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CC minutes 17-16Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Councilman McDonald: I’ll make a motion. That the City Council orders the preparation of plans and specifications for the 2018 Street Reconstruction Project Number 18-01. Todd Gerhardt: And that included ordering the project? Councilman McDonald: That includes, yeah it includes ordering the project. Roger Knutson: And adopting the resolution as presented. Councilman McDonald: And adopting the resolution. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Knutson do we have a valid motion? Roger Knutson: Mayor yes you do. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you. Is there a second to that motion? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. Any further discussion? Resolution #2017-60: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the Chanhassen City Council orders the project and preparation of plans and specifications for the 2018 Street Reconstruction Project No. 18-01 and adopts the attached resolution. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: That motion carries 4-0. Thank you very much Mr. Oehme. BONGARDS – 8330 COMMERCE BOULEVARD: APPROVE SITE PLAN FOR A 13,070 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY ADDITION. Mayor Laufenburger: Is this your’s Ms. Aanenson? Kate Aanenson: Yes it is, thank you. The applicant, Bongards Creamery is expanding. This st item went to the Planning Commission on August 1 and they recommended 6-0 to approve. This is part of the Chan Business Center. This development was done as a PUD. Done back in the early 90’s. This is also incorporates part of the National Weather Service and the building that’s kind of the second generation with Bongards going in here so kind of seeing some redevelopment of buildings which is we’re very excited about. So the existing building will be added onto. So this is a PUD. In this PUD what we allowed because the Chan Business, excuse me the Weather Service had a large area that they needed for launching weather balloons and the like so some of the other properties were allowed to go smaller as long as they maintained the overall hard cover so this allows some expansion on those other properties. So again located at 31 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Chan Business Park. There is a railroad track to the north of the site and then access coming off of Audubon and then into Commerce Drive. So again it’s a site plan review for the 13,000 square feet to an existing building that was 9,558. The property’s guided, or land use is for office industrial and again as I mentioned it’s a PUD and then it’s for the use, the land use that zoning allows for office storage and research facilities. So the site plan is 1.1 acres. The existing site is 9,558 so with the addition it will be over, just over 22,600 square feet so you can see the addition. When they moved into the building last fall they made some minor modifications in order to accommodate parking but this is ultimately what their plan was to add onto the building. So again here’s the colored elevation. Very nice architecture. Work well in the community. The revised building material, there was some EIFS on the front. Too much but it had been revised to brick. Again it meets all the requirements. Exterior elevations. A lot of articulation and movement. The first floor plan. Additional office space. Office warehouse. And then on the top there’ll be some space that will also be some of their research area. We had talked to them when we met them that we’d be excited if they, we do allow in our industrial parks that you could do 25 percent sales so if they wanted to do some retail operations there we’d be excited about that. Mayor Laufenburger: Are we talking cheese curds here? Kate Aanenson: We are talking cheese so. Mayor Laufenburger: So we don’t have to wait for the State Fair is what you’re telling me. Kate Aanenson: No we don’t. We can any time right? Mayor Laufenburger: Will they deep fry them too because I know, well I’ll let you finish Ms. Aanenson. Kate Aanenson: So the grading plan, again meeting with the watershed district, meeting their requirements for the addition so that’s been accommodated. These are some of the things that took them a little bit longer as we moved through the summer months to get revised so again the landscaping plan does meet all the city requirements. A well articulated building. Nice architecture. Landscaping so very positive improvement. Again expanding one of the existing uses to a higher and better use and then keeping Bongards here in the community so we’re excited about that. So with that we are recommending approval of the site plan and with the th plans dated September 16 subject to the conditions of approval of the staff report and Findings of Fact. So Mayor and council, this then we would prepare a site plan agreement so you wouldn’t see this back again. We would just execute a site plan agreement for recording on the property. So with that I’d be happy to answer any questions that you have. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you Ms. Aanenson. Council members, any questions of staff? Anybody? Is the applicant present with us this evening? And would you like to come forward and just address the council briefly? Introduce yourself. 32 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Matt O’Keefe: I’m an employee… I’m the architect so. Mayor Laufenburger: That’d be fine. Just state your name and address please. st Matt O’Keefe: Matt O’Keefe with BDH and Young Architecture, 18600 81 Place North, Maple Grove, Minnesota. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Just tell us a little bit about how you came upon this architecture. Matt O’Keefe: Yeah with the architecture we came upon it is, Bongards approached us when they bought the building. They kind of did a quick move in because they were running out of leased space here where they were at. We did a quick remodel of the existing office space that they have. At that time we did an expansion of the parking lot knowing that we were going to do this expansion the following year so we worked through with the City planning department and then also watershed district to make sure that we had enough space and green spaces allotted and stuff like that. And then as we moved on here, originally we were going to do a single story building but with times of construction and the expansion of Bongards we actually this spring to a second floor which just made us come back through here and kind of get approval for you guys. As far as the architecture goes we’re really just kind of trying to bring some natural elements that are already on the building. The building’s a masonry rock face brick block. We’re going to try and use a brick that probably accentuates the existing brick that’s there. The existing brick, I really don’t want to try and match it. It’s you know 10, 20, 15 years old at this point and just trying to get something that is adaptable and accentuates it is probably a better option at this point. Kind of treat it as two entities and then just creating another kind of focal point, entry point as they have clients and customers come into their space. They have a larger kind of test kitchen upstairs so when people come in and look at their stuff they want to kind of host some clients up there upstairs so just a little bit nicer of an entry into the building. Mayor Laufenburger: So talk about this retail a little bit. Matt O’Keefe: That one was a surprisingly new to us here tonight so Katrina here will get that in you know but no. Kate Aanenson: We’ve talked to them about it. Just kind of in jest. Mayor Laufenburger: Well it’s too late but I hope I didn’t let it out of the bag. Matt O’Keefe: No. No, no, no, no. So actually there, as far as I know there is no retail actually being proposed or even looked at out of this. This is much more corporate headquarters. Sales is officed out of here. IT, the nationwide IT for them. And then they have like I said, they needed a test plant and kind of test kitchen just for, as their clients and people come through. 33 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Good, alright. Any questions of the architect at this time? Alright, thank you very much. Matt O’Keefe: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Well Ms. Aanenson I think you stated something that’s important for us to know and that is that Bongards and the City of Chanhassen found a way to stay in the community which is that’s a very good thing. Kate Aanenson: Yes. Yeah, they were searching and we were happy that they ended up on this site so. Mayor Laufenburger: So I think that’s a very good thing so thank you to Bongards and also if you would extend those comments to the management at Bongards for staying in our community. We love to have you here. Any, let’s bring it back to the council. Any questions, comments or motions for action? Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make a motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, please do. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make the motion that the Chanhassen City Council approves the site plan for a 13,070 square foot two story building expansion, plans prepared by Solution Blue, Incorporated dated November 16, 2016, subject to the conditions of approval and adopts the Findings of Fact. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. We have a valid motion. Is there a second? Councilman McDonald: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. McDonald. Any further discussion? Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman McDonald seconded that the Chanhassen City Council approves the site plan for a 13,070 square foot, two story building expansion, plans prepared by Solution Blue, Inc., dated November 16, 2016, subject to the following conditions and adoption of the Findings of Fact: 34 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Building 1. Building(s) are required to have automatic fire extinguishing systems. 2. Building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in the State of Minnesota. 3. Retaining walls over four high must be designed by a professional engineer and a permit must be obtained prior to construction. 4. Structure proximity to property lines will have an impact on the code requirements for the proposed building, including but not limited to; allowable size, protected openings and fire- resistive construction. These requirements will be addressed when complete building and site plans are submitted. 5. Detailed occupancy related requirements will be addressed when complete building plans are submitted. 6. The owner and or their representative shall meet with the Inspections Division as soon as possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures. Engineering 1. The applicant shall dedicate a drainage and utility easement over the existing stormwater pipe on the northern portion of the property concurrent to recording the site plan agreement. 2. The locations of all easements of record shall be shown on the survey based on a recent title search prior to recording the site plan agreement. 3. The applicant shall resubmit to-scale paper copies of the civil plans, including grading prior to City Council approval. 4. The applicant shall label the first floor elevations of buildings on adjacent lots prior to grading on site. 5. The applicant shall revise plans to add Emergency Over-Flow (EOF) locations and elevations shall be labeled on the grading and utility plan sheets prior to grading on site. 6. The applicant’s erosion control plan shall be revised to meet the requirements of 19-145 of City Code, including showing stockpile locations prior to grading on site. 7. The applicant shall submit a maintenance and operations plan for their stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) prior to recording the site plan agreement. **This condition has been modified: The applicant shall submit a maintenance and operations plan for their stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) prior to recording the site plan agreement. 35 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 8. The applicant shall inspect their BMPs on an annual basis and submit inspection reports to the City. **This condition has been modified: The applicant shall submit annual inspection reports to the City. 9. The applicant shall coordinate with the City for inspection of the connection to public storm structures during construction. 10. The applicant shall plug the draintile connection from the grass paver lot to the stormwater catchbasin till staff evaluates the function of the grass paver system and determine in-field whether the draintile connection is required or if the system can function without it. 11. The applicant shall alter the dimensions of the grass paver lot to clear show it meets the requirement for 9-foot by 18-foot parking stalls and a 26-foot wide aisle prior to installation of the grass pavers. Planning 1. The applicant shall revise the primary building material from EIFS to some other acceptable material. 2. The applicant shall provide site furnishings to the site. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. Best of luck to you. We want to come out there and get a picture when everybody says cheese. Thank you very much. That concludes our new business this evening. COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Any council presentations at this time? Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to get an update on the Red Birds. Mayor Laufenburger: You would huh. I don’t know. Kate Aanenson: Are they still playing? Councilwoman Ryan: I know. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald you want to bring us up to date on the Red Birds? 36