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RESOLUTION NO. 2016-75
RESOLUTION APPROVING A PRELIMINARY REZONING, PRELIMINARY PLAT
AND PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR OPUS DEVELOPMENT LLC AT 5901 LINCOLN DRIVE
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, as follows:
Section I. BACKGROUND.
1.01 Opus Development Company LLC is proposing to re-develop a portion of the former United
Health Group site at 5901 Lincoln Drive. Children's Minnesota has moved into the existing
office building on the north and east side of the site. A portion of the existing office building is
proposed to be torn down, and replaced with a four-story 250 unit apartment building, with a
250 space underground parking ramp built in its place.
The property is legally described as follows:
See attached Exhibit A.
1.02 To accommodate the request, the following is required:
➢ Preliminary Rezoning from PID, Planned Industrial District to MDD-5 Mixed
Development District.
➢ Preliminary Development Plan with a surface parking stall Variance from 187 surface
parking stalls to 112 with a proof-of-parking plan for 188 total.
➢ Subdivision.
1.03 On May 25, 2016 the Planning Commission held a public hearing. A motion to approve the
project failed on a vote of 2 Ayes and 6 Nays. A motion to deny the Rezoning, Preliminary
Plat and Preliminary Development Plan passed. Vote: 8 Ayes and 0 Nays. Planning
Commission findings for denial included: lack of affordable housing; lack of plan details
including lighting, traffic calming, building renderings, and better site sections; concern over
pedestrian safety, traffic concerns; and impact on adjacent property to the south.
1.04 The applicant revised and added to their planning submittal package to address concerns
raised by the Planning Commission.
1.05 On August 16, The City Council held a public hearing and considered the request.
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Section 2. FINDINGS
2.01 Approval is subject to the following findings:
. The proposal contains two uses on separate lots; however, they are linked by an
interior sidewalk connection between the two sites, an improved boulevard style
sidewalk, and a shared parking arrangement. With the inclusion of affordable housing per
the City's Policy, the proposed plans are reasonable to achieve goals within the City's
Comprehensive Plan.
2. Calculating Density within an MDD-5 Zoning District including both sites would meet
the Comprehensive Plan Density Requirement of a maximum of 30 units per acre. By
using the MDD-5 for both sites, and calculating the density using both sites assists the
applicant to meet the Comprehensive Plan, and allows more units to assist in providing
affordable housing.
3. The proposed uses, Office and High Density Residential are consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan, which guides the site OR, Office Residential.
4. The proposed plat meets all Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance requirements.
Section 3. APPROVAL
NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of Edina, approves
the Preliminary Plat, Preliminary Rezoning from PID, Planned Industrial District to MDD-5, Mixed
Development District and Preliminary Development Plan to construct a 250-unit apartment building
at 5901 Lincoln Drive. Approval is subject to the following Conditions:
I. The Final Development Plans must be generally consistent with the Preliminary
Development Plans dated July 1, 2016, and the Plans presented to the City Council on
August 16th. Final plans must show all mechanical equipment and the means to screen it.
No ground level mechanical equipment shall be located in front of the building on a public
street.
2. The Final Landscape Plan must meet all minimum landscaping requirements per Chapter
36 of the Zoning Ordinance.
3. The Final Lighting Plan must meet all minimum landscaping requirements per Chapter 36
of the Zoning Ordinance.
4. Compliance with all of the conditions outlined in the director of engineering's memo
dated June 13, 2016, including the requirement for a development agreement.
5. The applicant is providing fee-in-lieu of affordable housing to allow the City to build
affordable housing units elsewhere.
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6. A shared parking arrangement to allow residents and guests to use the parking ramp on
evenings and weekends.
7. The residential site shall be held to the high density residential sign requirements and the
office site the planned office district regulations.
8. A construction management plan shall be submitted at the time of building permit
application; including hours of construction, construction staging, traffic control, parking,
restriction on parking on Lincoln Drive, and pedestrian access. Construction management
plan shall be subject to approval by city staff.
9. The Final Plat must be considered within one-year after approval of the Preliminary Plat,
or the Preliminary Plat shall be deemed null and void.
10. The Final Plat must show drainage and utility easement over the floodplain.
11. The Park Dedication fee of $1,250,000 shall be paid prior to release of the mylars
approving the Final Plat.
12. Additional trail connection shall be made at the southwest corner of the site to connect
the sidewalk along Lincoln Drive to the internal trail on the south and east side of the
building.
13. The boulevard style sidewalk north of the Children's entrance shall meander similar to the
sidewalk south of Children's.
14. Create traffic calming on the south drive entrance to the underground parking.
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Adopted by the city council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, on August 16, 2016.
ATTEST:
Debra A. Mangen, City Clerk amen B. Hovland, Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
1, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that
the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular
Meeting of August 16, 2016, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 2016.
City Clerk
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Exhibit A
ro sting Property Description
Parcel 1:
Tract A, except that part embraced within Registered Land Survey No. 1378;
Tract B, except that part thereof lying Northeasterly of the following described line:
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Beginning at a point on the East line of said Tract B, which point is the Northwest corner
of Outlot B, Walnut Ridge Third Addition; thence Northwesterly to a point in the North line
of said Tract B, which point is 45 feet East of the Northwest corner thereof and there
terminating.
Registered Land Survey No. 1145
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Parcel 2:
Together with easement for roadway over the Northerly 30 feet of that part of the North
of the Southwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 117, Range 21 lying West of the East I
180 feet thereof as shown in Deed Doc. No. 587617;
(Now as to Tract A)
(Torrens property, Certificate of Title No. 1382175)
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