1977 04 30
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SPECIAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1977
Mal MacAlpine called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. with the
following members present: Hud Hollenback, Jerry Neher, Les Bridger,
Walter Thompson, Roman Roos, and Dick Dutcher. In:'addition to Planning
Commission members the following individuals were also present:
Shirley Chellis and Gary Eastburn from the Park and Recreation
Commission, Mayor Walt Hobbs, City Engineer Bill Schoel1, and City
Planner Bruce Pankonin.
The purpose of this special Planning Commission meeting was to tour
the following residential planned developments:
1. Archer Heights. Archer Heights is an apartment project, located
in the City of Minnetonka, built at a density of approximately 20
dwelling units per acre. This project was the last HUD Section 236
Project funded in the United States. The project was not completed as
scheduled, and therefore a portion ofi.the amenity package (pool and
landscaping) was not completed. Within Archer Heights there is some
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's rent assistance.
2. Beconwood. Beconwood is a residential planned unit development,
located in the City of Minnetonka. This development is a classic
example of a cluster plat built at 8 dwelling units per acre. The
uniqueness of this plat is the ability of the homeowner to either rent
or purchase the property directly underneath the principal structure.
3. Groveland Assembly Grounds. Grove1and Assembly Grounds is a cluster
plat, platted in the early 1900's. All of the land is owned by an
association of homeowners with the homeowners owning the principal
structures and leasing the land from the association.
4. Ban Con Chelsea Woods. This planned unit development is located
in the City of Plymouth and built at a design density of 3.5 dwelling
units per acre. This cluster plat contains single family detached
houses and townhouses.
5. MIP Industrial Park. The Planning Commission and guests toured
MIP Industrial Park and noted the industrial park has absorbed
approximately 300 acres of land and has a work force of approximately
5,000 employees. Parenthetically, this is approximately the size
industrial area as Chanhassen anticipates to be absorbed between the
present and 1990.
6. Dover Hills. Dover Hills is a residential planned unit development
built in the City of Golden Valley. This project was financed by a
HUD Section 236 mortgage guarantee. The design density of Dover Hills
is approximately 25 dwelling units per acre and contains rental
apartments, rental townhouses and senior citizens center. The
uniqueness of this planned unit development is the fact that the City
of Golden Valley used Community Development Block Grant Funds to
finance a neighborhood park for the residents of the area.
7. Hidden Villages. Hidden Villages is a townhouse development
developed at a design density of 11 units per acre and located in the
City of Golden Valley. This project is unique in that it is a
relatively high density townhouse development but the spaciousness
of the project and the attention to detail the contractor paid gives
one the feeling of not being too confined.
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8. Tour of the Near North Side. The Planning Commission toured the
near north side of Minneapolis and noted Minneapolis's attempts to ~
provide safe and adequate housing for the city's poor. Specifically, ..,
the Planning Commission noted single family homes, single family home
conversions, townhouses, low rise apartments, and high rise apartmente
9. Apple Place. The Planning Commission and guests toured the Apple
Place Center, a bowling alley built in the City of Apple Valley.
Particular attention was given to the siting of the principal structure
on the site,"landscaping", and signage details of the principal
structure.
10. Pemton's villages at River Woods. This planned unit development,
developed at a design density of 5 dwelling units per acre, is located
in the City of Burnsville. Of particular note in this planned unit
development was the fact that sidewalks were constructed on both sides
of the collector street, which penetrated the neighborhood, the
attention to detail paid by Pemton in constructing of the neighborhood
center on County Road 32 and a general good layout and design of the
single family and townhouse area.
11. Penton's Burnamwood and Waldon Develo~ments. Burnamwood and
Waldon is a single family, condominium, an townhouse residential
planned unit development. The Commission paid particular attention
to the open space systems, amenity package, and mixing of different
types of residential units.
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The Planning Commission returned to City Hall at 11:30 a.m.
Don Ashworth
City Manager
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