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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 12, 2011 Visioning Exercise Please note: This document has been pulled from the Steering Committee Notes from May 12, 2011. Same information contained in notes for entire meeting. I. Grandview Visioning Ideas Exercise: Michael Schroeder addressed the Committee and asked them to refer to the handout sheets provided titled "Grandview Ideas". Schroeder suggested that the Committee break into groups and as a group fill out the exercise sheet; limiting one idea to each sheet. Schroeder suggested thinking big and outside the box on this exercise. Also, be creative and articulate your ideas. Schroeder reminded the members that their ideas should tie back to the 7 Guiding Principles and would also make their way to the consultants the committee retains. Kevin Staunton allotted time for the exercise with regrouping and sharing of ideas after the exercise was complete. Idea Name and Supporting Description if Provided: Heights Appropriate to Context-Grandview Square and Jerry's Offices Peyton Robb, Sue Davison, Bernie Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Fill in the excavated hill as starting point (public works) and build up from there. Define "tall" as higher than 4-stories = limit. Broad Dynamic District Wide Vision Peyton Robb, Sue Davison, Bernie Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Keep broad scale in mind. Parking Structure @ Public Works - Park Above Peyton Robb, Sue Davison, Bernie Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Transportation below grade (potentially including school buses) Encourage Large Development Peyton Robb, sue Davison, Bernie Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Medical complex, large office complex, transportation hub. Also accommodate small business and neighborhood needs. A transportation hub requires a larger development to justify the cost of the transit facility. This district can be an employment center. Retain Diversity of Business Site Peyton Robb, Sue Davison, Bernie Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Support small business - incubator Small Business Zone that can serve the Community and be an asset to the Community. Peter Sussman, Jim Baisch • Unique businesses that can create jobs. Businesses that are best run on a small scale can blend in with the surroundings. (Arts/Crafts Bookstore (Specialty)) • In Planning Stage make room for small business to coexist with the large businesses Density Sufficient to Support Bridging within the District Peyton Robb, Sue Davison, Berne Beaver, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Vision requires framework. Framework provides opportunity. Small Town feel Incorporate Sustainability and Long-Term Planning Peyton Robb, Bernie Beaver, Sue Davison, Jim Baisch, Peter Sussman • Use Demographic study results. e.g. desirable housing for young families. • Use Sustainability Principles (e.g., The Sustainable Sites Initiative) Town Square-Civic Center-Targeted Retail/restaurant/office James Justice • Attractive, unique, "old feel" design. Encourage business with lower vehicle turnover. Keep it local! Public Space/Plaza Area Andy Brown, Dave Davison, Lisa Diehl, Rich Borland, Larry Chestler • Iconic design feature - Sculpture garden, gazebo, band-shell, gathering open areas. Internal//External Expanding and Supporting the Business Hub Andy Brown, Dave Davison, Lisa Diehl, Rich Borland, Larry Chestler • Supporting additional growth of existing business and services. • Identity of Grandview Neighborhood Trade Area • Support of future demands - more restaurants and service businesses. Transit Andy Brown, Dave Davison, Lisa Diehl, Rich Borland, Larry Chestler • Dan Patch (slow train, with linkage to other connectors/stations) • Unintended consequences of southwest rail. Would help avoid people going to other transit stations going thru Edina neighborhoods to get to SW light rail. Use Topography as your Friend Part I and II Arne Cook • Part 1 was an illustration • Part 2 - Put all parking transit oriented in lower levels and public purpose on top levels with easy access to Highway 100 • Design ingress egress similar to transit area and parking lots A B & C between Target Center and Target Field off of 394 Land Physical Data Needs Arne Cook and Tom Bonneville • For all the area: provide topography and grading plans for as- built, surveys, plats, site plans, all road and existing utilities • For the public works area, provide topo, grading, utility layout, as- built building plan, soils report. Environmental Report, elevation data for adjacent buildings across tracks and others. • Data from Transportation Committee - RR use, heights, frequency of trips, row rights, interest in a 1st floor transit stations. Put a Lid on It Arne Cook Reconfigure access lanes to 100 and cover highway 100 to "create" three new acres of land in Edina - Green space - free up other adjacent land for development. Town Center - Mixed Use Tom Ruppert and group • Development (higher density) connecting Grandview Development to City Hall • Residential high rise vs. no high rise (8 stories) • Office • Retail, long term, not stop and shop • Minimize public expense • Look to Centennial Lakes model • Designed to appeal to the immediate community-not a destination Intergenerational Community Center with parking ramp building into hillside Kim Montgomery, Gene Persha, Steve Buss, Bright Dornblaser • Intergenerational Community Center with the following: 1. A green roof 2. An outdoor café on the roof 3. Meeting rooms 4. Performance spaces 5. Gym including basketball court/running track 6. Rental spaces 7. Training spaces 8. Retail spaces in the bottom (smaller retailers/service businesses) Connecting Neighborhoods with Bikes and Walkers/Aesthetically Pleasing Boulevard - illustration Kim Montgomery, Gene Persha, Steve Buss, Bright Dornblaser Performing Arts & Cultural Center Linda Urban, Terry Ahlstrom, Laura Giertsen • Would include an auditorium, gallery space, meeting and educational rooms. Could also be utilized and marketed as a convention site. Edina needs a larger auditorium than the H.S. - for example, we rent Northrup auditorium for graduation exercises. • If a performance space was there, I think community theater groups would flock to it. Bloomington Performing Arts Center is a good example. "For Different Reasons at the Same Time" - A Performing Arts and Cultural Center Terry Ahlstrom, Linda Urban, Laura Giertsen • A full service venue for plays, concerts, speakers, showcase for arts that would be a drawing card for people of all ages in our community. It would fulfill a need that is currently NOT MET AT ONE SPOT, Pool/Community Center T. Ahlstrom, L. Urban, L • Updated version of Edinborough with more of a teen/family center. • Incorporate sports uses (pool, work out facility) with cultural opportunities (small room facilities, auditorium) • Please for people with all interests. • Big need in City for more pool space, all pools are booked everyday day/night after school Rooftop/Outdoor Space/Promenade. T. Ahlstrom, L. Urban, L • Take advantage of any height to get outdoor setting - view of skyline. • Use "covering" railroad as old fashioned tree lined promenade for people to gather. Enhance with sculptures/ • Pedestrian Flavor throughout site - connecters exterior and interior (skyways) • Social/random interactions Pedestrian and Traffic Flow T. Ahlstrom, L. Urban, L • Re-route traffic and entrance ramps, perhaps eliminating Gus Young Drive and/or other roads, minimize need for pedestrians to cross traffic would like to see meandering sidewalks with benches, gardens, sculpture, gazebo with businesses and restaurants fronting on it. Fix Gus Young Lane - The Z turn needs to be fixed. Gene Persha • Illustration plus: 1) change RR Bridge 2) alter roadway through there. 3) get rid of the right turns Central Atrium Mixed Use Facility Sandy Fox, Chris Rofidal, Darcy Winter, Greg Domke • Turn the outside in - secondary option (2-sided store fronts) • Internal Transportation corridor for the district (a connector with connector to City Hall) • Service/Retail/Small Business • Flexible spaces that can be used for business (startup) • Rehearsal spaces - recitals Sheets with Untitled Idea Names: Diane Reinhart - Remove school bus garages and relocate. Tear down City garages for mixed use commercial/residential. No large residential high-rises. Try to look like Centennial Lakes but not as dense. Don't become 50th and France! Let that be the downtown! Ken and Adele Floren - We want the area to be developed such that we have a very effective combination of park like areas (i.e. public financed) and attractive commercial/office use (i.e. privately financed) such as Centennial Lakes Area*. The commercial should not include any more short turnover businesses (i.e. fast food, dry cleaning, liquor store, etc.). We want to draw mostly locally not be a destination point for a large area. *No high-rise Staunton invited a representative from each group to briefly share their "vision" and place their work sheets on the "sticky wall".