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CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
SUMMARY MINUTES
FEBRUARY 27, 2006
Mayor Furlong called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was opened with the
Pledge to the Flag.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Furlong, Councilman Lundquist, Councilwoman
Tjornhom and Councilman Peterson
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT:
Councilman Labatt
STAFF PRESENT:
Todd Gerhardt, Elliott Knetsch, Justin Miller, Paul Oehme and Kate
Aanenson
PUBLIC PRESENT FOR ALL ITEMS:
Janet D. Paulsen 7305 Laredo Drive
Debbie Lloyd 7302 Laredo Drive
Jon Agrimson 12397 Jack Pine Trail
Kari Nettesheim 9151 Great Plains Boulevard
Jerry McDonald Planning Commission
David Jansen Chanhassen Villager
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mayor Furlong noted that the Halla Greens item had been
pulled from the agenda and added item 1(m) under the consent agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA: Councilman Peterson moved, Councilman Lundquist seconded to
approve the following consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s
recommendations:
a. Approval of Minutes:
-City Council Work Session Minutes dated February 13, 2006
-City Council Verbatim & Summary Minutes dated February 13, 2006
Receive Commission Minutes:
-Planning Commission Verbatim & Summary Minutes
Resolution #2006-14:
b. 2005 MUSA Expansion, Bid Package #2, Project 06-05: Receive
Feasibility Study, Call for Public Hearing.
Resolution #2006-15:
c. TH 101 Corridor Scoping and Environmental Screening from
Lyman Boulevard South to Scott County Line, PW067F4: Approval of Consultant
Contract.
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Resolution #2006-16:
e. Lift Station No. 27, PW055AA: Approve Quotes for Upgrade
Improvements.
f. Minnetonka Middle School West: Approval of Request for an Interim Use Permit to Allow
Over 1,000 Cubic Yards of Grading, 6421 Hazeltine Boulevard, (Highway 41).
g. Approval of Appointments to Slow-No Wake Task Force for Lake Susan.
h. Approval of Agreement with Plowshares for Regional Storm Water Ponding.
i. Public Surplus Auction Web Services: Approval of Joint Powers Agreement with the City
of St. Paul.
j. Sand Companies: Approval of Loan Agreement for Local Housing Incentive Account
Grant Award.
k. Surface Water Management Plan Update: Approval of Contract Change Order.
l. Approval of Ordinance Renaming Hemlock Lane.
Resolution #2006-17:
m. Resolution of Support for Dedication of 100% of Motor Vehicle
Sales Tax (MVST) to Transportation and Transit Purposes.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
VISITOR PRESENTATIONS: PRESENTATION OF LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVE
GRANT; JULIUS SMITH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
Jules Smith, the City’s representative to the Metropolitan Council presented the City with a
check in the amount of $300,000 to help facilitate development of a 3 story, 48 unit building to
provide for lower cost housing in the community.
Councilman Peterson moved, Councilman Lundquist seconded to accept the donation from
Metropolitan Council for the Local Housing Incentive Grant. All voted in favor and the
motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE.
Sergeant Jim Olson explained
how the sheriff’s office monthly reports have changed and then provided the sheriff’s office area
report, citation list, crime alerts and Community Service Officer’s reports for the month of
January. He reminded people that with the warmer weather, they need to drive slower in the
neighborhoods because of increased pedestrian traffic, and alerted people to a scam involving
rental property and e-mails from people from overseas. He commended two deputies, Keith
Walgrave and Ryan Steele in their assistance with a house fire. Assistant Chiefs Walsh and
Wahl presented the January update from the fire department, noting numerous practice burns and
actual structural fires and mutual aid fires that the department has been on in the last month.
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PINEHURST 2 ADDITION, LOCATED AT PINEHURST & GALPIN BOULEVARD,
APPLICANT, LENNAR CORPORATION (LUNDGREN BROS. CONSTRUCTION),
PLANNING CASE 06-03:
A. PUBLIC HEARING ON VACATION OF DRAINAGE & UTILITY EASEMENTS
LOCATED AT PINEHURST DRIVE AND GALPIN BOULEVARD.
B. REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY & FINAL PLAT APPROVAL TO SUBDIVIDE 28
ACRES WITH VARIANCES.
C. APPROVE FIRST AMENDMENT TO PINEHURST DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACT.
Kate Aanenson presented the staff report on this item. Mayor Furlong asked for clarification on
impervious surface calculations. He then opened the public hearing on the vacation of drainage
and utility easements. No one spoke and the public hearing was closed.
Councilman Peterson moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded to approve the following:
a. Resolution #2006-18: Vacation of Drainage and Utility Easements for Pinehurst,
Vacation #06-07.
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b. Preliminary and Final Plat for Pinehurst 2 Addition, Planning Case 06-07.
c. First Amendment to Pinehurst Development Contract, Project No. 05-03.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
DAVE BANGASSER, 3633 SOUTH CEDAR DRIVE: REQUEST FOR A HARD
SURFACE COVERAGE AND TWO FRONT YARD SETBACK VARIANCES TO
CONSTRUCT A 3 STALL GARAGE.
Kate Aanenson presented the staff report and Planning Commission update on this item. Mayor
Furlong asked for clarification on the combination of the two lots into one parcel and decreasing
the size of the gravel driveway. Dave Bangasser provided historical information on the creation
of the Red Cedar Point neighborhood and showed photographs and surveys of comparisons to
other variances that have been granted. Councilman Peterson noted this was not an issue of 3
stall versus 2 stall garage. Councilwoman Tjornhom clarified what the Planning Commission
struggled with regarding the direction of runoff from the site and 2 stall versus 3 stall garage.
After council discussion the following motion was made.
Councilman Peterson moved, Councilman Lundquist seconded to table the request for
hard surface coverage and two front yard setback variances to construct a 3 stall garage at
3633 South Cedar Drive. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a
vote of 4 to 0.
GATEWAY NORTH/GATEWAY PLACE, NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAY 101 AND FUTURE HIGHWAY 212, APPLICANT, CHANHASSEN
GATEWAY PLACE, LLC: REQUEST TO SUBDIVIDE 6.2 ACRES INTO 3 LOTS AND
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1 OUTLOT AND SITE PLAN WITH VARIANCES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.
Kate Aanenson presented the staff report and Planning Commission update on this item.
Councilman Peterson asked staff to provide a perspective of other uses in the area.
Councilwoman Tjornhom asked about waiting until the completion of the retail market study.
Councilman Lundquist asked for clarification on the parking requirements. The applicant, Jamie
Thelen with Gateway Place stated they were in agreement with the staff recommendations, with
one request about the sidewalk connection. If there is no site plan in review by the time they are
ready to get a Certificate of Occupancy, they will put the sidewalk connection in at that point.
Mayor Furlong asked the applicant to explain if the shape of the building would affect parking
requirements. After council discussion the following motions were made.
Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman Lundquist seconded that the City Council
approve preliminary plat for Planning Case 06-05 for Gateway North as shown on plans
received January 6, 2006, subject to the following conditions:
1.Submit storm sewer design calculations with full-size drainage map for a 10-year, 24-hour
storm event.
2.Work with staff to revise the pond design calculations for the 10- and 100-year storm event.
3.Realign Lot 1, Block 2 full access perpendicular at Highway 101 and Lake Susan Drive
intersection.
4.The applicant is required to coordinate with MnDOT on the full access at Lake Susan Drive
and the storm pond outlet control sewer construction.
5.The applicant is responsible for obtaining and complying with all regularity agency permits:
Watershed District, MPCA, NPDES, MnDOT, Health Department, etc.
6.On the grading plan:
a.Show an emergency over flow.
b.Show stormwater pond easement.
c.Show silt fence Type II around the proposed pond.
d.Extend Type I silt fence to the north along the west side.
e.Show minimum 75-feet construction rock entrance.
f.Add a bench mark.
7.On the utility plan:
a.Show the watermain within the street Right-of-Way as a public utility.
b.Revise the existing sanitary sewer flow direction.
c.Add a note that any connection to any existing structure must be core drilled.
d.Show all utility sewer pipe type, class, and size.
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e.Show all utility manholes rim and invert elevations.
f.Add a gate valve to Lot 1, Block 1.
8.Plan and profile views are required for the entire public utility.
9.To guarantee the installation of the public improvements, the applicant must supply the City
with a financial security in the form of a letter of credit or cash escrow and enter into a
development contract.
10.On the plans, show the pedestrian ramps and a sidewalk connection between the south and
north sides of proposed Lake Susan Drive and add a sidewalk along the north portion of Lot
1, Block 2.
11.Temporary easements are required for any off-site grading.
12.The applicant must provide a proposed haul route for review and approval.
13.If fill is coming from and/or going to another site in Chanhassen, a separate grading permit
will be required for the other property.
14.All disturbed areas as a result of construction are required to be reseeded and mulched
within two weeks of site grading.
15.Add City Detail Plates Nos. 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 2001, 2101, 2109, 2110, 2201, 2202,
3101, 3102, 3107, 3108, 3109, 5200, 5203, 5206, 5214, 5215, 5217, 5300, and 5301.
16.On the site plan, show the dimensions of the parking stalls and driveway widths.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman Lundquist seconded that the City Council
approves of site plan with a variance for the reduction of nine enclosed parking spaces for
Planning Case 06-05 for Chanhassen Gateway Place as shown on the plans received January 6,
2006, subject to the following conditions:
1.The applicant shall replace the Colorado blue spruce specified on the landscape plan with an
alternate evergreen species.
2.One monument sign shall be permitted at the entrance to the development off of Lake Susan
Drive. These signs shall not exceed 24 square feet in sign display area nor be greater than
five feet in height. These signs shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the property
line.
3.Additional information must be submitted pertaining to the height and materials used for the
privacy fence located east of the tot-lot and picnic area.
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4.Details on the storm sewer connection to proposed Lake Susan Drive and proposed TH 212
should be provided. An emergency overflow for the proposed pond should be illustrated.
The applicant should submit a routing plan for any pond overflows from the site to a public
water body.
5.Drainage and utility easements (minimum 20 feet in width) should be provided over all storm
water infrastructure, including any emergency overflow structures. The storm water pond
should be platted in an outlot.
6.Erosion control blanket shall be installed on all slopes greater than or equal to 3:1. All
exposed soil areas shall have temporary erosion protection or permanent cover year round,
according to the following table of slopes and time frames:
Type of Slope Time (Maximum time an area can remain open
Steeper than 3:1 7 days when the area is not actively being worked.)
10:1 to 3:1 14 days
Flatter than 10:1 21 days
These areas include constructed storm water management pond side slopes, and any exposed
soil areas with a positive slope to a storm water conveyance system, such as a curb and gutter
system, storm sewer inlet, temporary or permanent drainage ditch or other natural or man
made systems that discharge to a surface water.
7.Rock construction entrance shall be installed as illustrated on Chanhassen Detail Plate 5301.
8.Wimco or similar inlet protection shall be installed at all inlets that may receive storm water
from site per Chanhassen Detail Plate 5302A. All inlet protection shall be inspected and
maintained to comply with NPDES requirements.
9.Street cleaning of soil tracked onto public streets shall include daily street scraping and street
sweeping as needed.
10.Temporary stabilization of the exposed area shall include a straw or hay cover at a rate of 2
tons per acre, disc anchored into the soil, including the area around the apartment building.
11.To minimize tracking and erosion around the apartment building during construction,
temporary cover of straw or wood chips shall be placed around the building in amounts
sufficient to control rutting.
12.The plans shall be revised to show a concrete washout area, BMPs for containment and
potential stockpile locations.
13.Silt fence (Chanhassen Type 1) shall be installed around the north and east side of the pond
within 24 hours of permanent outlet installation.
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14.The plans shall be revised to show inlet protection for sediment during construction for the
trench drain at the garage and shall include a detail.
15.Submit a detailed lighting and signage plan consistent with the Chanhassen Gateway PUD
Development Design Standards.
16.Building Official conditions:
a.The building must be protected with automatic fire sprinkler systems.
b.The building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in the
State of Minnesota.
c.An accessible route must be provided to the building, parking facilities and public
transportation stops.
d.All parking areas, including parking garage, must be provided with accessible parking
spaces.
e.Accessible dwelling units must be provided in accordance with Minnesota State Building
Code Chapter 1341.
f.The building owner and or their representatives shall meet with the Inspections Division
to discuss plan review and permit procedures.
17.Fire Marshal Conditions:
a.A 10 foot clear space must be maintained around fire hydrants, i.e., street lamps, trees,
shrubs, bushes, Xcel Energy, Qwest, cable TV and transformer boxes. This is to ensure
that fire hydrants can be quickly located and safely operated by firefighters. Pursuant to
Chanhassen City Ordinance #9-1.
b.Yellow curbing and “no parking fire lane” signs will be required. Contact Chanhassen
Fire Marshal for exact locations of yellow curbing and locations of signs to be installed.
c.Builder must comply with the Chanhassen Fire Department/Fire Prevention division
policies. Copies enclosed.
c.1 1-1990 regarding fire alarm systems.
c.2 4-1991 regarding notes to be included on all site plans.
c.3 7-1991 regarding pre-fire drawings.
c.4 29-1992 regarding premise identification.
c.5 34-1993 regarding water service installation.
c.6 36-1994 regarding proper water line sizing.
c.7 40-1995 regarding fire protection systems.
c.8 06-1991 regarding fire lane signage.
c.9. 52-2005 regarding commercial plan review submittal criteria.
d.Show on utility plan location of post indicator valve (PIV).
e.The hydrant on the south end of the loop shall be moved approximately 30 feet northeast.
Contact Chanhassen Fire Marshal for exact location and approval.
f.Fire apparatus access roads and water supply for fire protection is required to be installed.
Such protection shall be installed and made serviceable prior to and during the time of
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construction except when approved alternate methods of protection are provided.
Temporary street signs shall be installed at each street intersection when construction of
new roadways allows passage by vehicles. Pursuant to 2000 Minnesota State Fire Code
Section 501.4
g.Fire apparatus access roads shall be designed and maintained to support the imposed
loads of fire apparatus and shall be serviced so as to provide all-weather driving
capabilities. Pursuant to Minnesota Fire Code Section 503.2.3.
18.Approval of this site plan is contingent upon approval of the final plat for Gateway North.
19.The applicant shall enter into a site plan agreement.
20.The building shall comply with the Planned Unit Development building setback
requirements.”
21. The applicant shall revise the plans to show a clock on the vertical element of the building.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS:
Mayor Furlong informed the council that a meeting has been
arranged with Councilman Lundquist, Mayor Furlong and Todd Gerhardt to meet with
Representative Hoppe on Thursday to discuss legislative initiatives and priorities. They are
working with Senator Ortman to meet with her as well.
ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS:
Todd Gerhardt passed out a handout outlining the
legislative initiatives and priorities that will be discussed with Representative Hoppe and Senator
Ortman and informed the council that the City will be hosting the School District 112 Leaders
meeting in the Senior Center on Friday.
Councilman Lundquist moved, Councilman Peterson seconded to adjourn the meeting. All
voted in favor and the motion carried. The City Council meeting was adjourned at 8:25
p.m.
Submitted by Todd Gerhardt
City Manager
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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