Desi n Memo Meeting Product Approval Commission Council Approval 9 Strategy Information Approval Guidelines • GATEWAYS • PRELIMINARY COSTS • LANDSCAPING • FINANCING MEASURES • WALLS & BRIDGES • ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Park • TRAIL ALIGNMENT Commission • LIGHTING Review • EDGE TREATMENT K e y . C H A N H A S S E N 13 Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 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This information will serve as a base from which the urban design and land use study will commence. . Specific information that will be reviewed include: 1 1. Existing community comprehensive land use plan. 2. Community park and recreation system plan. 1 3. Information prepared by the University of Minnesota Design Center for the American Landscape. 4. Highway 101/5 Preliminary Alignment and Land Use 1 Corridor Study (Hoisington Group, Inc.). 5. Information pertaining to approved or pending developments within the TH 5 corridor. 6. Transportation studies including the Eastern Carver County Traffic Analysis. 7. Aerial photography. The consultant team will meet with city staff to initiate the project and collect materials listed above. A study basemap I will be prepared and data organized in a manner to facilitate further work. 1 1 1 1 1 Project scheduling, and roles and respoi; ,Dility between the ' consultant and staff will be discussed in detail. Any revisions to the project time frame will be made at this time. 1 Special committees will be formed as a component of this task to provide input and guidance during the project. An "Advisory Committee" (AC) will be formed at the direction of the Mayor comprised of members of the City Council, Planning Commission, the HRA, adjacent residences, and parcel owners. Input from this AC will be requested on a 1 regular base to provide study guidance and a response to planning priorities. A second committee, the "Technical Committee" (TC), will be formed and comprised of city staff, i MnDOT, the University's Design Center for the American Urban Landscape, and the various consultants. The TC's charge is to provide engineering, design, and agency input into a common forum for discussion and negotiation. This task will also identify specific contacts at the Metropolitan Council and MnDOT to advance ISTEA funding information and data gathering. A strategy for submitting information to appropriate contacts will be established between the consultant team and staff. 1 Product: 1. Collection of existing materials needed for the job. 2. Preparation of study basemap. Meetings: Project initiation meeting with city staff and project Advisory Committee. Client Involvement: Assistance in collecting baseline information, mapping, and aerial photography. ' 2 i 1 1 1 TASK 2 - Establish Objective: Corridor Issues, Opportunities, and To identify specific issues, opportunities, and constraints that Constraints should be capitalized upon or resolved during the study. 1 Discussion: Prior studies pertaining to the TH 5 corridor have identified 1 a wide variety of factors that should be considered and issues left unresolved. The task will synthesize this material together into a common memorandum. Additional issues may be identified for resolution. Issues, opportunities, and constraints will be the primary 111 focus of a public meeting held to solicit perceptions and concerns abutting residences, land owners, and businesses may have for corridor changes. Of specific concern will be potential changes in land use, visual quality, frontage road alignment, and urban design considerations. The public 1 meeting is intended to employ interactive techniques such as small group discussion, working charettes, or similar rather than traditional presentation techniques. This approach will 1 stimulate authorship on the part of the attending public rather than to establish a defensive posture. A summary memorandum will be roduced that clearly Y enumerates issues, opportunities, and constraints pertaining to the project. 1 Product: 1 • Summary memorandum. Meeting: 1 Public meeting. 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 Client Involvement: Coordination and scheduling for public meeting and review and comment of summary memorandum. Upon completion of Task 2, the consultant team will work with staff to revise the work program for Tasks 3 through 6 and the appropriate level of consultant effort. This negotiation will be completed prior to initiation of Task 3. 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 TASK 3 - Land Use Purpose: Amendments 111 To evaluate alternative land uses for the TH 5 corridor prior to amendment of the comprehensive land -use plan. Discussion: Chanhassen recently revised its comprehensive land -use plan. However, TH 5 improvements including the frontage roads and other urban design considerations were not evident during that process. It is appropriate that the comprehensive 1 plan is revisited specifically those elements pertaining to abutting land uses, development controls, and special considerations. 1 This task will evaluate potential alternative land uses and their configurations for those parcels within the TH 5 1 corridor and future land use designations for the 1995 study area. Work completed by the University of Minnesota Design Center for the American Landscape provided a vision that outlined varying land use types, their locations, and their configurations. This effort provided a target from which further analysis should be conducted prior to specific land use verification. Additional controls are likely to be applied as a means of guiding the corridor's development. This task should be coordinated with participants from the Design Center for the American Landscape, MnDOT, those completing the TH 5 frontage road alignment, and city staff. A forum such as a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) will be established with regular meetings and input from these groups will be solicited. Product: 1 Recommended land -use plan for adoption as a part of the comprehensive land -use plan with conclusions described by a summary memorandum. 1 5 ■ 1 • 1 1 1 Meetings: 1 Advisory and Technical Committee meetings as needed during the task. Client Involvement: Coo; dination of TAC meetings, review, and comment on summary memorandum. 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 TASK 4 - Establish Objective: Development and Parcel Design To establish design guidelines for private development Guidelines parcels that conform to the corridor's future vision. 1 Discussion: Private sector parcels and their development will play an important role in determining how the TH 5 corridor ultimately develops. The city intends to provide guidance for developers and parcel owners as to specific design and planning requirements that will be expected of the private sector. Specific tools that might be considered for 1 implementation include: 1. An overlay district that establishes basic guidelines 1 and expectations for both developers and parcel owners. 2. Ordinance recommendations, revisions and /or formulations based upon a review of existing ordinances, and measures that could be included as well as potential new ordinances to provide further guidance. 1 3. Design standards potentially in a handbook format that establishes a specific set of design guidelines with illustrations to graphically portray relationships such as landscaping, setbacks, buffering, lighting, and signing. Input will be requested on a regular basis from the Design 1 Center for the American Urban Landscape to provide consistency with their initial planning study. 1 Product: Summary memorandum that quantifies, qualifies, and illustrates planning guidelines and standards that should be enforced within the corridor's private parcels. 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 ' Meetings: Input from Advisory and Technical Committees. 1 Client Involvement: 1 Review and comment on summary memorandum. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 TASK 5 - Highway Objective: Corridor Urban Design Guidelines To establish urban design guidelines for the highway corridor that compliment the highway design, provide guidance for landscape components within the highway right -of -way, and establish compatibility with adjacent private - sector site planning and design. 1 Discussion: This task will provide design guidelines for urban and landscape elements within the highway corridor. Specific components such as gateways, landscape plantings, walls and bridges, trail alignment, corridor lighting, and similar elements will be provided. These guidelines will be established through written, illustrative, and quantitative 1 means. Sketches will be provided that provide examples of the intended design concepts and their relationship to both the proposed highway design and the adjacent private- sector 1 parcels. Regular input and coordination will be sought from 1 University staff, MnDOT, and its design engineer. This input will come in the form of a TAC as a means of resolving technical and coordination issues. Product: 1 Illustrative summary memorandum that conveys the intended urban and landscaped design concepts. Meetings: Advisory and Technical Committee meetings will be held 1 during the task as needed. At the conclusion of the task a public meeting will be held at which time material completed 111 as a part of Tasks 3 through 5 will be presented for public input and comment. Client Involvement: Review and comment of summary memorandum, coordination of committee, and public meetings. • 9 1 • 1 TASK 6 — Corridor Objective: Implementation Strategy To establish a framework for project implementation based ' upon funding requirements, financing measures, and agency roles and responsibilities. Discussion: An implementation strategy is integral to providing a realistic end product. This task will examine the cost implications of the improvements described for the corridor. Preliminary cost estimates will be balanced against available funding measures to determine the most appropriate and efficient means of obtaining project financing. Specific roles and responsibilities of public- sector agencies and private - sector parties will be outlined. Tentative time frames for implementation measures will be described. Information will be formatted for submission to MnDOT and the Metropolitan Council as a means of obtaining potential ISTEA funds. Assistance in making appropriate contacts will 1 occur. Product: Summa ry memorandum. 1 Meetings: Continued coordination with Advisory and Technical Committees. ' Client Involvement: Review and comment of summary memorandum, coordination of related meetings. 1 1 10 1 1 1 • BARTON- ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC. BARRY J. WARNER Principal Associate Education Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota 1 Wright - Ingraham Institute, Colorado Springs, Colorado Registration /Certification Landscape Architect in Minnesota American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) 1 Professional Associations American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - Chapter Trustee National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) American Planning Association (APA) Civic Participation City Council Member Experience Mr. Warner manages landscape architecture, urban design, and planning activities in the Upper Midwest Office. His responsibilities have included site and environmental analysis, master planning, conceptual /schematic design, construction plan and document preparation, cost estimating, and construction supervision. In addition, he has experience in real estate economics and public financing, public participation, and environmental documentation. These skills have been applied in public and private projects of varied type and size, including: streetscape and urban plaza design, commercial and residential land development, urban renewal, park and recreation, and resource preservation. 1 Prior to joining Barton- Aschman in 1979, he was a landscape architect with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. In this capacity, he administered out -state segments of the Great River Road environmental analysis, and other transportation - related projects. Representative Projects Urban Design ' • MCDA Industrial Neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Trunk Highway 5 Urban Design, Chanhassen, Minnesota 1 • Oxboro Streetscape, Bloomington, Minnesota • Central Avenue Streetscape, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Washington Street Transit Mall, Indianapolis, Indiana • Hennepin Avenue -Lake Street Improvements, Minneapolis, Minnesota • University Avenue Urban Design Plan, Fridley, Minnesota • Towne Centre Plaza, Wahpeton, North Dakota • Skyway Master Plans for Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rochester, New York; Des Moines, Iowa; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Rochester, Minnesota 1 1 BARRY J. WARNER (cont'd) Representative Projects Real Estate Analysis /Public Finance (co nt tl) Regional Retail Center Feasibility Study, Woodbury, Minnesota ▪ Tax Increment Feasibility Study, Des Moines, Iowa ' • Junior High School Reuse Study, Robbinsdale, Minnesota • Blick Estate PUD Analysis, Burnsville, Minnesota • Hennepin Electrical Coop Facility Study, Maple Lake, Minnesota • Office Space Planning for MnDOT and Washington County Central Business District Revitalization /Community Development • Urban Design and Redevelopment Plan, St. Louis Park, Minnesota Downtown and Suburban Development Plans for Bloomington, Coon Rapids, Hopkins and Farmington, Minnesota; and Wahpeton, North Dakota. Plans have included physical analysis, market analysis, and ' development studies. • Oak Grove Township, Minnesota, Comprehensive Plan Update • Trunk Highway 10 Corridor Economic Development Plan, Ramsey, Minnesota Site Development and Planning • Burnsville Marketplace Retail Mall, Burnsville, Minnesota • City Hall Park Complex, Chanhassen, Minnesota 1 • University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, Minnesota • Homart One Minnesota Center Office Complex, Bloomington, Minnesota • Bethel College and Seminary, Arden Hills, Minnesota - South Campus Planning ' • MTC Bus Garages, Richfield and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota - Planting Design • IDS Technology Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota ' Park and Recreation ' Regional Park and Trail Improvements, Ramsey County, Minnesota • Jefferson Park, Richfield, Minnesota • Parade Stadium Redesign, Minneapolis Park Board 1 • Statewide Comprehensive Trails Plan, Iowa • Comprehensive Park and Open Space Plan, Eden Prairie, Minnesota • Community Park System Plan, Lakeville, Minnesota • Big Marine Regional Park Reserve Master Plan, Washington County, Minnesota • Neighborhood Park Planning and Design, Plymouth, Minnesota 1 BARRY J. WARNER ( cont'd) 1 Representative Projects Park and Recreation (cont'd) (cont • Community Park and Athletic Facility Planning and Design, Mendota Heights, Minnesota • Park System Plan, Excelsior, Minnesota 1 • Park Bond Issue Facilities, Burnsville, Minnesota - Detail Design • Otsego County Park, Wright County, Minnesota - Detail Design • Sochacki Community Park, Robbinsdale, Minnesota - Master Plan • Casperson Community Park, Lakeville, Minnesota • Turtle River State Park, North Dakota - Master Plan • Comprehensive Trails Plan, Grand Rapids, Minnesota • Eau Galle Reservoir, Wisconsin; US Corps of Engineers • Great River Road Development Guides for portions of Minnesota Roadway Environmental Analysis /Land Use Impacts, Aesthetics and Urban Design 1 • TH 14 EIS - Visual Quality • TH 100 EIS - Visual Quality and Land Use • I -35E EIS, St. Paul, Minnesota - Aesthetics and Visual Quality • County Road 18 EIS, Hennepin -Scott Counties, Minnesota - Aesthetics 111 Study • Forest Highway 27 EIS, Itasca County, Minnesota - Aesthetics Study • Forest Highway 11 EIS, St. Louis and Lake Couties, Minnesota • Tower Mountain Ski Area EIS, Michigan; US Forest Service - Visual Quality • Interstate 94 Design Guide, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Northwest Connector, Omaha, Nebraska - Aesthetics and Visual Quality Study Golf Course Design and Development • Baker Golf Course Improvement - Hennepin Regional Parks 1 • Public Golf Course Feasibility Study, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota • Public Golf Course Schematic Design, Eden Prairie, Minnesota • Private Golf Course Project Analysis, Dayton, Minnesota • 1 1 1 2/92 1 1 BARTON - ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 WM. SCOTT MIDNESS Senior Associate Education University of Wisconsin - Stout Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota . Registration Landscape Architect, State of Minnesota ' Professional Associations American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Civic Participation Member, Governor's Residence Council Experience Mr. Midness is a landscape architect in the Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Studio of the Upper Midwest Office. His responsibilities have included conceptual /schematic design, contract document preparation, and construction supervision. These skills have been applied in private projects including commercial, multi- family development and site planning, and public projects including streetscape and urban plaza design, parks and recreation and environmental planning. Representative Projects Urban Design • Uptown Streetscape and Urban Design Master Plan, Minneapolis, Minnesota • St. Louis Park Urban Design, St. Louis Park, Minnesota ' TH 5 Urban Design Improvements, Chanhassen, Minnesota • Fargo Depot Plaza, Fargo, North Dakota • Spruce Place Greenway Extension, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Minnegasco Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota Site Devcrlopment and Planning • 3M /Eastern Heights State Bank, Maplewood, Minnesota • Chanhassen City Hall /Central Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota • Maplewood Mall Expansion, Maplewood, Minnesota • Temple of Eck, Chanhassen, Minnesota ' • Community Park Building, Falcon Heights, Minnesota • Marketplace, Burnsville, Minnesota ' Metro Machine and Engineering, Eden Prairie, Minnesota • Court International, St. Paul, Minnesota • University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota • Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Minnesota - St. Paul 1 1 WM. SCOTT MIDNESS ( cont'd) Representative Projects Site Development and Planning (cont'd) (cont ti) • International Plaza, Bloomington, Minnesota 1 • IDS Learning Center, Chaska, Minnesota • Star Tribune Printing Facility, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Northwest Airlines Corporate Headquarters, Eagan, Minnesota • Blake School Highcroft Campus, Wayzata, Minnesota • Park and Recreation • Curtiss Field, Falcon Heights, Minnesota 1 • Mendakota Park, Mendota Heights, Minnesota • Rich Valley Park, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota • Seidels Lake Master Plan, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota • Falcon Heights Comprehensive Park and Recreation Plan, Falcon Heights, Minnesota • Casperson Park, Lakeville, Minnesota • Nokomis Tot Lot, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Veterans Park, New Brighton, Minnesota • Giants Ridge Ski Area Master Plan, Biwabik, Minnesota • East Grand Forks Reevaluation Study, East Grand Forks, Minnesota • New Ulm Master Park Plan, New Ulm, Minnesota 1 Multifamily Housing • Devonshire Gates, Bloomington, Minnesota • Carlson Gates, Minnetonka, Minnesota • Lake Square, White Bear Lake, Minnesota • Mount Curve Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota • Woodstone, St. Paul, Minnesota 1 Comprehensive Planning • University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, • y pe o etum, Chan assen, Minnesota • YMCA Camp Manitou, Monticello, Minnesota • North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, Minnesota • Bandana Square Master Plan Update, St. Paul, Minnesota • Isanti County Criminal Justice Facility, Cambridge, Minnesota • Medtronic Master Plan Update, Fridley, Minnesota • 1 1 1 1 WM. SCOTT MIDNESS (cont'd) Representative Projects Environmental Analysis/Land-Use Impacts Y � acts P (cont d) • St. Thomas Minneapolis Campus Site Accessibility Study, Minneapolis, Minnesota ' • Metro Engineering Industrial Development Impact Analysis, Eden Prairie, Minnesota • Camp Ripley EMAP, Little Falls, Minnesota ' • IXI Campus EAW, Chaska, Minnesota • Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Study, State of Minnesota 1 111 2/92 1 JOYCE N. LEVINE, AICP 1 Senior Associate • EDUCATION 1 Master of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Pittsburgh, 1978. AIP (AICP) Student of the Year. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Michigan, 1975. Dean's List. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1 American Planning Association - American Institute of Certified Planners The Nature Conservancy 1 EXPERIENCE Senior Associate, Camiros Principal, Levine Training Associates Instructor, Minneapolis Community College Instructor, The Management Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul City Planner, City of St. Paul, Minnesota Planning Director, Village of Glenview, Illinois RANGE OF PLANNING EXPERIENCE Land Planning and Development Preparing site analyses, site designs and site evaluations; 1 reviewing and amending zoning and subdivision regulations; and assisting in gaining zoning and plat approval for development projects and approval of changes in zoning and subdivision regulations, including participation in public hearings. Technical Studies: Developing environmental assessments and worksheets; evaluating light rail transit and bus service, including alignments, land use and development impacts, feeder service and capital, operating and subsidy costs; analyzing central business district circulation, including parking, skyways, deliveries, transit and pedestrian movements and their interactions; and projecting population, environmental impacts and resource consumption. Fund Development /Grant Writing: Preparing grant proposals to raise money from foundations, including capital grants and write -downs for a variety of non - profits, including Pillsbury United Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis; Westminster (formerly Community Development) Corporation, St. Paul; and The Omaha Symphony. Preparing fund prospectuses and marketing plans for start-up 1 companies and ongoing ventures in both service and consumer fields. Comprehensive and Economic Development Planning: Researching and preparing major planning documents, including the Sioux City Vision 2020 Strategic Plan, and significant portions of the St. Paul Comprehensive Plan (land use, transit, neighborhoods, implementation). Developing and assisting in execution of business plans to launch start-up companies such as Kaposia Works, Inc., St. Paul. 1 1 camiros • Joyce N. Levine, AICP (continued) Management Consulting Consulting with organizations in govemment and business in such topics as business wri'ti'ng (reports, proposals, memos, etc.), effective communication, creativity, team-building, and group dynamics. Conducting seminars and dasses in a variety of settings (classroom, conference, ' one- on-one) for inc&viduals and groups in government, engineering, accounting, and non-profrt organzations. Cients include the cities of Mimeapois, St Paul, and Cottage Grove, MN; Minneapois Community Development Agency, The Management Institute, Minneapois; Caterpillar, Inc.; the American Pubic Works Association; the American Planning Association; The University of St. Thomas; Dahlgren, Shardlow & Uban; Pannell Kerr Forster, Mimeapois Community College; and (MN) Capitol Area Architectural & Planning Board. Editing & Critiques Reviewing and critiquing pubic information packets, planning commission/di/ ' oounal packets, major reports and plans, etc. Writing, editing, critiquing and laying out newsletters, press releases, promotional materials, resumes, and other informational documents. Cierds Include the City of Apple Valley, MN; Dahlgren, Shardlow & Uban, Minneapois; and Kaposia, Inc., St. Paul. 1 Publication: "Creative Communication & Team - Building ", Planning, May 1990. RECENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 1 "Creative Communication & Team -Bui dng", National Conference of the American Plannng Association, 1990 and 1991. "Writing in the Corporate World," Caterpillar, Inc., 1990. "How to Look Good in Writing" ("Effective Business Writing"), Minneapois Community College, ongoing. "Using Writing as a Management Toot", The Managemend Center, College of St Thomas, St. Paul, 1989. "Writing Effective Reports and Proposals," Professional Workshop sponsored by the American Planning Association, 1988 and 1989. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - camiros • • 1 1 • 1 JACQUES A. GOURGUECHON Principal Consultant , • EDUCATION Master of Science in City and Regional Planning, Illinois 1 Institute of Technology, 1971 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Michigan State University, 1968 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Planning Association 1 • American Institute of Certified Planners - Member Executive Board Illinois Chapter 111 CIVIC AFFILIATIONS Open Lands Project - Board of Directors 1 Henry Homer Boys Club - Board of Directors Evanston Historic Preservation Commission - Past Chairman Main Street Neighborhood Association - Board of Directors Lake Michigan Federation National Trust for Historic Preservation EXPERIENCE Principal, Camiros, Ltd. 1975 - 1 Senior Associate - Barton Aschman Associates 1969 -1975 Teaching Experience - Department of City and Regional Planning, IIT, Ecological Basis of Planning 1972 -1973 Lecturer - Northwestern University Traffic Institute RANGE OF PLANNING EXPERIENCE Community Planning and Planning Studies: Work involving comprehensive planning, 111 land use analysis and evaluation, transportation analysis, and growth management has been performed for over 40 govemmental units. Work included the development of objectives, planning background studies, analysis of highest and best use, and development of alternate plans and concepts. Govemmental units represented have included Lake Forest, Barrington area, Bartlett, Franklin Park, Batavia, Half Day and Lincolnshire, Illinois; and Muncie and Indianapolis, Indiana; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Urbandale, Iowa. • 1 camiros 1 .1 1 Jacques A. (continued) Gourguechon (con t ) Policy Analysis and Issue Oriented Problem - Solving for Governmental Units: Work has involved attention to citizen participation and conflict resolution concerning controversial issues affecting cities, villages, and private clients. Our rigorous techniques when used with the application of planning analysis techniques have proven highly effective in finding solutions to specific land -use and zoning problems. Work of this type has been completed for Naperville, ' Lincolnshire, Palatine, Franklin Park, the State of Minnesota and for large scale developers. Land -Use Controls, Zoning Consultation and Defense of Existing Zoning: Work in this area includes the preparation and refinement of zoning codes and other development regulations and analysis of development trends It is often connected to the preparation of plans or is a follow up to problem - solving assignments. Most recently, Mr. Gourguechon has had primary responsibility for the analysis and comprehensive revision of zoning ordinances Norfolk, Virginia, Peoria and Evanston, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona. Work assignments have also involved specialized land -use and environmental controls to augment traditional zoning. Of particular interest are corridor control codes and overlay zones for historic preservation and environmental conservation. Mr. Gourguechon has also been called upon to evaluate zoning and other planning related codes as an expert witness before several courts, zoning boards of appeals, and planning commissions. ' Economic Development, Feasibility Analysis and Commercial Market Research. Work in this area of Mr. Gourguechon's practice has involved research and strategic planning for economic growth and development for cities and neighborhoods as well as project level planning involving physical, economic, and financial feasibility analysis. Clients include public clients such as: Chicago's Economic Development Commission; the cities of Urbandale and Newton, Iowa; the cities of Evanston, Lockport, and Rockford, Illinois; and neighborhood associations in Oak Park, Chicago, and Schaumburg, Illinois. Mr. Gourguechon has undertaken market research and ' surveys for numerous projects to assist clients establish development programs and to provide evaluative data to public clients as a foundation for plan preparation and project approval actions. Commercial market studies have been completed for private clients such as: Greenberg ' Associates, Chicago; Hyde Park Development Corporation, Chicago; Dalham Corporation, Louisville; Dayton- Hudson Properties, Inc.,. Minneapolis; and Greenfield Associates, Phoenix. Market studies in support of planning and public sector economic development activities have been completed for communities such as: Chicago, Evanston, Kankakee, Lockport and Schaumburg, Illinois. Technical Studies, Impact Analysis, Urban Design, Housing, and Demographic I Analysis: Work of this type includes housing studies for Kane County, Batavia, and Barrington, Illinois, ecological analysis for the DuKane Valley Council and the Barrington Area Council of Governments, rehabilitation analysis for North Chicago and private rehabilitation corporations, ' beautification study for Half Day and Franklin Park, Illinois, site analysis and design for numerous private and public clients. Regional and Area Wide Planning and Work Programming: Regional plans and studies have been prepared for the State of Minnesota, the Steubenville, Ohio - Wheirton, West Virginia SMSA, the Barrington Area Council of Govemments, the Southeastern McHenry County Intercommunity Planning Council and Cuba, Ela and Vemon Townships in Lake County, Illinois. Land Planning and Development Services: This involves site analysis, development programming, site design and assistance in gaining zoning and plat approval for development projects. The work includes analysis and development of site plans, use impact analyses, and i camiros 1 Jacques A. Gourguechon (continued) guidance and representation of developers through public hearing procedures required P p 9 P 9P uired in the q plan approval process. Clients have included private developers working in a number of Chicago suburban communities, cities outside Chicago of the Chicago Metropolitan area and within the City 1 of Chicago as well. Developers who have been represented include Metropolitan Structures, Urban Investment Development Corporation, and the Dayton- Hudson Corporation. 1 PUBLICATIONS "Frameworks for State and Regional Land -use and Environmental Planning" (coauthored) 1 "Delphi Weekend; A Unique Experience in Deriving Community Objectives ", prepared for ASPO National Planning Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1974. 1 AWARDS The 1973 citation for Citizen Action awarded by the Environmental Monthly in its Fourth Annual 1 Honor Awards Program, "for making environmental excellence a basic condition in pursuit of corporate goals" as reflected in the planning program for the Barrington, Illinois area. I 1975 National Association of Regional Councils Omicron Delta Epsilon, Honorary Economics Fraternity 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 camiros 1 WILLIAM R. JAMES Principal Consultant EDUCATION Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University ' PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Planning Association - American Institute of Certified Planners American Society of Landscape Architects ' EXPERIENCE Principal, Camiros, Ltd. Associate, Environmental Planning & Research Inc., Crete, Illinois RANGE OF PLANNING EXPERIENCE Comprehensive Planning: Directed comprehensive planning assignments in Lombard, Grayslake, Libertyville and Indian Creek, Illinois and contributed to the preparation of studies in ' LaGrange, Lockport, and Oswego, Illinois. The assignments involved resolving a full range of planning issues in both high growth and built -out communities. Zoning Ordinance Amendments: Served as principal author in preparing comprehensive zoning ordinance amendments in Burr Ridge, Western Springs, Oswego, Lombard and Elgin, Illinois. Experience also includes serving as an expert witness in rezoning petitions. ' ' Neighborhood Planning: Experience includes preparation of neighborhood conservation and revitalization plans for neighborhoods in Chicago and Addison, Illinois and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Projects included inventory of neighborhood conditions, detailed land use plans and improvement recommendations. Also prepared C.D.B.G applications, grantee performance reports and housing rehabilitation performance reports. Downtown and Commercial Area Planning: Broad experience in this area includes ' assignments in established downtown districts and new commercial areas. Major projects include a downtown redevelopment plan for Cedar Rapids, Iowa using tax - increment financing. Also prepared plans for a 100 acre town center development in Bourbonnais, Illinois which included identifying the desired pattern of land use, planning for the sequential development of the project, defining aesthetic/appearance criteria, and illustrating the desired physical character of the town center area. Information Surveys and Market Research: Prepared a community -wide attitude survey and conducted a Delphi focus group workshop for the Village of Lombard, Illinois; prepared market ' research studies for a Chicago shopping center proposed by the Wienke Company and for a proposed retail "town center" development in Bourbonnais, Illinois; prepared a market study for a residential townhouse project in Lombard, Illinois; prepared a needs assessment study for the Woodland Landfill in South Elgin, Illinois and assisted in the preparation of the needs assessments for the Settler's Hill Landfill, in Geneva, Illinois, and the Balefill facility near Bartlett, Illinois. camiros 1 1 William R. James (continued) RANGE OF DESIGN EXPERIENCE 1 Site Planning and Development Approval: Project experience covers a full range of residential, commercial and office development projects as well as plans for mixed use developments. Residential work includes single - family subdivisions, townhouse, and apartment projects. Experience includes coordination of development planning from initial site feasibility investigations to presentations to municipalities for development approval. Currently acting as a retained consultant to a number of municipalities to review development proposals and site plans. Development Feasibility Analysis. Prepared feasibility studies for a variety of proposed residential and mixed use developments. Work involved evaluating development feasibility in terms of physical and regulatory constraints and formulating development strategies in concert with market research specialists. Major assignments include an 1100 acre golf course residential community outside Huntley, Illinois; a 450 acre residential development behind the Lake Michigan dunes in Michigan City, Indiana; and a 900 acre mixed use project near Northrook, Illinois. Park Planning and Design: Prepared master plans for a variety of active and passive park and recreation projects. Work includes master plans for two Kane County Illinois forest preserve properties, a nature park in Bourbonnais, Illinois, two playgrounds, one of which included custom designed play structures, and a study of recreationaVdevelopment potential along the Kankakee River in Kankakee, Illinois, Detail Landscape and Planting Design: Broad experience in detail landscape and planting design assignments includes two commercial area streetscape design projects, several single - family residential projects, playground design and numerous residential, commercial and office development projects. Currently acting as retained landscape architecture consultant to the Village of Burr Ridge, Illinois to review landscape plans submitted as part of development approval process. Sanitary Landfill Design: Prepared plans for the design of four sanitary landfill projects. The projects involved determining the topographic form of the landfills to accommodate a spedfic program of end use upon completion of landfill activity. Work included in -depth site analysis, visual impact analysis, end use programming, preparation of a master grading plan, and preparation of an overall master plan showing the end state of the landfill site. 1 Environmental Planning: Prepared the Near Loop Area -Wide Environmental Impact Statement for an area surrounding Chicago's CBD which included a compilation of existing conditions data, cumulative environmental impact analysis, and proposed mitigation measures; prepared Environmental Assessment for a proposed marina at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. HONORS AND AWARDS Phi Gamma Epsilon, Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts, Louisiana State University Phi Sigma Iota, Foreign Language Honor Society, Louisiana State University 1 1 camiros C ITYOF CHANHASSEN _=< 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 ' F (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Paul Krauss, Planning Director DATE: April 7, 1992 SUBJ: Discussion of Draft Highway Corridor Overlay District As the Planning Commission is aware, city initiatives concerning the Highway 5 Corridor are moving forward. To date, we have collaborated with the University of Minnesota_ staff on this program, which has resulted in the development of a great deal of support ' for corridor initiatives by the City Council, Planning Commission, and Housing and Redevelopment Authority. It is culminated in the publication of the Building Community Across the Corridor newsletter which was distributed to you last month. Secondly, we are moving forward on discussions with MnDOT with the goal of developing modifications to highway improvement plans, creation of public spaces, and construction of parallel collector roads in a manner consistent with that which is outlined in the newsletter and in the Comprehensive Plan. Finally, we are tentatively working with a project team comprised of Barton - Aschman and Associates and Camiros, Inc., to prepare a proposal to undertake a formal, comprehensive corridor planning project for the city. ' One of the major problems we face in adequately planning for the Highway 5 Corridor is J P q YP g g Y that is has become somewhat of a moving target. The speed at which development is ' being proposed and the highway is being designed is accelerating significantly due to outside events. These include the introduction of significant additional funds for highway ' transportation projects; MnDOT's goal, consistent with the Southwest Transportation Coalition (of which Chanhassen is a member) of accelerating highway construction; consideration of new development proposals along the corridor, and the fact that the ' school district's planning project designed to anticipate future growth needs is currently coming to a conclusion. Unfortunately, what we don't have now is time. We have been working towards the undertaking of a corridor planning effort since last summer. Although we are moving forward as rapidly as possible at this point, even if the Council gives us the go ahead on this project next month, we will need at least the balance of the year to complete it. The possibility of a moratorium has been discussed by the City 1 Council and was not generally supported by either staff or Council members. Although eir 1 �� PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 1 Planning Commission April 7, 1992 Page 2 1 we could probably enact a moratorium from a legal standpoint, recent court actions on a moratorium imposed by the City of Woodbury point out some significant questions regarding this. Woodbury was sued by a landowner based upon a takings concern that they believed was a result of a city moratorium on the highway corridor planning project. The court found in the developer's favor. It is against this background that I have worked up a draft of a highway corridor overlay district. The purpose of the district is essentially to get our foot in the door and give us additional leverage in dealing with projects that may occur between now and the completion of the formal corridor planning program. The overlay district itself is long 1 on purpose and intent, and intentionally short on specific standards for the simple fact that these standards have yet to be developed. What is does attempt to do is outline and legitimize what we know to date as well as provide a means for adopting additional 1 studies by reference in the future. I ask you to review this proposal and give me your feedback as to whether we should proceed further with it. I have had the City Attorney review a copy of the overlay district. His comments are h' Y PY Y attached in a memo for your review. Essentially, Roger believes that with some minor changes, this can be legally defensible. , One of the major problems that we are going to face with the corridor overlay district, and indeed with Highway 5 planning in general, is that there has been little or no public - - review or input of any of the work completed to date. Our work with the University started out on a conceptual basis, and in fact, their plan is not a plan as such, but is more of a concept document. When you look at some of the University proposals in detail, we find that there is much lacking, and while the concepts are good ones, their document cannot be relied on as the foundation of future corridor planning. Additionally, the task force that was established to work with the University on this project was initially thought of as a task force whose purpose was to define the formal corridor study and not complete the study themselves. Consequently, no public hearings were held, nor was any significant attempt made to contact residents or property owners directly. A public information program will be one of the major thrusts of the formal Highway 5 Corridor project. However, I would anticipate the need to have an educational process start concurrently with consideration of the Highway 5 Corridor overlay district should we proceed with this ordinance. 1 1 1 HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT 1 Section 1. Purpose and Intent ' The City of Chanhassen has determined that the Highway 5 corridor and development along it is one of the major factors influencing the visual and environmental quality of the community. Due to the intensity of land uses that currently exist or are expected to be developed in the future along the corridor, it is also the heart of our community. It is destined to contain the central business district, other significant retail nodes, major employment concentrations of regional importance, residential land use and major public institutions and recreational facilities. It also contains significant natural resources worthy of preservation including wetlands, major stands of trees and creek corridors. Recognizing the importance of the Highway 5 corridor, the city has undertaken a series of studies and 1 plans that as designed will culminate in a Highway 5 corridor plan. To implement these planning efforts, the city has established the Highway 5 Corridor Overlay District. The district is designed to promote orderly development of the corridor in a manner consistent ' with these planning efforts. As a result, development will be sensitive to supporting concepts developed under the Highway 5 corridor planning efforts. The Highway 5 Corridor Overlay District is designed to promote the following: 1. Protection of creek corridors, wetlands and significant stands of mature trees through use of careful site design, establishing protective easements, sensitive alignment and design of roads and utilities, incorporation of natural features into public /private recreational amenities and by landscaping /reforestation efforts designed to enhances existing natural features. ' • 2. Promote the use of high quality architectural and site design consistent with maintaining improved development standards within the corridor. Through the use of careful site planning, appropriate placement of building massing and similar ' techniques, development along the corridor shall be designed to avoid the visual and environmental impacts of urban corridor development found elsewhere in the Twin Cities. Techniques to be utilized should include, but not be limited to, the following: ' • orientation of structures towards detached frontage roads rather than Highway 5. Highway 5 exposure should, however., have architectural prominence. For ' example, office components of industrial buildings should be oriented towards the highway. Similarly, less attractive site aspects such as loading areas should be concealed from the highway. ' • orientation of structures to locate large building masses away from Highway g g Y g Y 5 to allow for maintenance of green and open space. Portions of the building ' oriented towards the highway should be of consistently high quality containing, for example, office components of multi -use structures. 0 I • location of primary parking facilities away from Highway 5 exposures gaining access to parallel frontage roads. roofscapes should offer clear views from the highway, to be achieved through , • P es g combination of compatible screening, relocation of equipment, and /or use of pitched roof systems. • incorporation of landscaping and reforestation designed to supplement and I preserve existing natural features. 3. Establish a coordinated collector and arterial route road network designed to be I environmentally sensitive and supportive of Highway 5 initiatives. Detached frontage roads should be designed as parkways leaving sufficient land mass between them and Highway 5 to allow for reasonable development potential consistent with the I Comprehensive Plan. 4. Promote the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan and Corridor Planning I Initiatives, including the Building Community Across the Corridor plan. 5. Promote the implementation of Chanhassen's Surface Water Protection Program. 1 Section 2. Allowed Uses Specific uses allowed in the Highway 5 corridor shall be those which are consistent with the I Comprehensive Plan and corridor planning initiatives. Section 3. District Location I The Highway 5 corridor shall include all designated parcels illustrated on the official I Chanhassen Zoning Map. Generally, corridor boundaries include parcels directly fronting in the vicinity of Highway 5 taking into account existing land use pattern and natural features. 1 Section 4. Coordination with other Zoning Regulations I 1. All parcels within the corridor presently zoned RR and A2 must be rezoned to PUD concurrently with the processing of a development proposal. All land in other I categories may be developed using applicable district standards so long as the uses are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and corridor planning initiatives. 2. All PUD plans and site plans shall be consistent with uses and guidelines established 1 by the Comprehensive Plan and Highway 5 corridor planning initiatives. 1 2 1 1 1 1 3. The establishment of the Highway 5 Corridor Overlay District in and of itself has no bearing on the location of the MUSA line. MUSA line relocation requests will be considered by the city in a manner consistent with normal updating of the Comprehensive Plan and with applicable state law. I 4. Subdivision review under Chapter 18, when necessary, shall be carried out simultaneously with the review of a PUD. The plans required under this chapter shall be submitted in a form which will satisfy the requirements of Chapter 18 for the 1 preliminary and final plat. 5. Site plan review under Article II, Division 6 of this code shall be carried out for each non - single family or duplex principal structure, that is proposed. 6. PUD plans shall be coordinated with and in compliance with provisions of Article ' V, Flood Plain Overlay District; Article VI, Wetland Protection, and Article VII, Shoreland Overlay District. 1 7. PUD plans shall be prepared utilizing standards and procedures provided in Article VIII, Planned Unit Development District. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 3 1 CAMPBELL, KNUTSON, SCOTT & FUCHS, P.A Apr 10,92 10:43 No.002 P.02 1 C',AMPBELI_ KNUTSON, SCOTT & FU:1 IS, 1-'A. Att orncys at Law 1 • h,.n:.r, j ('xntl,lnll ((I) 452.5 {)00 Ri N )\,rut •,n, Fa). (61 ?) 452.5550 1luwr !Soot ( i.rr1 (;. 1•uc lt J,nuc. R. C(1.4 11kitt 1;. 1:nct,A April 9, 1992 Miclnal !1 1 ,1,,,r1 ltm. 1) 41rux•, Mr. Paul Krauss 1 Chanhassen City Hall 690 Coulter Drive, Box 147 Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317 RE: Highway 5 Corridor Overlay District ' Dear Paul: You asked me to comment on the draft Highway 5 Corridor Overlay II District ordinance: i. overview. May central concern is the extensive use of adjectives, rather than nouns. The more specific the ordinance, the more enforceable it will be. If a proposal is rejected, we must be able to cite the specific ordinance provision that is not satisfied. II The case study, "Building community Across the Corridor ", is a good vision, but it must be reduced to standards to be enforceable. 2. Overlay District. I suggest that, consistent with the 1 overlay concept, there be an underlying zoning district with allowed uses. This gives us some protection from taking claims based upon the theory that the overlay district is so subjective in its approval process that there are no uses allows as of right. This also eliminates the problem of making most or all existing uses non- conforming. 3. PUD. The notion of having to rezone property that is in the overly district to use it consistent with the requirements of the II overlay zoning district is troublesome. Once it is rezoned PUD, would it be out of the overlay zoning district? The better approach may be to require a conditional use permit Very truly yours, 1 CAMPBELL, KNUTSON, SCOTT & FUCHS, P.A. B 411P LAO Rog- N. Knu son RNK:srn 1 c• •) r -, T• ....t.t_ /Nil'. 14Qil NATO C41')1 A A Case Study Integrating Urban Design and Ecology 111[411 , \\, r \ , February1992 Building Community Volume 1, Number 1 rya J V X13 A Publication of �� Design Center for American Urban Across the Corridor - „ Landscape, College of Architecture i and Landscape Architecture, - _ -.;� University of Minnesota A New Parkway Model for Chanhassen, MN �' L,1 C hanhassen, Minnesota is a growing city on the This newsletter illustrates and outlines the process western edge of the Twin Cities Metropolitan used for this Chanhassen case study. The steps include Area. Until recently, the city was a farming commu- assessing, mapping and analyzing the natural and nity settled within Minnesota's glacial moraine land- cultural resources, and formulating an alternative scape, marked by rolling hills, windbreaks, and maple- urban design scenario based upon urban design basswood forests. With the design upgrade of the principles. These urban design principles propose main east /west roadway, Highway 5, from two lanes making rooms in the landscape, making connections to four lanes, the community is faced with the prospect using roads and paths as parkways, and making of new development along the now rural corridor. connections using water and open space as networks City Manager Don Ashworth predicts "more decisions along the Highway 5 corridor. Together the steps in will be made affecting the long range imagery of this process outline the first round of urban design Highway 5 /Chanhassen during the next two to three challenges for building physical connections and a years than have been made in the last 100. The strong sense of community across the corridor. Chanhassen Highway 5 Corridor Task Force invited the Design Center for American Urban Landscape, of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architec- , ture, University of Minnesota, to collaborate with the r ! /Jti /r/ /f /1i - -- / 1 /Ifi, 4 4 dr city in developing a vision for this rapidly changing 1 0 i v /, , l corridor. New development -_ - -' , - ___ -_ p a pressure in Chanhassen P p poses challenges to city leaders serving on the High- t �,fi`�,�� le way 5 Corridor Task Force. Issues which concerned �� ` :_,„I.// ' _ _/ /� ,� the Task Force members included: y '/1 ° e► AI I /,It: •The community's concern for the vanishing rural !W4 ' ., ills s / I, , character !r!1/* A r! ' • The impact of the Minnesota Department of / ••• • l'� l ► G rAwAv d • a � , �� Transportation's plans to widen Highway 5 _ ° • I• / �• ° l o y.. ms s ' ';'-. I �Y-: • Community commitment to preserving the envi- / f '',;°"14 f ronmental quality and resources of Chanhassen P��` /� ; , • Current city policies to manage water quality with ! I - the aid of a computerized Geographic Information )(-)K System (GIS) Figure 1. Typical Highway Corridor • Land use designation for study areas in the Comprehensive Master Plan. Given these factors, the Design Center and the city staff ______ —�� f 1 organized a bus tour to help the Task Force imagine , ,.,. , 0. 9 `/�i�� I -f-to how new development could look in key study areas, ;;,•J/ `I and what future decisions need to be made to create V o and implement their vision for the community. The S , � � `o.' r Task Force knew what it did not want — a typical , .i' / *if d/ 'F � �� Aill stri P p develo ment alon g g wa Y p the hi h , as de icted in c '', = - Figure 1. As an alternative, the Design Center pro- ° �� 1 �� „� / ,� ' 4- posed using the local landscape features of "rooms ;r .•- —I . 0 Id','' _ _-_ _- r and corridors” along with the environmental systems ( '.7 - ,' ' r to enhance a sense of community across the highway ��:� o n ' 1 �4 . - (Fig. 2). What started with discussions on the bus tour, ' ' � ' < ,,,,,r � u • u a ,u4 , , (1� �� 1 1 evolved into a case study applying urban design 7 , ',” ! . C - - principles to a corridor environment. The experience ' = .�% j $.r m � , ,. ' / /I/ of touring Chanhassen's landscape, and discussing grif i L' ' what the landscape meant to the city leaders, became k i the first step in the case study planning process. Figure 2. Proposed Highway Rooms and Corridor Ugly roads are often taken to be one price of civilization, like sewers or t ' , °. 4, police... The authors take a different £ g 1 g ! a posi road watching is a delight, ‘ � � A � a l . \ , and the highway is or at least might be- 1 '4 ' ' r� *.; " , " ° ' = • * �`' t 'A r �K z 'r" h a z � \gin �`� , ; ' ' e+ �. . a work of art. The view from the road '' A*" a ' ' ',�� • 1 7 \, k, � < 'M can be a dramatic play of space and .*� � a ` ° motion, of light and texture, all on a new scale. These long sequences could ' , , make our vast metropolitan areas ' - .' ,, •' '' ' � . ,,. , r comprehensible: the driver would see t ' '' how the city is organized, what it g� symbolizes, how people use it, how it relates to him. To our way of thinking, the highway is the great neglected ,..4: �* opportunity in city design. � " a The View from the Road 4, . ;. i I ." Appleyard, Lynch, and Myer 1964 View from the Road . 1 2 Resource Inventory /.Jew OsvB DP6(aVr rRGSSOR lat� % �it� %ro.°wss- TA �axs aYD e I < IVI TIn15 I WU . 21 11 A ;41 : av !!-` w HhTCS ` � F Ml e110 2. 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This crossing may be pictured as the meeting ` 'k •• ' , \. 4 ,f .. 4 point of the city, the country and the road as illustrated in Figure 4, "Chanhassen at the Crossroads." ye ° � . , F ` Map the Resources ' ` 4 � ' Analyzing the resources of Chanhassen requires „it; : ' looking beyond the natural and built features that are _ °I• " ' — typically inventoried in a GIS system. Cultural re- ' ' '" - ''' *, sources and landmarks are also useful layers of infor- $ mation. Sketches, photographs, and visual notes can '.� be collected as well as topography, soils and road 3 information. Insights came from panoramic photo- graphs of important views taken by local residents. Bird's eye view of Chanhassen on the western edge From these techniques, resources such as the following of Twin Cities development can be mapped: : •Drainage network Lake 1V1innetonka f: • . i •Topography :; �\� _ •Vegetation and building cover .�• , _ • Roadway systems: existing and proposed designs !t ;' • Open spa ce and recreation areas lk •Soils / f , - - - - -.- •Infrastructure: storm water, sewer, power, w.. l , 1 � ■ railway corridors • A ` '" • _, )•: ^ • Land use: existing and planned • I f '" • Landmarks: natural and cultural : ' �� I I •Views: from and toward the road to : ref *fr./ ,11 t p .., •Local and regional context. IP Id d �` �1��j��i . . `„�,. i ii . F•�� A 1 � � _ • � � . , ! 41 "121 1 1 1 ft9 K ----r- --'1 - I \ . ) ) rj / I -- t it, ;:." .it 40144% ,:•• .,6‘ , It ' I i 4 4.i. k : : : . ' - . . ' • ' ' I 11 4 : : : : : : : : : : : ::: : : I: : 1 _,.. L - - i / / , A --,, '-"-- / Ai . ths il. to /. I i'i`..t._ -v)-.._,--,_);- 4, \' ...-•■■ - - - '‘‘' 1 '//, •.•■ itiOa 111 Illt.friv tlit/'4-1v411‘;1‘ditlitilli141#* ........- 41k l'' : r" zgti\ irAill■r'aw•dik-wili / Ali , vtillik\& it \,,. .Niv j ,31-, ;, i 9 1R, A ,04, . z ../ ,/ 7 j 44\ i i ii W011gtrtit . 4 4 TilkS ii slift 1; ,,ikkh#4 ............ --c. 1 4/45, 1‘ )0,11 AISITIL. BP% „' :. , ,.�'�� 111 Figure 4. `` � Fi ure 5. ___ _____J "Chanhassen at the Crossroads" � �,.• ` �p� A � � Existing City to Country and River to Lake . . o *• ,\\. Developable Developable Land - E NM w rr ,I''.fi L , -: - ' ___ ' ' ' ' e . 4. 7 1 r7 ' / , 4 . 4 : k0 - ' 'rte i \, �`'' y_ - 1/. i, /. / ev ^ ft, �� . w , 00 r � , .4 . ,.6 a w l c aye• • : e 1 \ 6�� : . 1 Tor' . Coming into town from the west ... and from the east Combine the Layers Other maps created, but not illustrated below, include Composite maps reveal new information not the following: necessarily evident from the Comprehensive Master • Nodes: critical junctions that gather citizens for a Plan or highway road maps alone. Several examples of common purpose Chanhassen composite maps are shown on these • Districts: areas described by location, function and pages. geography • Gateways: marking of internal and external edges "Developable Land" diagrams a composite of the •Highway Corridor: rooms extending beyond the Chanhassen land use plan and information gathered right- of- way(R.O.W.) from aerial views of existing development conditions. •Environmental Corridor: open space network From this map, one quickly envisions the magnitude of (linked habitat areas including infrastructure change that will take place on this corridor (Fig. 5). R.O.W.s, parks and drainage ways). "Mature Woodlands and Rolling Hills" By pairing natural systems and built systems informa- tion, an image of the landscape's local character Remnant hedgerows, patches of "Big Woods" maple and basswood forests, rolling hillsides, drainage basins emerges, informing the city's design issues and and river bluffs create a pattern apparent from aerial opportunities. The following urban design scenario photographs and topographic contour maps. A integrates these city elements with urban design composite drawing of these features reveals the principles into one alternative for the corridor. outdoor "rooms" and "corridors" which characterize -- — -- -- -- --- --- - / l the spatial structure of Chanhassen's landscape (Fig. 6). j /`; I "Natural and Urban Landmarks" M,nn wa3M, *if' Cultural resources or built systems also function in the j w � � r city to form significant spaces and places. Landmarks L - 0,1,-'rk'' mapped during site reconaissance visits incorporate historic features, wayfinding signals, local or regional destination points, concentrated or undisturbed \ __ , ' @ - natural features and dramatic viewpoints to express ` . important places of local meaning in the landscape. A v5ego P r °M 1,1 �� '�; map of cognitive landmarks depicts the relationship of '" ,.� cultural features within the city fabric (Fig.7). "Existing Natural Drainage and Public Open Space - Network" A map of the natural drainage system works in concert • with the Comprehensive Master Plan's proposed open 4 1.- i ,, ,, I .. space to illustrate how water is a unifying factor ' � -' throughout the community. Pairing these layers also Figure 8. - ' identifies new opportunities for pedestrian walkways Existing Natural �. V and bridges help to transform the parks i ' . -- ' � P ar into an Drainage and - es which g p . E °`` , E< environmental corridor system (Fig. 8). Public Open Space - - It o* _.„--,- , ,_ ,_ _ LP 4E HErGRONS Ar f te _ h I C �`� ` l�, it ,v, ...w.weirs ,T,..-.--z alp /mom ,_ i MCLlKV Mlp� Lanv3/d i£ i ,-- , A. -- 77. T,M r,^ (ii , _ _ I -.%- ; I , . 1114 . . ■ _______- , Figure 6. � , -- Figure 7. / j 1 � -- _.___I Mature Woodlands / Natural and Urban 1 and Rolling Hills :.% Landmarks — _ . M NM IIIIIII OM MI I 1111111 S M A MN w am ININ MOM IIIMIN =OM - wow 4 A _ i- i. ice. - An Urban Design Scenario ' sr 84M Downtown Chanhassen district Creating an urban design scenario provides a link For example, people use indoor and outdoor rooms between assessing resources and developing a vision and connections to order their environment. When for the corridor. To accomplish this linkage, the dis- outdoor rooms and connections along the highway cussions generated on the first Chanhassen bus trip corridor are made, a ride through the city can become were continued during a workshop with the Design a memorable and pleasurable experience. Such a Center, the Task Force and city staff. The bases for journey would reveal that Chanhassen can be a con - discussion were the composite resource maps, work- nected community which extends across the widened shop participant photographs, and the issues and highway R.O.W. opportunities this information revealed. At the workshop's conclusion, the Task Force members How are rooms and connections made in the design identified their priorities along with new issues to scenario shown below? Each urban design principle consider. has been translated into more specific rules, using the resources and community values of Chanhassen. The The Design Center used these priorities, the land use following pages illustrate and explain how these rules plan and the resource opportunities to develop prin- have guided the placement and shaping of landscape ciples which would guide the design of a specific features, given the planned land uses. A simplfied scenario. The purpose of creating a design scenario overlay diagram will be used to reveal each of the was to test, refine and visualize the urban design principles: making rooms, making connections with principles applied to the corridor and provide a roads and paths and making connections with water starting point for the second workshop discussion. and open space. First, a preview of the pr and the rules. The drawing below shows the Highway 5 design \,\ \`, i '. ` \ \ ; "\\ \ \, \ \\Q\! \ \ \ ..� �ti a \°- ` a. � '. scenario developed from these principles for the ; �� corridor. This scenario was guided by the urban , ,,,;-‘,..--• - \ ,�\ ♦ \' '`, design principles of making Rooms and Connections, ' • inspired by Chanhassen's landscape character. \ a , , �*. as , \ n \ , F , e \ 4� \\ \\ ,. \ \ \\ Lake Ann park district ARBORETUM B O R E T U M HEADWATERS BLUFF EAST BLUFF CREEK L A K E /;'' DISTRICT �� CR DISTRICT DI -' � j � \I �^� X\, �� F- h vunrinl I = �I I ? � \ :I ' ICI_ 1 ' 1 ,, \�� J ARBORETUM HEADWATERS BLUFF EAST BLUFF CREEK L A I d '� /ice`"` _'ma � ,'\ �: I , / �� 111.1 11,1 1 1 // • w •Ir! I ' li fr- Il �, -\\ � ..� Il I '• It, ,1 \ \, ` Ys '''''''''''' o � l I / II''''n''''' ) qn Y t Y S i i [:,( ( / I� 1 ('. ` '� a /( p �' : oh`" a, \, ' III I I �` \. �� b , - .;Y , �h� "'2 �• _� �,- � —�� ( =A I � *E.e, , 1.1E � 1 " Sy �V ■ `` I 1� L :d Rl clnrnrl,l 14. I C I ��— _-- � )R�`i• • , !� 5 �� I I � r 1 _ a '' 1 PI1111.1C /SEMI PUR ..7: - a r 1 r + ` - 1 1 q 1 I j1 \7 0l Ise /mnusn Inl. �I !'' 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IA hS /t IIn.S , n(i I? \t \ ti'S N'IAI\ zl II � ,- � ( , ,.. 2 WESTERN GATEWAY CORRIDOR � 6 NEW PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS J I •-),;'- 3 NEW NORTH /SOUTH LINK 5 NEW COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (:ENTER \ °' 1 POSSIBLE NEW ENTRANCE TO THE ARBORETUM 4 NEW PARK AND RIDE. 7 NEW PARKWAY Urban Design Scenario for the Highway 5 Corridor m, •., '� / .// �% 9Y � # /� � , r �� /% / •H ; • �'' • j� / /e rr, : / //% /sue%/ m € s ssw s � #3 11 I # #ss # ��' / / i sIR a � €# €�° FSgi / C ,� - �/ r f 1£-a /F€ 3r 4 "�'` 33 � rF r F //: ' /- { �1 f'- ,f • / t o ,;; A grand oak tree forms the city's natural skylin F'I x / _ Making Rooms ,` � ` 1. Use landscape features such as vegetation, topography and extended views which are already _ _ creating distinct rooms to make buildable sites. � �, i4s1 "`d y 5 ,l, � '4 I 2. Develop rooms which extend across the highway. 3. Create a series of rooms on the highway corridor. €€ F€ ' Making Connections: Roads a nd Pa ths �`� F 1. Consider the con nections between si nlf icant 1 11 F g � P features in town. 2. Create a variety of road types rather than one large %, volume highway. 3. Use existing landscape patterns as a framework for creating parkways linking neighborhoods. 4. Make good, buii iildings that are attractive on ldable all f tes sidesand nsist on buildings . 5. Design crossings w, mely , comfortable movement hich of pedestriansallow the , safe bicyclists and and y drivers across the highway. Making Connections: Water and Open Space s / " ggi 1. Use the water system to shape and structure a series %9� of connected residential, commercial, and open space j %,,, developments. y /y� 2. Protect downstream resources by filtering and retaining water runoff from new upstream / % /may developments. y y „ y��i %r 3. Combine water management systems with open . 1:5 .. 17 : :.. , //� �, space stems. j / % P Y 4. Recognize and highlight the importance o c rossing / � / // / �/ points, where water intersects highways and boulevards. �_, The main street d i V N PARK DOWN C H A N bou H A levar S S E N through the downtown district E AS TER N GATEW R I O T DISTRICT D I S T R I C T / /�. .. I s /7_2,, - - - - - - 1. cf 1- // �1 a° /J /'�. PARK OPEN SI SPACE l 4 ''''.:\ , {� cl + PIIRI.IC. /SEMI PUBL I x I' � 1 f , y ; 1 ii i I �/ yr � � � 11 // , � ' - _I I �� 1 I �/ cl �i l - - - I r : ∎ PARKS /OPEN SPACE AEI i / j/ r. I --- -- ° , I �. 'q ' mss °III ! RFEIOENTIAL , � ), ) f ; • // // ■ PARKS /OPEN SPACE • l + RFtiIDF S(IIOOL — T �� % ^ ,� . 7 rl ,�`r I i ' ' I L BII(JIUNI.IC ` �� m i ll i `.. � d / Rr� RFSIOFNTIAI. `_ —` 1 �� 1 3' y �k /. , � 1 t r;l ��\ / / � olnu I11.. _ I )L -- ''�� " � I I I � 1 " % / /� " • y � \ `_J / _� ` R IT ImI I I coMMFnclnl. i t k i �. / Ny— - - -- '� b . -.----;,:'.:.-71.!4'.-', ' S �� = l fN ! • � ' r J �� +� %e r ,R" � r+ 'P aac�os11 a ai i sic. ` J t. 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L RKS /OPEN SPACE I �y / �„\ �._•. �,� < v o oe I 1� I _ _ / . `, td f 1 1 \ '` -� % �_ u[E Iii Ivt to +r - e / 1 // 9 C ( < ,G �� \�• / 1 (, �\ ,. it _ _ Jh ��; � II I �� l �� :� , _ ____ 9 q � � � " L =y _�y Ir ✓ � \l— � 1. r - .. ! { tOM11MtR(IA � `�1 / I I I l , �i l r I ■ if _ ( � r � � 1 � OFFICE /INDUSTRIA \ `^` ; , 1.) -'\ � / . / / -r � 0 .:' (� OFFILEIINOUSTRIAI 1 . / IIV` ,e.' /, ✓� /�� / C 1 I RESIDF.NTIA1 rj*:1 1 / )� � j �" �l ' " - ��— J an �� ' � �A 1 il l i t _ �� % � r OF /., 1/- �� lajl` , COMMFRCIAt / C� h � / 1 \` fIFICFIINDUSTRIAL l I )� r A -' y { J \\ I E / � % // � � ` % e . ,. �'�— ( \ j1 / r / /�¢`" . �J :bii �7�'i'ri,�i � p; ^/r X' �, / / t 1 USTRAAI �, i� I1 1 i" Ct ti,J \M1 L 1 � - r, "A•y _� 1 11U� LL // 't =1 1 �� PARKS /OPEN SPACE1 1 r '� i__.:26:ii 8 EXTENSION OF WBOEST EVARD 78TH ST: JiMk NEW COMMERCIAL CENTER 11 10 NEW FUTURE PEDESTRIAN LRT TRANSIT BRIDGE STO ARBORETUM UL 9 P 12 NEW PARK AND RIDE JOS "III El III ®►_ - 6 Making Rooms in the Landscape . ' e I • '`i'V i '„‘ , k ... i : &i ; • x - a , • ' '°� g .., sus 1 a r 3 .1: •' `4A g i \� \,ate \ '*"."4 ''''''''''''' B SS Au A rural room An urban room Chanhassen has a variety of rooms, formed from its From east to west, the rooms diagramed below are: rolling hills, skylines, built structures and infrastruc- ture systems. The resulting composition is a mixture of 1. Transit entrance: introduces landscape qualities that urban and rural rooms. The room making rules de- will be carried through the corridor, including park scribed below guided the design of new rooms along and rides with a shaded and wind protected the corridor. environment. 2. Landmark intersections: sculpted to mark gateway Use landscape features such as vegetation, to main street. topography and extended views which 3. Service room: convenience facilities edged by windbreak vegetation and street trees. are already creating distinct rooms to 4. Downtown: boulevard continued, fronted by make buildable sites. commercial retail, service and civic spaces. New developments can be designed to take advantage 5. Wetland circle: ponds with edges defined with of hills and treelines to generate exciting building sites wetland and aquatic plant materials. which settle comfortably into the Chanhassen 6. Long view room: vantage point to preview the landscape. Rolling hills and vegetation also create landscape ahead; signals the edge of downtown. transitions between different kinds of land uses. 7. Lake Ann room: a civic park space enclosed by drainage ways, forests and windbreak vegetation, Develop rooms which extend across the extending to include the business park south of Highway 5. highway. 8. Western entrance to Lake Ann: a park entrance Making pedestrian and vehicular links which have room for future residents and employees. similar design elements on both sides of the highway is 9• Community commercial center: uses the stream one way to create rooms which bridge the corridor. corridor, windbreak vegetation and buildings to build a service node "neighborhood niche" convenient to Create a series of new rooms on the home, school and work. highway corridor. 10. Upper Bluff Creek intersection: a formally The scale and type of existing openings and enclosures planted entry way with all corners relating to each can be recreated in the future development of the other. highway corridor. Creating a series of new rooms 11. Arboretum Gateway Office Park: centered around gives the sense that the road is going through specific a formal wetland planting. places. Different types of rooms can be experienced in 12. Arboretum Gateway: formal, agricultural planted a sequence. In this design scenario, the Design Center entrance, to include Highway 41 as an edge, comple created such a series of room types: transit rooms, menting the plantings of the office park. Together the landmark intersections, civic spaces, commercial node. planted edges make the lake to river gateway. <; 47 ,mss\ r /' ✓ it, I L\ "s'-- L 7 I � ,��+ YJ 1., ...,,.:: ::. - . . ) ^ if,;-;, _,s, Q �} I�. '•�!,` /� H y�� \ I I I I 3 � Y �� r ✓r: `? \ � ' , I�A � 1 , -c. !, �` .;tee `` r \ 't. - _ _ 1 [.c i _ � �. , •.7/. . bj Ai �_ J1'' 4� y � � s•�'!tv 4 /� / • �' fi . if I /•" / I . re _ arl r L , ) �' ..�* \ .tr., . !' �' •S•:: • ' . �K' - '6, f � ESIDENTIAL / ! � ` �� " . � R �//' A £ ,�� • ► g III 1 4 . • L �_ , , , rr -,') ri" . ,; '�}��./ // PESIDENTUL / ,.. 4 IP / I I f I1 _ , �I "r .� ' �. rl R ESIDENTIA L 4l RESIDENTIAL L ,, ` ? ! r ? u ,.', c I4 i's--- \\ ., // J ' ',... � ,) ._. ^ . 1� L.EETFMPN. � . �• \ 1 �%I ' � lT' - PUDCIC /SEMI PURIIC 1 IY ) .''' 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COMMERCIAL 1 f �! s ♦ � I � cI 1 I D'� �I j OFFICE /INDUSTPUL 1 \\� \\/ /1. /1I I I _ii ��- ;_ •�� - 1, ' f I / �ESIDF.NTUL }C "� oFFICFnNDUST uL J —� - •� i_ .,�.5:�liC` S��pti70� �= J ,,�.% ------- - - - - -- -J _ �.� I . ..Y`ai '1 con A! / 1 // / y r // / f,�4 °�')A �� <••"I i ' / ��' �.4.' al�ief; t! ! a �' , ' /�� ' �- /� / /'F /�,• (� /. .�� j �f J �, OFFICEIINDUSTPUL ZI C7� '' 1 r` ` �c ��• / /�f ray` r^ ✓' ",F. Il,.,+�,1�► /� ��r { { {` L '�/ .111// /.�(I � (w � � 1 � V'1 /` �� .. .• \� �PF. /OPEN SPACE ti� � € �'--� • ' ' Mature vegetation �. 8 N. • and P .� ® ® Making Connections: Roads a l aths as Parkways v (.t 1kv� ,-c y "`_ — — tom' J n -. I .,, ,, .+T �1.. LI�I'T + F,- i_ -, Field notes for parkway design ' In Chanhassen, carefully designing connections of road, path and water movement corridors conveys the image of a city concerned for the environment and the safety of its citizens. All of these systems must come % y, �' 0 h % / /" e � y , together stu at crossiareasng points, making them critical �� y / 4.��/ design dy . z. , ' In this design scenario, parkways and vegetation " . connect and protect natural features, while providing � . a... " y ' r, '> ,- alternative circulation systems. H.W.S. Cleveland's , X 44' ; 1872 plan for the Twin Cities park system, "perhaps 44 4 � 1 * / ' F America's finest urban open space network," links .61 ' . Minnehaha Parkway and the Minneapolis chain of .#1 9 ,7 ,,'. . , lakes to form a "Grand Round." Cleveland's strategy �° ' ''' ' / '' makes even more sense now, with our increased ' ''''" '''. knowledge of environmental systems. Today the strategy has a new name, called greenway develop- , ment. Greenways can help structure re- forestation efforts and other municipal improvements by '" .: !� integrating infrastructure corridors with open space f ` systems. r P , ,,-, 7 - i 'N f x d Consider the connections between ' ' '' y t ` y 4� significant features in town. � ' '' - In Chanhassen, t he north/ south conne ct i ons are ' u § 7 ` � f' b '' im portan t l i n ks between the lakes and the Minnesota s rf River valley. East /west connections create access ' fr between the different districts in town, from the _ '4-1; y y , downtown and the dinner theatre to the Arboretum. � , . , y , Alternate routes also serve as collectors for walkers, bicyclists or commuters using park and ride lots. Galpin Boulevard winds from the upland lakes down to the river valley A R B O R E T U M HEADWATERS BLUFF EAST BLUFF CREEK LAKE DISTRICT CILE E.K DISTRICT S T R I C T DISTRICT D) ., f '," I. - - / vim \ l �� ` T \ ?1_ 1 �. / 4 ( , . i•-_, - • •'• • x.e, ',:,...".„::;.=:,.-- . - - . - -,_ • , ....... `-•,.,-„,„-..-:, 1 \'‘' -b C,, ...... ' , .' ‘./ ' . -)' , • �'•; I - r • RESIDENTIAL ) _ , I ` f. F , s y .- J : = r • ' , / 1Wr .� \ I . , . ' ,IY }{ � , •• - S ! 1.W FLEET FAP'1. /� , 1F51UF.NTInL J i AESIIlE REST DEVTIAL ' P' t ` - PDDt C Seml. eueuC •. • "� �\ / 8' -"'L ( ' ,* dr g 1 r l a1 - 71.-= , -------, . � ! A, �'O _ � =�� 1y 4 „ > /ro+lm ER mL ) 1 I ■ tL — , �•"� r`w. 4 . 1 ;L PESIDEVTL \L nn _• ; ��) \ Y - •✓ I 4 S ` a :� .R � � PAPK' �i . ` i. � . /T _— • • 1' ■ - - J ` r = mom _ i.� x:.. R smervTUL • G Lr \ , • 1 ` - 1 ; ' /�� i= = 1 _ —_ + -• ~-gym ., .. ,.�b' 3r __:..�- �.�'w. __ h e ele , 1 ' \,ti• r'- y J i, '._ .S P ;� e� D��1 e`a�r._. 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Roads and Paths as Parkways �'�► : ,�, Pedestrian ' This diagram illustrates principles of connect pedestrian and Legend: /. , r. Node c automobile circuits around the city. ow IINI II. EN MI MI IIM I= OE 6111 In Illt, sm. Ire aim wilm am ow �1 = - t:✓ • 11 FI f ! !: ;� �y •, /' ice /y __ _,10,--1,..........- „,, or i / `Vi � % • I ' 1 ' \1?s: M f. N - / // A . tiP Y tA.. 1 n N .i v y �� 1 / �. � i• i ; A Grand Round parkway scheme Highway 41 plantings, a model for new parkways Create a variety of road types rather than Make good, buildable sites and insist on - n �, one large volume highway. buildings that are attractive on all four q, .- Fes. , The main street boulevard of Chanhassen is extended sides. into newly developing residential areas to the west The location of the Grand Round road is influenced by : _ The proposed frontage road continues the planting y p p g P g the kinds of places that can be created, given the land begun downtown and thus becomes "Chanhassen use plan, road alignment and existing landscape Boulevard." With lower automobile design speeds on features. Buildings will have a presence on both the this boulevard, the alignment can follow the to o ra- - g p g hi g h way an t boulevards, therefore the building 1- phy and highlight landscape features. Where the design must consider views from all sides. boulevard is close to the highway, windbreak g ,..1--t. " plantings act as "walls" with "window" openings. Design crossings which allow the safe, ., ,�A This boulevard creates a circuit with Arboretum g g �,,,, Boulevard" south of Highway 5. Chanhassen's resi- timely and comfortable movement of ' 8 'y' �� '. ."'� "' dents have their own "Grand Round" enjoyable for s - i .,,,,# o „.. y pedestrians, bicylists and drivers across pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers making short trips the highway. around town. yh At minimum, all highway intersections are signalled, Use existing landscape patterns as a including walk lights, to help safe movement across A pedestrian bridge designed as Highway 5. Pedestrian oriented intersections are gateway and crossing framework to create parkways linking developed at parkway crossings. Parkways carry neighborhoods. lower traffic volumes and include plantings for shade North /south connections between neighborhoods are or wind protection. Grade separated crossings take strengthened through parkways, following planted advantage of topography to provide easy movement drainage ways. These parkways add to the place across the highway. For example, children from identity of districts extending across the corridor. residential areas north of the highway will need to get to a proposed school south of the highway, next to Bluff Creek. A highway bridge over the creek creates room for a below grade pedestrian crossing. At a highpoint on the east end of town, a pedestrian/bike bridge over the highway connects neighborhoods to downtown and a new transit stop. These bridges also becomes landmarks and gateways in Chanhassen. A N N P A R K DOWNTOWN C H A N H A S S E N EASTERN GATEWAY S T R I C T D I S T R I C T DISTRICT ',' I /�/� . :�: B S I ' - 'C' • , . :(//, '• PARKS /OPEN SPACE l l �'`. of // PUeLICISEMI PUBLIC � I -� - _ i s''/ 1 I II _ - ' o _ PUIKS /OPENSPACE r- T V I I / • - A ii i - _ 5y ”' 1 ° J 1 •Y .��- 1 I R ESIDENTIAL I e� , //ff � , , / 1 / PARKS /OPEN SPACE I. , i RESIDENTIAL SCIIOOL - - � / // C` \.� / � " / • I ' I n 1 RF.SIDENTL \L .. -" i .H � , C II � � / J ��'c °' u ' . FI PU. IC /SEMI PUBLIC - I I \ \ . \� ✓ � � / / j OFFICE/INDUSTRIAL �•� Fi :y� %`' �$ 1 6... � )ll�-- `�3�I-_ c j �� I � ` f� = r 1 r! / la c ` i. 1 ��— \ 3 , '1 'r— F, y �y ` - r 4 .. • I ,I . . COSIMERCIAL c M II 'f t \_ \._ �CZ ` — / I - • .... 11 A0 SI?i0 T' s -� �4. :.!>r • .i:�ys�� CJ. .-..� �_• .� -ter �:_"'•,I�....� ��e �`,. .�.f' g 4 - \r _ 1`i. :,n �� F F { �? -4:. ,cti. ..t.-._y.... 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'S- ///!lull y /� �- �" — I�FFICE/INDUSTRIAL • I )� % J _ : COSIM ERCIA G� " _ ( fir ` �� i o° `i`\ f _ c � /'. - °y P.�: ^'..' - - �. .i' \`�_ I i r�� /� \T 1 - -- (--,--,— ,,1,11,,; r,, , ' � P SIOPEN .Y / K r : S 1 1 / OFFICEONDUSTRUL ' ^ 1 c "— ' / PA SOPE`15PACE ' \' PARKS /OPEN SPACE #••.' I ; -/ ' -� - . Park and q ' � Neighborhood ��■ •" Grand Round 4 '' e. Ride lots ; : ;, ��' parkway lia M IN r M r 11111 IMO MI IN1 OM NE IIn a EN u ma NM ME MK t . k 10 Making Connect Water and Open Space Networks '� N " il Lower Bluff Creek ° " "' Water systems by their very nature are connected. Protect downstream resources by filtering Changes in land uses upstream are transported down- stream, for good or for ill. If the edge between water and retaining water runoff from new and land is designed and planted to buffer these upstream developments. impac the edge becomes a form - making ingredient. Trees and grasslands at the water's edge benefit water ''' A vegetated corridor along a stream creates the "wall" quality goals by filtering sediment, absorbing pollut- " '• `: between rooms. Walls provide transitions between ants and protecting banks. The width and composition " �` land use Buffer plantings also create habitat for of such "buffer strips" can incorporate ecological and k' p g urban design considerations as well as hydrologic wildlife, a movement corridor for plant and animal g " ,,, . p ° species and place for neighborhood walks. factors. For instance, a buffer strip can be widened to include an active use park, a patch of open prairie or j /74 - an area where the understory shrubs may be cleared /,. ; and replaced with mown grass. ,. ' Use the water system to shape and structure a series of connected residential New development in Chanhassen will cover the land - ` c ommercial, and open space scape with impervious surfaces such as roads, roofs Upper Bluff Creek developments. and parking lots. Increasing the amount of impervious Due to the city's position between the lake and the surfaces results in greater amounts of water running river, drainageways such as Bluff Creek and the city's into drainageways. Storms sewers move this water chain of lakes, beginning with Lake Lucy, form dra- faster to its destination in lakes or streams. An matic diagonal patterns in a northwest to the southeast ecological alternative is a system of open, planted direction across Highway 5. Restorations and water channels along with planted detention ponds management plans for vegetation along the drainage which help slow the movement of water. This strategy ways define rooms which extend over the highway. In can help preserve the fragile bluff lines of lower Bluff the Bluff Creek districts, stream vegetation frames long Creek, with its highly erodible, steep slopes and sandy views which cut across the landscape. soils. On the chain of lakes this strategy can mitigate future downstream flooding impacts on existing and In Chanhassen's landscape, Highway 5 can be thought future developments. of as a " water dam ". Retention ponds along the north side of the highway become design features for individual developments. Taken together, the ponds convey the Chanhassen environmental ethic, from downtown to the Arboretum. A R B O R E T U M HEADWATERS BLUFF EAST B LUFF CREEK LAKE DISTRICT C E ISTR T DI STRICT DI`. l 6 / / , • • • - y M • . q / ' T .y , ! ' / ` ` `e/ \, ■ ` ■ I ' e'\\ . - - - ,, :4 ".' 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I 11 I L � - - -- � � --1 ' / s I \ ? jo> Water and Open Space Networks i Environmental networks link water and the open space system across the corridor. ';� Legend: Water drainage path ma — — s s s iN w s — MO — MI r MB UN - M i. ij 1�1 ' r./ � . f L , . te -"c irc dI �'!s� - 1 - = �� . - - ' ""-1.... I, ..:( - -' 41 , r . J.' , - t- .. ' .,;•- : ---,-.- ...4... , , ,,., ,,,,,,___,--- ,, - s , ,......, , ,. ,__,. _ ,,, ,. 2i t '• I v s / r ,i4 � - I r A highway bridge allowing for open space connections Picnicking at Lake Ann swimming beach Combine water management systems ' with open space systems. R Drainage systems provide the possibility of connecting k / open spaces, parks and parkways located adjacent to $� K °' V , , 4. `" •, ` as water features. Design of buffer strips along drainage e \ � � 3 " ,�. ways can include pathways which allow movement , x M� �: = ` between Chanhassen's many parks. Because the ,' -,,,12.,' k YP drainage networks cross Highway 5, bridging these g • � � , low points will provide points of pedestrian or wildlife x passage. In addition, bridges rather than culverts permit water to flow in their natural channels reducing ,,'"''A ,, downstream erosion. l �' Recognize and highlight the importance a . , of crossing points, where water intersects highways and boulevards. a�i 4 4 ` Points where the water system crosses the highway can �� - '' -, „„„k,i''' . 0 ' t.',4‘ ,.', '',,':., , ,._ ' Ikt,„*.* ,K, `,' ',4? , ,,,,,„„ ',,,,,, be a landmark feature for travelers. Design of guard "` rails and planting can signal the creek crossing. Near I-0. � \aa � r ; � the school, the stream vegetation replanted after b � i" highway construction can be managed to allow light penetration at the channel crossing, while maintaining Bluff Creek crosses Highway 5: site of potential g Y p a substantial canopy and mark a gateway to districts pedestrian underpass such as the "Lake Ann Park District." A v iew of the water can remind the traveler or resident of the environmental systems and forces which h ave shaped the landscape of Chanhassen. ANN PARK DOWNTOWN C H A N H A S S E N EASTERN GATEWAY .T R I C T DISTRICT DISTRICT / /'/� i' ' � / � I I I�, •y (, PE `' ii '',:,:,;,;,'<;,-,:::::,:;.'::;;,, /; � i I / , , *.'1. ;,'� J� PUBLICISF.M( PUDLIC I l r , f I d l / �. .. O yu G , 1 . / / /s..• 9 ,/A-1 , y s� /� -% ii , �w \, \��l`�-Vj\\��, - . �. -. .Jy I RFSIDENTAL " %� �' % ��I - - * . f ali . „ . _ . __ t Y �j� �� SCII f / _ _, �� O PFS(DF.N I ! - I _ I @ I ° \�� J✓'' �.• - 1 5:. s „ \ \� // /- _ - L.l. 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SG�faOL � i : ff SrT *°=-"-- � ✓ Comfortable walking on a Grand Round parkway Sketch of cultural landmarks, districts and rooms The urban design scenario presented here is one •Take advanints where Credits possible way to build community across the corridor. urban and environmental sy Funding for this project The process of applying the urban d principles approved by the Minnesota making rooms and connections, has revealed funda sect to make Safe pedestrian Crossings, Legislature ML 254, Art. tage of po stems inter- 1991, Ch. pro mental considerations for addressing the future of gateways, environmen passages and 1, Sec. 14, Subd. 3g as recom Highway 5. Those urban design challenges which orienting landmarks. mended by the Legislative Corces m require further planning and study are as follows: mission on Minnesota Resou from the Minnesota Future Re • Inc lude cultural and ecological data in 'Protect the quality of natural systems sources Fund. the developmen of Geographic and create an integrated open space Additional fund for this study Information System analyses. network of Grand Round parkways, an pu is made possible pedestrian p aths, and vegetated corridors through grants from the Dayton Develo rooms extendin across the formed alon the existing drainage Hudson Foundation for Dayton's • p g and Target Stores and the Housing highway through the placement and network. Redevelopment Authority of design of buildings, the city bou levards, Chanhassen, Minnesota. It is • Make boulevards not frontage roads, produced by the Design Center for vegetation and water systems. American Urban Lan he College dscape, a that connect the proposed o into the community road research center within t • Develop an image and id for each network. For example, f Architecture and Landscape room. Examples include a civic center roads Chanhassen Avenue and A University o , if l� Minnesota. corporate park, ne i g hbor Its from the city's hood commercial Ar boretum Boulevard can express local niche, residential center or Lake Ann area. charac and identity. © Design Center for American Urban Landscape, 1992. • Work with the private sector land hatever design scenario resu future discussions, this case study has allowed owners in these rooms to clarify the site the Task Force to "see" on vision of the future. Build- Case Study research, writing and planning issues and opportunities which i off the land use p lan and Chanhassen's community production: c inform the site review process and values, ne develop can be guided to enhance the Regina E. :o enhance develo merit. cultural and environmental landscape character. This Catherin p case study proc and " The Urban Design Challenge" Betsy Fi should be instrumental in the planning of other Thomas A. Hammerberg corr idors Case Study A such as Highway 212 and 41. William R Morrish Lance M. Neckar dvisors: 1 � � ti\ Harrison Raker ��.� a .. Joan I. Nassauer • `� ,� " a _. ` y , ` Mich Robinson ii ,"; r� . Chanhassen City S taff: v s ., i i f Don Ashworth, City Manag ` v �� m v \\Q v o •fIj f f�x$i'• ,,,, rt t. , ,, � t'� a : ; v �w F :a. 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