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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-05-29 Evironmental Quality Commission Meeting MinutesEDINA,ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION AGENDA Tuesday, May 29, 1973 7:30 P.M. Village Hall Conference Room I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of Minutes of April 2, 1973 III. Old Business A. Natural Area - 41st & Lynn - Staff B. C. IV. New Business A. Appointments by Council B. Committee Appointments C. Elections D. Gleason 3rd Addition - Filling Problem E. Brookview Heights 5th Addition V. Reports A. Planning Commission - Clifford* Johnson B. Water Resources - John Telfer C. Park Board - Fred Richards D. Solid Waste - Jim Bentley E. Land Resources - June Schmidt F. Air Quality - Earl Carson G. Educaiion - Ron Hays H. Noise - Bob Sand.' 57n1.7. r Other Ayep7 a/eet,A,7--ee VI. Coommunicatiov S;A. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION Regular Meeting May 29, 1973 - - 7:30 P.M. Edina Village Hall Chairman Bob Sandilla called the meeting to order with the following members present: Fred Richards John Telfer Virginia Scott June Schmidt Jim Bentley Clifford Johnson Staff Present: Gary West Harold Sand Earl Carson Don Johnson Ron Hays Fritz Reid Bob Sandilla Aproval of the Minutes of April 2, 1973. Fred Richards moved and Cliff Johnson seconded that the minutes of April 2, 1973 be approved as read. Motion carried. PT.D'WTTPEqS A. Th.tl.ral Area - 41st & Lynn Ave. Mr. West reported that the Village had met with St. Louis Park on the removal of the material in the surge pond , and that St. Louis Park was continuing to remove material from the site. The Chair expressed hope that the project would proceed rapidly and asked June Schmidt to keep tabs on it. NEW BUSINESS A. Appointments by the Council. Mr. West reported that the Village Council had made the appointments to the Commission at the last Council meeting. The present EQC members whose terms expired in February were reappointed for a two-year term. Virginia Scott and Don Johnson were appointed to fill two vacancies on the commission and Fritz Reid was appointed as the Student Representative. B. Committee App2intments, Mr. Sandilla recommended the appointment of Mrs. Scott to the Sound Pollution Committee. Appointment Environmental Quality Commission -2- May 29, 1973 approved by Voice vote of the Commission. C. Election of Officers. The Chair announced that since the EQC was now at full strength and the time scheduled for elections had long since past, that nominations would be accepted from the floor for the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary. James Bentley moved the nomination of Ron Hays for Chairman. There being no further nominations, the Chair declared the nominations closed. Motion made and seconded to cast a unanimous ballot for Mr. Hays for Chairman; motion carried. Bob Sandilla , thereupon, re- linquised the duties of Chairmanship to Mr. Hays, who carried forth the remainder of the meeting. Earl Carson moved the nomination of June Schmidt and John Telfer moved the nomination of Don Johnson for Vice Chairman. Virginia Scott moved and Fritz Reid seconded that the nominations be closed. Upon the casting of paper ballots, Don Johnson received 6 votes, June Schmidt received 5 votes. The Chair declared Don Johnson to be the new Vice Chairman. Don Johnson placed in nomination the name of John Telfer and John Telfer placed in nomination the name of Virgina Scott for the office of Secretary. Jim Bentley moved and Don Johnson seconded that nominations be closed. Upon the casting of paper ballots, John Telfer received 7 votes and Virgina Scott received 4 votes. The Chair declared John Telfer to be the new Secretary. D. Gleason ITT Add'n. Filling,Problems. Mr. West stated that Harry Gustafson and Dr. Dickman had been invited by the Staff to appear before the EQC to explain the filling of the flood plain which had taken place on lots under their ownership in Gleason III and IV Additions. He stated that he had considerable discussion with Dr. Dickman concerning his property prior to the meeting as Dr. Dickman had a previous engagement and would be unable to attend. However, Mr. Gustafson was in attendance and could be called upon to answer any questions the Commission might have. Mr. West related that the filling had come to his attention during the weekend of the 21st of May and described in detail the areas of concern which were being filled. He further stated that the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District had notified the property owners of ,Gleason ITT Add'n., Edina Building Inc. that they would be required to secure a permit to fill the flood plain and requested them to cease their activities until such a permit had Environmental Quality Commission -4- May 29, 1973 Motion approved unanimously. Additional discussion was held among the Commission members and the staff as to recommendations to the Council concerning the property of Dr. Dickman. It was the consensus of opinion that Mr. West would discuss the matter of slope stabilization with John Dickson of the Watershed District and Dr. Dickman and attempt to reach an agreeable solution. E. Brookview Heights 5th Addition. Mr. West stated that this item was placed on the agenda for the Commission's information although action was not to be requested at this time. The proposal was of a plat which contained a portion of the flood plain adjacent to Nine Mile Creek. He further noted that the Planning Commission staff had recommended that the plat be tabled until additional information on the flood plain was made available by the proponent. Mr. West stated that he felt action was not required by the EQC at this meeting but that interest should be expressed by the EQC to the Planning Commission in reviewing the proposal. Discussion was held among the members of the Commission concerning this matter and it was determined to take no action at this time but to wait further information on the proposal from the proponent. REPORTS A. Planninci (7,7-romlssion. Clifford Johnson reported on the May 2, Planning Commis:-don meeting. Mr. Johnson reported on two small subdivisions, one which was approved as a two lot plat and another four lot plat which the Planning Commission requested to be re- duced and resubmitted at a later meeting. Mr. Johnson reported on several requested rezonings which had been reported on at the last EQC meeting: Relocation Realty, Darrel A. Farr, and Rembrandt of Edina_ R. Resources. John Telfer reported that the problem with erosion and sedimentation at T.H. 100 and Minnehaha Creek had apparently been resolved satisfactorily. C. Park Board. Fred Richards reported that the Park Board at its May 8th meeting discussed its 5 year capital improvement program and would be presenting a budget request of $120,000 com- pared to the $80,000 budgeted for the past several years. Also discussed were the gullies developing on the hills at Braemar Park and the means of controlling mini-bikers and snowmobilers using the hills. Environmental Quality Commission -5- May 29,1973 D. Solid W,,u;te. Jim Bentley stated that his committee had been waiting for additional appointments to be made to the Commission and therefore had not met during May. E. Land Resources. June Schmidt reported that 14 bills had been signed into law by the Governor which dealt with ecology and environment. F. Air Quality. Earl Carson stated that he had no report from his committee. Don Johnson talked about the air quality monitor- ing program conducted by the City of Minneapolis and the State. The Chair suggested that the EQC should look into the possibility of an air quality testing station in the Southdale area, its costs, location, and sampling times. G. Education. Ron Hays stated that he had nothing to report at this time. H. Noise. Bob Sandilla stated that as Mrs. Scott had consented to serve on the Noise Committee, the committee was complete and would hold their first meeting the following week. Mrs. Schmidt suggested that the committee look into the air conditioner noise at 7100 France Ave. So., about which area residents are complaining. T. Soil Erosion. Clifford Johnson stated that Alison Fuhr is staying on top of the recent legislation concerning soil erosion and that when they had the opportunity to review these bills they would bring back suggestions for Village Ordinances dealing with erosion and sedimentation. J. Other. In response to a question from the Commission, Mr. Hays stated that the Mud Lake Task Force had made their report of recommendations to the Village Council and it was their under- standing that the report would be made available to the public in preparation to hearings to be held later in the summer. It was requested that copies of this report be made available to the Commission for their review. The Chair requested the reestablishment of the Directions Committee and requested confirmation of Bob Sandilla, Don Johnson, Fred Richards, and himself to that committee. A motion confirming the appointments was made by Mrs. Scott and seconded by Jim Bentley. Motion carried. Environmental Quality Commission -6- May 29, 1973 COMMUNICTT(W1 Mr. West stated that he had received no communications for the EQC in the past month. Mr. West did state that he had discussed a rezoning proposal (Condor Corporation) which was to be heard by the Planning Commission at its next meeting with the Chairman of the EQC and it was determined that, following past unwritten "guidelines for review", the project would not require EQC review, however, he did wish to inform the Commission of that decision so it would not appear that staff and, the Chairman were attempting to "sneak" the project past the Commision. Fred Richards objected strongly that the staff and the Chairman had not seen fit to bring the project to the Commission for its review. He requested the project be brought before the Commission at its next meeting. A great deal of discussion was held among the members of the Commission concerning the criteria by which Planning Commission matters are brought before the EQC for review. It was the consensus of the Commission to permit the Directions Committee to establish some guidelines for items to be brought to the Commission. Furthermore, that Planning Commission agendas be included in the EQC packets for the member's information.