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REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF EDINA, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
APRIL 11, 2012
7:00 PM
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
IV. ADOPTION OF BYLAWS
V. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
A. Minutes of the regular meeting of the Edina Planning Commission March 28, 2012.
VI. COMMUNITY COMMENT 3
During "Community Comment," the Planning Commission will invite residents to share
new issues or concerns that haven't been considered in the past 30 days by the
Commission or which aren't slated for future consideration. Individuals must limit their
comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the some issue
in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items that are elsewhere on this
morning's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals should
not expect the Chair or Commission Members to respond to their comments today.
Instead, the Commission might refer the matter to staff for consideration at a future
meeting.
VII. REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
A. GrandView District Development Framework.
B. Sketch Plan Review — 7501 France Avenue — Construction of a freestanding coffee
shop with a drive-through. ,
VIII. CORRESPONDENCE AND PETITIONS
• Council Connection
• Attendance
IX. CHAIR AND COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS
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X. STAFF COMMENTS
XI. ADJOURNMENT
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Date: April 11, 2012
To: Planning Commission
From: Cary Teague, Community Development Director
Re: Grandview District Development Framework
The Planning Commission is asked to recommend approval of the attached
Grandview District Development Framework, as recommended by the GrandView
Steering Committee.
Please note that edits were made to the following pages: 3, 30, 35, 36, 38, 50, 51,
52 and appendix.
These edits were approved by the Steering Committee and are based on the public
input given since Steering Committee approval, and at the February 22, 2012
Planning Commission meeting.
City of Edina . 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
GrandView District Development Framework
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Edina, Minnesota.
December 7, 2011
Revised January 17, 2012
Revised January 25, 2012
Revised January 31, 2012
Revised March 27, 2012
Revised April 5, 2012
Table of Contents
Steering Committee
Executive Summary
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Ken Potts
Kim Melin
Peter Sussman
Lisa Diehl
1. Hope for Change
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Randy Halvorson
Chris Rofidal
Bob Kojetin
David Davison
2. Thoughts and interactions
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Steve Buss
Gene Persha
Bernie Beaver
Mike PIatteter
3. Patterns for a Neighborhood Center
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Richard Borland
Larry Cheszler
Peyton Robb
Dan Gieseke
4. Moving Forward with a Purpose
45
Laura Giertsen
Ellen Jones
Diane Reinhart
James Justice
S. Appendix
57
Terry Ahlstrum
Dick Ward
Darcy Winter
Paul Nelson
Bill Neuendorf
David Novak
Tim McIlwain
Linda Urban
Bright Dornblaser
Andy Brown
Tom Mattison
Ken and Adele Floren
Suzanne Davison
Michael Schroeder
Greg Domke
Sandy Fox
Jim Smith
Kevin Staunton, Chair
Dick Crockett
Michael Fischer
Arne Cook
Brett Johnson
Tom Bonneville
Collin Bredeson
Kim Montgomery
Deron Lindquist
Tim Murphy
Eric Bredesen
`Ihomas Raeuchle
Jim Baisch
Tom Ruppert
Consultant Team
Cuningham Group Architecture, PA
Close Landscape Architecture
HR Green
Community Design Group
Springsted Inc.
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Executive Summary
" the Development Framework presented here is part of a small area planning
process required by EdinA Comprehensive Plan for those parts of our
community (like the Grandview District) designated as Potential Antis of
Change. It follows the 2010 Grandview District Small Area Guide Plan ,
process. that process — led by a group of community residents and business
and property owners — resulted in adoption by the Edina City Council of seven
Guiding Principles for the redevelopment of the GrandView District.
'lite process of crafting this Development Framework has been led by a
52 -member Steering Committee made up of residents of the community and
owners of area businesses and properties. The 52 members of the Steering
Committee have dedicated countless hours since April of 2011 listening to
community members, considering options, and debating alternatives for the
future of the District. 'Thanks to a grant from the Metropolitan Council, vve
have had the good fortune to be supported in our efforts by a talented group of
consulting experts. We have also been fortunate to have the patient support of
City staff throughout the process.
Our objective in creating this Development Framework is to build upon the
seven Guiding Principles adopted by the City Council.. In the pages that
follow, we share a vision of how to bring those Guiding Principles to life.
While there arc many details essential to fulfilling that vision, our goals can be
summarized as efforts to:
1. Create a place with a unique identity announced by signature elements
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• A central commons on the Public Works site with indoor and outdoor public
space that connects the civic cornerstones of the District and serves the
neighborhood and community needs;
• A "gateway" at Highway 100 that announces the District as a special
place, using elements like an iconic pedestrian and bicycle bridge spanning
Highway 100; and
• An innovative, cutting-edge approach to 21st -century sustainability:.
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2. Completely rethink and reorganize the District's transportation
acture to:
• Make the District accessible and inviting to pedestrians and cyclists;
• Create connections between the different parts of the District;
• Maintain automobile -friendly access to convenience retail;
• Create separate pathways for pass-through" and "destination automobile
traffic; and
• Preserve future transit opportunities provided by the rail corridor in a
way that ensures that the kinds of opportunities pursued in the future are
consistent with the character we envision for the District and provide benefit
to the surrounding neighborhood.
3. beverage public resources to make incremental value -creating
changes that enhance the public realm and encourage voluntary private
redevelopment consistent with the vision that improves the quality of the
neighborhood for residents, businesses, and property owners.
This Development Framework makes substantial progress in charting the path
to be followed in redeveloping the Grandview District. By creating a vision
that meets the seven Guiding Principles, it provides guidance to city officials,
residents, business and property owners, and developers as opportunities for
change emerge in the District. To ensure that the future redevelopment of
the District is consistent with the vision articulated in this Framework, we
recommend that it become part of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
We want to be clear, however, that we recognize that the Framework (like
the Comprehensive Plan) provides broad direction rather than detailed
requirements. 'This Framework is intended to be a vision of the future rather
than a blueprint. Achieving the vision will require, among other things:
• A feasibility study that examines the costs and resources available to bear
those costs;
• An examination of the height and density necessary to make the vision
financially feasible while ensuring that it results in the human scale and
neighborhood character that is the essential to the Framework;
• Developing a strategy to allow for a vibrant business and residential
community by managing the mix of retail, office, residential, and public uses
of land while maintaining the currently successful neighborhood service and
convenience character;
• A determination of a range of possible housing choices that support the
character and experience of the District.
• A community building/public green programming group should work to
determine appropriate program and uses.
We discuss these and other "next steps" in the Implementation section.
Consistent with the "community -led" spirit of the initial stages of this
process, we recommend that these "next steps" include active participation by
community members, support of staff and leadership from the City Council.
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Introduction
Hope for Change has been the driving vision since
the very beginning of this process that is now well
into its second year of perspiration, participation,
and planning, 'thousands of volunteer hours,
countless meetings, and hundreds of discussions
(large and small) have demonstrated that a
committed group of citizen stakeholders, business
leaders and owners, and elected and appointed
officials believe that hope for change must be
proactive„ progressive, and promoted. 'Ilse result
will be not just be change for the salve of change,
but directed energy, policy, and investment that will
deliver a place for people to live, work, shop, and
play in sustainable, memorable ways,
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Concept Diagram from the Small Area Guide Pian Process, December 2010
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Guiding Principles
The Seven Guiding Principles
1. Leverage publicly -owned parcels and civic presence to create a vibrant and
connected District that serves as a catalyst for high quality, integrated public
and private development.
2. Enhance the District's economic viability as a neighborhood center with
regional connections, recognizing that meeting the needs of both businesses
and residents will make the District a good place to do business.
3. Turn perceived barriers into opportunities. Consider layering development
over supporting infrastructure and taking advantage of the natural topography
of the area.
4. Design for the present and the future by pursuing logical increments of
change using key parcels as stepping stones to a more vibrant, walkable,
functional, attractive, and life -filled glace.
5. Organize parking as an effective resource for the District by linking
community parking to public and private destinations while also providing
parking that is convenient for businesses and customers.
6. Improve movement within and access to the District for people of all ages
by facilitating multiple modes of transportation, and preserve future transit
opportunities provided by the rail corridor.
7. Create an identity and unique sense of place that incorporates natural spaces
into a high quality and sustainable development reflecting Edina's innovative
development heritage -
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Principles Related to the Concept Diagram
i. Leverage publicly owned parcels
2. Meet the needs of businesses and residents
3.Tum barriers into opportunities
4. Pursue logical increments; crake vibrant walkable and attractive
5. Organize parking; provide convenience
6. Improve movement for all ages; facilitate multiple modes of movement
7. Identity and unique sense of place; be sustainable and innovative
i. Hope for CNm9e
History
Before Edina became a village almost 125 years ago, a country market road crossed
Minnehaha Creek at Edina Mills. Headed westward to the high ground, it branched
out as Eden Prairie Road and Hopkins Road.
In 1869, the Yancey family moved from Ohio and purchased 127 acres ofland
including that high ground and most of the present Grandirew District. Civil
War veteran Beverly C. his wife Ellen and their seven children were to become
the most prominent pioneer black family of Edina over several decades and left a
legacy of civic involvement. An observer described early Edina as an agricultural
village, where there is a post off x, a mill, and a store, and proudly aspires to the
dignity of a trading town. The numerous farms are well -cultivated, and are acrsrpied
by intelligent people who appreciate education, and surround themselves with the
accessories ofa refanedsodety."
A renter of the early community was Minnehaha Grange No. 398, organized in
1873. The Grange Hall originated in a meeting at the Yancey family home in 1879
with a considerable number ofpersons desirous to form an association to build and
own a hall hudding near Edina Mills `In 1888, the name Edina was voted upon
in that building, which also served as the village hall until 1942. When moved for
construction of St. Stephen's Church in 1935, a member of the Yancey family donated
the neva site. In 1970, the Grange Hall was moved to the present Frank Topa Park
in the GrandYiew District, later joined by the historic Cahill School.
Changes in the district have been angaing including transportation and services.
Members of the Yancey family platted Grand View Heights in 1910 and Tingdale
Brother's Brookside in 1916. In 1913, the Dan Patch Line was cut through the high
ground east of Brookside Avenue, providing passenger service to Minneapolis from
1915 to 1942.
In 1927, new highway 1691212 (current Vernon Avenue) was cut through the
District. Grading and paving businesses such as j. A. Danns and Son located to
serve the growth, joined by motels and restaurants.
Tho District expanded rapidly with western Edina following World War II.7he
Edina directory of 1953 listed six often businesses in the District as including
"Grandview" in their names• a cafe, market, two service station, hardware, and seed
Historic GrandView Heights Plat
and garden supply store. In 1947, Jerry Paulsen opened a meat counter in one of
the localgraceries, a modest beginning to jerry! Enterprises, a longtime prominent
presence in the District.
It is encouraged to look to the history of the District in naming the proposed public
amenities and new streets. 7be Yancey family in particular, due to their early
ownership of the District and legacy of civic engagement, merits that honor at a
prominent location such as the commons.
Sources:
1. R. j. Baldwin, in Isaac Atwate ,% i (Munsell,
1895),p �1�263 as quoted in Pad D. Hesrerman,Histo
Edina, Minnesota (Burgess Publishing,] 9") Edina Historical Society, p. 29.
2. Meeting minutes dated March 7,1879. Copy in tate Edina Historical Society files.
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2. Thoughts and Interactions
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2, Thoughts and interactions
Project Schedule and Process
Part I: Discussion and Discovery
Part I is about learning from and listening to the Steering Committee, Work
Groups, and other stakeholders; analyzing the study area and understanding
the work done to -date; appreciating the larger dynamics of the area; and
clearly defining the opportunities. An initial Community Workshop is held to
conduct work group discussions/downloacK and a public meeting/presentation
is hosted by the Steering Committee and the Consulting Team.
Part Il: Ideas and Options
Part II focuses on developing ideas and options that address the specific issues
raised by the Steering Committee, stakeholders, and the public process. The
Consulting Team conducts a three-day Community Workshop (to be held in
the study area) that will include Steering Committee meetings, focus group
meetings, stakeholder interviews, team work sessions, and conclude with a
public meeting/presentation.
Part 111: Decide and Deliver
Part III consolidates all the comments, ideas, and options into a preferred
direction. This part includes a third Community Workshop and public meeting.
The Consulting Team prepares a summary document that may be widely
distributed via a variety of sources (i.e., print, web, etc.) and a Sketch -up 3D
model of the area with preferred options.
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Project Schedule: The project schedule was organized around three
community workshops.
Summary of Participation Process
The Steering Committee and Executive
Committee have worked closely with the
ConsultingTeam to facilitate a process that focused
on key issues, opportunities, and recommendations.
The process worked with the Steering Committee
that met on a regular basis to guide the Consulting
Team. A sub -committee of Work Groups
addressed Land Use/Community Design,
Community Needs/Public Realm,Transportation/
Infrastructure and Real Estatc/Finance. These
groups put an incredible amount of effort into
initial background information and research,
definition of issues, and discussion about ideas and
options.
A key component of the project was a series
of CommunityWorkshops held in September,
October and November, 2011, that hosted a range
Of community stakeholders either in interviews,
focus groups, program meetings and at public
meetings.
The community participation process included
these primary groups of participants: Steering
Committee, Executive Committee, work
groups, City staff, focus groups (land owners,
neighborhoods, public officials, school
district, institutions, city departments, business
operators, and others as identified during the
process), Plan Commission members, City Council
members and the Mayor.
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The Public Participation Process: The publicparticipation process included Steering
Committee meetings, work group meetings, public meetings, focus groups meetings,
and program groups meetings throughout the fail of 2011.
3. Patterns for a Neighborhood Center
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Introduction
Neighborhood Center
Principle #2 in the GrandView District Small Area
Guide Plan is about "enhanc(ing) the District's
economic viability as a neighborhood center with
regional connections."
The Guide Plan also suggests that"'Ihe District
serves primarily as a neighborhood (rather than
regional) center." Based on Steering Committee
and Public input, this idea has broad appeal- But
what do we mean by neighborhood center and
how does that fit with specific expectations and
outcomes for the GrandView District?
"Neighborhood feel,""pedestrian friendly,"and
"safe and connected"describe the desired character
for the District, But the basis for these words lies
in a clear vision for the bey elements, or systems,
that define place ...and further set the framework
for future and ongoing development at GrandView
these elements include Land Use,Transporration
and Movement, the Public Realm and
Sustainability, and will be described and illustrated
in more detail in this chapter.
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Concept Diagrams
Create "go to" and "stay at" uses
Easy to get to; easy to get around
Connect throughout
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.and Use
Land use in the District is currently focused on
convenience retail and service uses that are visible
from Vernon Avenue. The majority of these
uses are auto -oriented and are accessible from
Vernon and Gus Young Lane. The exception is the
Grandview Square development that includes
residential, office, and civic uses organized around
a central green space. The Comprehensive Flats
identifies the Grandview Heights District as a
mixed-use center character area, a potential "area
of change" and guides future land as a mixed-use
centcr. The Comprehensive Pian also says that
"the District is in the process of evolving from
a somewhat scattered auto -oriented district to a
more integrated mixed of uses."
The over -arching concept is to support the "go-
to"uses (auto -oriented) while anticipating more
"stay -at" uses (pedestrian -oriented), and to improve
future use and built form around three key civic
"centers":
• City Hall
• Library
- Community Commons (civic building and green
space)
The future land use plan proposes a broader mix
of uses arranged around a new central green space
(Grandview Green) located on the public works
site and fronting Arcadia. The plan emphasizes
a mixed-use sub -area between Vernon/Eden/
3. Patterns for a NaighWrbooU Cenu�
Highway 100 and the rail corridor. Arcadia is seen
as a more residential street with a range of condo,
apartments, and multi-level townhouse types.
Mixed-use and office buildings are anticipated and
may be oriented to Vernon and/or south toward
Eden and the Our Lady of Grace (OLG) fields, a
significant open space that is a visual amenity to
the greater district
Vernon is assumed to remain more convenience -
and service-oriented with improved pedestrian
sidewaiks/connecrions, safer street crossings
(especially to the adjacent neighborhood), bike
lanes, and better organized/managed traffic
flow and parking. Both Eden and Vernon are
anticipated to employ Complete/Living Street
principles that emphasize the place -qualities of
Meets.
Across Highway 100 to the east, the Vernon/50th/
Eden alignment culminates with City Hall; long
term uses are assumed to accommodate a greater
civictcommunity presence when/if the Highway
100 interchange is reconfigured as a split -diamond
facility_
Goals
• Develop and improve the district as three smaller
"villages" that are connected physically and by a
signature character and identity.
• Recognize the need for a range of housing types
and choices and address those markets that also
reinforce the District vision.
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• Emphasize the connection to Minnehaha Creek
• Create a recognized, visible arts identity and
provide space/place for greater community arts
users and producers.
• Address needs of underserved populations (teens,
singles, seniors, etc.).
• Establish a community commons as a multi-
purpose facility for a wide audience (e.g., whole
body, whole life, health and wellness) and as
a focall point and central gathering place that
connects City Hall to the east with the Library
to the southwest
• Celebrate the 'Birthplace" of Edina, the !Milt, and
record the oral history of Grandview Heights;
tell the stories.
• Emphasize a pedestrian -oriented sense of place
that produces an appropriate scale and function,
and preserves surrounding views.
• Support economic growth and community
stability by providing accessible and efficient
connections between home, school, work,
recreation, and business destinations through
improved pedestrian and vehicular environments
throughout the area.
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Public Works Site
The public works site is located in a central point of
the District and is seen as the "commons" for how
the District vision will be realized. Uses proposed
include the community green space located on top
of a parking garage that supports area businesses,
civic uses, and serves as a Metro Transit park
and ride structure; a community/civic building
anchoring the green; and a variety of residential
uses including condominiums, apartments, and
townhouse building types. Townhouse units are
envisioned to front Arcadia as a building type that
can incrementally "step-up" the hill, providing a
character unique to the District.
Development
16 acres Site
28000 SF Public Green
24 units Condominium
62 units Apartments
50.000 SF Community/Gvic
16 units Townhouses
Parking
200 spaces Parkandhide
206 spaces Community use
Is8 spaces Multifamily
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Public Works Site
A form -based code can guide desired building use
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Land Use
Phase 1
From a land use perspective, a number of
immediate steps can be taken to set the stage for
new investment in the District. These include:
• Policy changes to the Comprehensive Plan
(the Small Area Pian is intended to update the
Comprehensive Purr).
• Potential zoning revisions that could include a
form -based code to regulate desired public realm,
building frontages, and building height.
• Identification of Eden and Vernon as early
candidates for application of Living Streets
principles.
• Policy direction that guides overall sustainability
of the District, including consolidated reuse/
recycling, stormwater management, etc.
• Policy direction that guides how new public
and private investment may be supported with a
variety of financing tools.
The public works site (public green space and a
community/civic building) and the bus garage site
are the two key parcels that can "jump-start" the
redevelopment process. In particular, the ability
of the public works site to provide a fee simple,
unencumbered asset will allow civic/community
and private and public realm uses to be realized
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early, and will demonstrate the leverage identified
in the Guiding Principles to support a variety of
next steps. This could include a Metro Transit
park and ride facility as away to provide a parking
structure that would also serve as the Grandview
Commons (community/civic building/public
green).
In similar fashion, the bus garage can be a major
pivot point for how a number of land use decisions
may play out and will act as a land use "connector"
along Eden. This site may need to be readied for
development sooner than the public works site
in order to accommodate a series of land use
transitions that will help the larger District vision
implementation. A third component of an early
phase would be the development of the Wanner
site currently owned by Our Lady of Grace as
potential residential, office, or retail uses.
In support of these anticipated land use changes,
new street configurations/alignments, circulation.
patterns, and streetscape/pedestrian improvements
along Eden will complete a bike and pedestrian
network and support the anticipated land use
changes with improved automobile circulation and
management.
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Land Use
Ihe following chapter on implementation is included as one example of
anticipating an initial, or Phase 1, increment and associated preliminary range
of costs.'Ihese numbers are not detailed costs but represent one possible
range of expenditures that are included here to illustrate levels of funding
(and investment) of various components.'The Phase 1 diagram and following
spreadsheets for the public works site, the bus garage site, and local street
improvements will vary depending on actual funding sources, timing, program,
and other factors (e.g., cost of materials and labor) that cannot be determined Fee
at this time. See Appendix.
Phase 1
A. Public Works Site
• Community Commons:
GrandView Crossing (street)
GrandView Green
Community/Civic building
• Arcadia steps
• CommunityfCivic building
• Variety of residential building types
• Structured parking
• Park and ride structure
B. Bus Garage Site
• Multi-level parking
• Retail/service/office use
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C. Wanner Site
• Townhouses fronting OLG
open space
D. Eden Avenue Streetscape
• Bus stop integrated
• Boulevard organizes intersection
alignments
E. Jerry's Streetscape
• Pedestrian enhancements
• Streetscape
• Stormwater treatment
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Public Realm
Public realm refers to all land and area under the
ownership of the city. This includes city streets
and rights-of-way (ROW), parks and open space,
and parcels of land or other assets that are used
to provide individual and collective benefit and
amenity to all residents and the general public.
The greater value and power of the public realm is
its ability to connect neighborhoods, businesses,
schools, and parks and open space into a Luger
whole greater than the sum of the individual
elements. Streets and ROW make up a major
(and connected) portion of the public realm and
represent a sig ifscant opportunity to enhance and
connect the community. It is critical to view streets,
then, not as just conveyors for automobiles but also
as multi -modal facilities that provide democratic
accessibility for all and as form -givers and green
space that increase the livability of the community.
The result should be a greater sense of green
throughout the District.
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Goats
• AcknowIedge "no net loss,"yet aggressively seek
new public space.
• Improve the bike and pedestrian environment:
make it safe and friendly, and include adequate
parking area for bikes.
• Create a community/civic building connected
to GrandView Green (an outdoor public green
space) that connects east and west and serves as
an indoor/outdoor gathering space.
• Create a prominent public realm of connected
parks, green space, paths, plazas, and private open
space — a legible green framework as the primary
form giver.
• Provide views within the District and maintain
important viewsheds (such as the "grand view")
for public use.
• Plan for a safe, comfortable pedestrian
environment that links public and private
destinations north -south (neighborhoods, library,
businesses) and east -west (neighborhoods,
businesses, commons, City Hall).
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E Gus Young Streetscape
F. Arcade Connection
G. Vernon Streetscape
H. Eden Streetscape
Public Realm
GrandView Commons
For GrandView, the public works site provides a
unique and singular opportunity to create a major
new public realm amenity that will add interest to
the area for all stakeholders, value to real estate,
and provide a signature gathering place in the
heart of the District. Beyond that, an even greater
opportunity exists then to continuously link the
businesses and destinations within the District to
the surrounding neighborhoods and the city in
general.
This can begin immediately by simply investing
in a safe and connected public sidewalk network,
increment by increment. The larger vision of the
public realm includes a community/civic building
and GrandView Green, a connected network of
public parks, public and private plazas, a new street
(GrandView Crossing), sidewalk and streetscape
improvements, and bike and pedestrian facilities.
Ibis should include bridge enhancements on Eden
over Highway IOQ, a pedestrian and bike bridge
connecting the Commons with City Hall, and the
potential to connect Eden and Brookside with local
a bike path within the Canada Pacific Rail ROW.
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Montreal public green: This public green suggests the appropriate scale and
character of GrandView Green.
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Grand\fiew Community Commons Diagram
What/ Who Populates the Commons?
GrandView Commons: GrandView Commons includes GrandView Crossing,
Gmndlliew Green, and 2 new community/civic building.
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Public Realm
Vernon, Eden, Sherwood, Library
The plan here is to focus on improving pedestrian
connections between the Library/Senior Center
and Jerry's, via a more street -like character that
extends north from GrandView Square Street,
including a well-defined pedestrian crossing at
Eden. Sherwood is shown as a conversion for
additional parking and may still allow movement
through the area, though at a very reduced rate of
speed. This conversion allows a small green space to
connect the Library to Vernon.
1. Conversion of Eden Avenue would provide 50
additional parking spaces.
2. A small green space connects the Library to
Vernon giving the civic building an "address" on
Vernon.
3. Pedestrian crossings are created or enhanced to
provide safe and visible locations (51st, 52nd, and
53rd Streets) on Vernon and to the west of the bus
garage site on Link to cross the street.
4. The GrandView Square area is connected to
Jerry's and beyond through the use of a streetscape
that provides a well-defined pedestrian system as
well as a more organized parking and circulation
pattern.
5. Any additional street and block improvements
(including curb cuts and /or traffic signals) should
be considered after improvements have been made
to Vernon and appropriate traffic and parking
studies have been completed (also refer to potential
alternatives in the appendix)
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The pian recommends a number of street and
traffic improvements that will provide greater
predictability for the management of traffic,
thereby creating a safer environment for bikes and
pedestrians. ibis is made possible by building a
new street (Grandview Crossing) and bridge (over
the CP Rail corridor) that will connect Vernon
east to Arcadia and then paired with Gus Young
to create a one-wav street pattern. Anchoring
the public realm is the GrandView Green, an
approximately one-half + acre public space located
on the north end of the public works site.
1. New street and bridge connection (GrandView
Crossing),
2. GrandView Green public space and outdoor
gathering area.
3. Gus Young (westbound)and Grandview
Crossing (eastbound) are combined to create a
one-way street pair.
4. Left turns from southbound Vernon to Gus
Young are removed.
5. Improved pedestrian crossings on Vernon.
6. Complete Streets principles application would
transfer Vernon into a 3 -lane section with bike
lanes and pedestrian improvements.
7. Pedestrian plaza/bridgehead and future bike/
pedestrian bridge connection over Highway 100.
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With the future addition of the split -diamond
interchange for Highway 100, the east side could
see some significant changes with the public
realm, land use, and improved pedestrian/bike
environments.
1. Frontage mad associated with the split -diamond
interchange.
2. Excess land from Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT) could be used for
underground parking (with a green roof deck) and
future community/civic use.
3. Strategy would provide an improved/expanded
FrankTupa Park and setting for the historic Cahill
School and Grange Hall.
4. Grange Road alignment is "rationalized" to
provide a more efficient parking layout and allow
for a small civic green (5) in front of City Hall.
5. Pedestrian/bike bridge connects to west side of
Highway 100.
6. Eden is shown as a "parking" street to provide
additional supply for City Hall.
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The Grandview area street and movement
network is primarily composed of Vemon/50th
Street (reliever/augmenter arterial), Eden (local
street, state -aid facility) and the multiple ingress/
egress ramp system of Highway 100 (designated
a principal arterial).There are other local streets,
but most provide limited service (such as Summit
Avenue) or access that dead ends (such as
Brookside off Eden).
"The highway interchange has several on and off
ramps that, according to MnDOT, are redundant
and/or unsafe. Vernon is a county facility that,
south of InterIachen, has seen a reduction of
average daily traffic over the past 10 years. Eden
provides a secondary connection within the
District east and west over Highway 100. Eden
is designated the primary bike route through the
District, Vernon and Interlachen are designated as
secondary routes.
There are two major recommendations that support
the overall movement and transportation goals of
the plan. First, the Framework proposes that the
Highway 100 interchange be reconfigured into
a split -diamond interchange to better manage
through -traffic and to provide improved local
access/circulation via frontage roads east and west
of the highway. Over time, this would provide
a more connected Iocal system (i.e., more local
streets) with direct access to Highway 100 via the
frontage roads.
Second, the Framework proposes a new east -west
street along the north half of the public works
site (spanning the CP Rail corridor) connecting
to Arcadia from Vernon, that would be paired
with Gus Young Lane to provide a one-way
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circulation pattern. It would operate as one-way in
(eastbound) from Vernon on the new GrandView
Crossing, and one-way out (westbound) to Vernon/
Interlachen on Gus Young Lane.1his pattern
would eliminate the Ieft hand turn from Vernon
(southbound) to Gus Young Lane.
Bike improvements would focus on more lane
area and identification along Vernon and Eden,
consistent with Living and Complete Streets
principles. Over the long term, east -west bike and
pedestrian access would be improved by adding a
new bridge over Highway 100 that would connect
the GrandView Commons to Tupa Park, City Hall,
and the Minnehaha Creek mill area. In addition
to more bike parking facilities in the District, the
plan recommends an off-road option within the
District: an at -grade bike path alongside the CP
Rail ROW from Eden connecting to Brookside.
Functional Class
• Highway 100: Principal Arterial.
• 50th Street: A Minor Augmenter.
• Vernon Avenue: B Minor Connector.
• Interlachen Boulevard: Major Collector.
• Eden Avenue: Local Street.
Traffic Volume
• 13,000-23,000 AADT along West 50th Street/
Vernon Avenue.
• 4000-8000 AADT along Eden Avenue.
Goals
- Support a more efficient, compact, and safe
interchange access to Highway 100 from Vernon
and Eden.
• Create a more bike and pedestrian friendly
environment by applying Complete Streets and
Living Streets principles to Vernon, Eden, and
the local street network.
• Create an improved circulation and access
network between public streets/parcels and
private development/destinations.
• Create an enhanced parking environment that,
in part, depends on shared, centrally -located
District parking supplies.
• Partner with Metro Transit to implement
a community -scale Park and Ride and bus
turnaround loop in the area.
• Complete the historical transition of Vernon
from old Highway 169 to a local District street.
• Identify and implement a demonstration project
for "Complete/Living" streets principles.
• Provide additional auto, bike, and pedestrian
connections east and west in the District.
• Maintain and improve parking, access, and
circulation in the short term for convenience,
retail, and service uses.
• Complete the pedestrian and bike system. Make
bikes and pedestrians a priority and allow for a
safe crossing over Highway 100.
• Take a leadership role related to the Highway
100 interchange. Build the `reason platform" for
multi -modal access and gateways.
• Preserve the CP Rail corridor for future, possible
public transit, and non -motorized movement/
connection in the District.
• Reduce congestion by providing safe travel
choices that encourage non -motorized
transportation options, increasing the overall
capacity of the transportation network.
Transportation
District Street Framework
'The movement framework for the District begins
with addressing policy issues like the adoption
of the Living Streets principles and applying
Hennepin County's Complete Streets policy,
as well as considering larger and more long
term ideas like reconstructing the Highway 100
interchange using a "split diamond"configuration.
This approach accomplishes a number of objectives
that meet the District Principles and provides an
incremental approach to addressing change over
time.
The existing slip ramp location off the southbound
ingress ramp would be retained but would be
combined with an additional connection to Gus
Young as part of the one way frontage road system.
Traffic would be controlled at four signalized
intersections.
In the short term, there is an opportunity to
begun implementing streetscape, bike, and
pedestrian improvements. Another important
recommendation is to implement the GrandView
Crossing/Gus Young one-way street pair that will
help manage traffic access and circulation in the
upper core of the District.
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• Consider the use of the current city parking
ramp (located behind jerry's) to accommodate
future park and ride patrons and general parking
district supply, increase the capacity of this
structure in the future if economically possible/
practical..
• 'Ihe public works site should be considered
as a location for a Metro Transit park and
ride facility as a way to provide parking to
weekly commuters and to provide parking
for a community/civic building, public green,
residences and other uses. In addition, the top
level (deck) of this structure is intended to serve
as the GrandView Green, the major public realm
amenity in the district.
• Additional parking (structure) is proposed to the
south and contiguous to Jerry's grocery store to
provide better service access to the loading area
and provide additional parking supply.
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evletro Transit operates the #587 Express route
through the Grandview District before turning
north on Highway 100 to downtown.'Ihey have
a well documented market that they serve in
southwest Edina, and board riders on a daily basis
who are parking in front of the library, in the city
ramp, and in front of a number of businesses.7hey
are highly motivated to locate a "community" scale
park and ride facility that would accommodate.
no more than 200 cars. At least two sites have the
potential to serve this need: the existing city ramp
and a potential structure on the public works site.
The existing city ramp is currently undergoing a
construction project (new water treatment plant
on the ground floor) and according to the city, this
would make adding additional levels problematic.
Access will also be an issue as well when the new
Grandview Crossing is built. The city does think
additional parking could be located over Brookside
behind and east of Jerry's.
Under the right conditions and with some minor
improvements, the public works site could be
converted into a park and ride lot tomorrow. This
would be an interum solution (a similar scenario
involving the site as an interim use for the Edina
bus garage could also be considered).'Ihe advantage
of locating a park and ride on the public works site
is that it is a fee simple site that could be used with
little change to existing conditions. In general, a
park and ride could provide a surplus of parking
during nights and weekends, and serve overflow
parking in the District as well.
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Vernon Avenue Right -Sizing
South of the Interlachen intersection, Vernon
Avenue ~would be reconfigured into a three lane,
divided section that would better accommodate
local traffic movement, provide a dedicated bike
lane, and capture some of the ROW for pedestrian
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interchange. The plan proposes a "split -diamond"
arrangement that would manage access on and
off the highway at signalized intersections. These
intersections would be at Vernon and Eden, and
would connect with parallel, one-way frontage
roads.
This configuration would allow regional traffic to
clearly and safely access the highway and still move
into the District with predictability and safety.
Long term prospects might include the transfer or
unused MnDOT ROW for local and community
uses such as civic building sites, future bus rapid
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Bicycle Improvements
Bike lanes are shown for Vernon, a secondary bike
route, and Eden, a primary bike route, through
the District_7he lanes are shown with enhanced
paint and striping as well as additional lane arta. A
potential bike facility using the CP Rail right-of-
way or adjacent land could connect Eden, at grade,
to Brookside, thereby providing an off-road option
to move through the District,
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Sustainability
One dictionary defines sustainability as:
• The ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or
confirmed_
• The quality of not being harmful to the
environment or depleting natural resources, and
thereby supporting long term ecological balance.
For Grandview, sustainability is about how the
natural and manmade environments coexist in a
way that limits and/or prohibits harmful impact on
the environment now and for generations to come.
But it also has meaning for how the community
and businesses will be sustained, supported, and
upheld. One is not isolated or independent from
the other, a comprehensive, long term definition
of sustainability should guide how the District
and the community move forward with goals,
recommendations, and actions.
Recent Activities
Sustainability is a broad and deep subject that
is constantly being rcfined from principles and
policies to products and practices to financing and
implementation—perhaps so much so that it may
seem difficult to determine where to begin and
what next steps should be taken. For GrandVicw;
it seems practical to review some of the recent
decisions and actions the city has taken that will
provide a foundation for how the District will
grow, change, and redevelop.
• Edina Energy & Environment Commission:
Solar/wind ordinance amendments task force.
City staff is reviewing proposed ordinance.
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PACE Financing. The Edina City Council
unanimously adopted the Edina Emerald
Energy Program November 15, 2011, making
it the first Minnesota city to take advantage
of Property -Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
legislation. PACE, which was approved by
the state Legislature in 2010, allows property
owners to have the cost of energy efficiency and
conservation improvements assessed to their
property and paid alongside property taxes.
GrandView Tire &Auto, 5415 70th Street
West, used the tool for the necessary financing
to install a 27 -kilowatt solar panel system on the
already green auto shop's roof.
Yew Public Works Facility: The public works
building was built with sustainability in mind.
It has geothermal heating and cooling and used
recycled materials, and its landscape was designed
to minimize the development's impact on the
environment. A rain garden at the corner of 74th
and Metro Boulevard holds and infiltrates water
from sloping parking lots with curb cuts to direct
the water to native grasses and plants.
• City Hall: Installation of solar panel project in
Fall of 2011.
City Council Living Streets policy:
Recommendation of the Edina Transportation
Commission (ETC) to establish a comprehensive
Living Streets Policy that integrated all modes of
transportation and addressed issues such as traffic
calming, stormwater management, promoting
active living, community feel, improving walking
and biking, and enhancing urban forests. If
approved by the Council, the ETC would work
in collaboration with staff to prepare the policy
for the Council's future consideration. Mr.
Sullivan reported a $15,000 grant was available
to initiate the creation of this policy, which may
cost S60,000-5100,000 to complete.
Adoption of MinesotaGreenStep Cities
program, 2011: On January 18, 2011, Edina
passed a council resolution to become a member
of the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program.
Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary
challenge, assistance, and recognition program
to help cities achieve their sustainability goals
through implementation of 28 best practices.
Each best practice can be implemented by
completing one or more specific actions from
a list of four to eight actions. These actions are
tailored to all Minnesota cities, focus on cost
savings and energy use reduction, and encourage
innovation.
Sustainability
Greenstep`s 28 Best Practices
Buildings and Lighting
1. Efficient Existing Public Buildings: Work with
utilities and others to assess and finance energy and
sustainability improvements of existing structures.
2. Efficient Existing Private Buildings: Work
with utilities and others to assess and finance
energy and sustainability improvements of existing
structures.
3. New Greta Buildings: Construct new buildings
to meet or qualify for a green building standard.
4. Efficient Building & Street Lighting and
Signals: Improve the efficiency of public and
private lighting and signals.
5. Building Reuse: Create economic and
regulatory incentives for redeveloping and
repurposing existing buildings before building new.
Land Use
6. Comprehensive Plan and Implementation:
Adopt a Comprehensive Plan and tie regulatory
ordinances to it.
7. Efficient City Growth: Promote financial
and environmental sustainability by enabling
and encouraging higher density housing and
commercial land use.
S. Mixed Uses: Develop efficient and healthy land
patterns.
9. Efficient Highway -Oriented Development:
Adopt commercial development and design
standards for highway road corridors.
10. Conservation Design: Adopt development
ordinances or processes that protect natural
systems.
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11. Complete Green Streets: Create a network of
multi -modal green meets.
12. Mobility Options: Promote active living and
alternatives to single -occupancy car travel.
13. Efficient City Fleets: Implement a city fleet
investment, operations, and maintenance plan.
14. Demand -Side Travel Planning: Implement
Travel Demand Management and Transit -
Oriented Design.
Environmental Management
15. Purchasing: Adopt environmentally preferable
purchasing policies and practices.
16. Urban Forests: Increase city tree and plant
cover.
17. Ecologic Stormwater Management: Minimi c
the volume of and pollutants in rainwater runoff
is. Parks andTrails: Enhance the efty's green
infrastructure.
19. Surface Water Quality: Improve local water
bodies.
20. Efficient Water and Wastewater Facilities:
Assess and improve drinking water and wastewater
facilities.
21. Septic Systems: Implement an effective
management program for decentralized wastewater
treatment systems.
22. Solid Waste Reduction: Increase waste
reduction, reuse and recycling.
23. Local Air Quality: Prevent generation of local
air contaminants.
Economic and Community development
24. Benchmarks & Community Engagement:
Adopt outcome measures for GreenStep and other
city sustainability efforts, and engage community
members in ongoing education, dialogue, and
campaigns.
25. Green Business Development: Document the
use of assistance programs for green business and
job development.
26. Renewable Energy: Remove barriers to
and encourage installation of renewable energy
generation capacity:
27. Local Food: Strengthen local food and fiber
production and access.
28. Business Synergies: Network/cluster
businesses to achieve better energy, economic, and
environmental outcomes.
Sustainability
Goals
• Take a position on sustainability; be a model for
citywide sustainability.
• Define incentives to attract "Best -in -Class"
development that deliver highest levels of
sustainable design.
• Take advantage of"free" resources: wind, rain,
and sun.
• Reduce heat island effect and create a pedestrian
environment that is pleasant, shaded, and visually
interesting.
• Address stormwater runoff in all phases and
facets of the District.
Build on existing infrastructure.
• Take advantage of available partnerships/funding.
• Create District (not separate site) solutions.
• Apply GreenStep Best Practices.
Recommendations
A number of recommendations should be
considered for the District and emerge from
what is being done by the City Council, Energy
& Environment Commission, Transportation
Commission, Planning Commission, other boards/
commissions, and various stakeholders.
The GreenStep Cities best practices are an
obvious start to how these apply to the District.
Beyond that, it will be important to define the
District in an organizational manner so that roles
and responsibilities can be defined and actions
coordinated. A good example would be how a
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District committee on sustainability could begin
to define the "CrandView Works"—a sustainable
practices approach for how water, waste, and energy
are addressed from a District point of view.
For Grandview, there are three levels of approach
and opportunity that build from what is being done
today in the District (in some cases by individual
businesses or owners) and lay the groundwork for a
sustainable strategy:
1. Work from existing strengths and build the
foundation
• Respond to existing plans„ policies, and best
practices already in place (local, county, and
regional policies).
- Educate District stakeholders about best
practices, case studies, etc.
• Establish a general communications structure
and forum for what is being done.
• Consider new policy to focus on redevelopment
areas like Grandview with sustainability
guidelines.
• Stormwater management policy at the District
level (works with both watersheds).
• Pilot projects) for solar light installation
(pedestrian and parking areas).
2. district Systems
• Stormwater strategy under parking collection/
storage/treatment/reuse.
• Recycle/reuse building materials (after
demolition).
• Grey water use.
• Trash collection and recycling within the District
beyond what is currently required by the city.
• Consolidated organic recycling focused on
restaurants in the area.
- Generate alternative power for specific uses/
needs.
• Green and white roofs.
3. Closed loops
• Recycled stormwater into drinking water supply.
• Recycled grey water into drinking water supply.
• Off -the -grid.
• Green buildings -Lem carbon.
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Implementation Strategy
1. Adopt the framework as a part of the
Comprehensive Plan.
As a policy document, the Comprehensive Plan
offers the ability to guide future development in the
Grandview District even in the absence of more
definitive pians. ince adopted, the framework
provides significant context for determining further
directions and actions in the Grandview District.
2. Establish an Implementation Steering
Committee using citizen volunteers to guide
the effort, including providing direction for
key remaining areas of the framework, with
working groups as needed to support the work
of the implementation Steering Committee.
An over-riding objective of the Grandview
District planning process is to utilize local citizens
as experts in defining directions for an area
identified in the Comprehensive Plan as a location
where the potential for change exists. With
significant investment of time, talent, and energy;
in addition to the local knowledge that has been
developed through the Small Area Guide process
and the Small Area Plan process, it is logical that
the process of planning using local citizens to
guide the process should continue. 'the process to
be pursued should, as in past efforts leading to the
framework, be defined by the citizen volunteers.
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3. Evaluate the Grandview District small area
planning process as a means of engaging
citizens in local planning.
As indicated in the Comprehensive Pian, several
areas of potential change remain in the community.
An objective review of the Grandview process
will allow the city to determine whether it should
be replicated, modified, or abandoned as a local
planning tool.
4. Initiate a process led by the implementation
Steering Committee to provide direction for key
remaining areas of the framework.
Remaining key decision points, many of which are
interrelated but all of which must he defined in
terms of the approved Framework, include:
• Transportation elements
• Density and height
• Housing affordability
• Financing
• Design and development guidelines
• Community Building
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5. Set a plan for the evolution of the District.
The planning process was established with the
understanding that the Grandview District would
redevelop incrementally in concert with a vision
defined by the community: A key aspect of the
plan, and one that can be best defined once several
of the decision points in Step 4 (above) have been
advanced, is to determine a logical, sustainable, and
reasonably definitive plan for its evolution.
6. Provide regular updates to the City Council.
A Steering Committee charged with guiding the
further development of a plan for the Grandview
District cannot act independently of other actions
of the city, just as the area itself cannot evolve
independent of the rest of the Edina community.
With regular updates, the evolving pian can be
assured that it aligns with other policies of the city.
4, Moving Forward with a Purpose
Implementation
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1. Policy and Regulation
This Framework recommends (consistent with
A generalized phasing plan is shown that organizes the Comprehensive Pian) that the District evolve
phasing into three simplified increments with the from a Community Commercial Node (pg. 4-31
understanding that a variety of conditions will Comprehensive Plan) into a mixed-use center.
influence actual investment and implementation. However, the Pian also suggests a vision that may
not be completely consistent with current zoning
including how use, built form, and parking may be
regulated. Concurrent with other implementation
activities, zoning revisions, including the potential
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use of a form -based code and design guidelines
will be addressed by the Implementation Steering
Committee after approval of the Framework by the
City Council.
2. Phasing, Development & Finance
The following graphic begins the discussion about
how to best arrange and prioritize the public land
parcels (public works site and school bus garage
site) so that new investment and redevelopment
can occur in a timely manner and in response to
market and community forces.
Central in this discussion is the school bus
garage site which, when a new garage site can
be found, can include new commercial/office
uses, replacement of existing uses, expansion of
businesses in the district currently in need of
more space (such as the municipal liquor store),
and parking. This could help set the stage for how
next steps could be accomplished including initial
investment on the public works site, parking and
circulation enhancements/additions, and Eden
Avenue improvements. In addition, a community
building / public green programming group should
work during this phase to determine appropriate
program and uses.
Implementation
Major Recommendations
Immediate < 1 year
1 Development Framework approval
2 Policy for implementation/finance
3 Create Implementation Committee
4. Implementation Committee should address programming of
community / civic building
5 Create sustainability guide from GreenStep
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7A Design Guidelines
7 Form -based code for mixed use center
8 Green building standards required for district
9 Prepare Phase 1 Master Plan
10 Address Lifecycle and affordable housing
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Land Use
11 Bus Garage site redevelopment
12 Townhouse units on public works site
13 Residential on Warner site/OLG
14 Community / Civic building
Public Realm
15 Grandview Green over parking structure
16 Arcadia Steps/and streetscape
17 CP Rail bike path from Eden to Brookside
18 Add tree lined streetscape and monument signs into Richmond Hills
neighborhood
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19 Park n ride structure/green roof@public works site
20 Additional parking south of Jerrys
21 GrandView Crossing bridge & street
22 Eden Living Streets/streetscape 13 lane section
23 Eden Living Streets/Arcadia/Normandale
24 .New access from Eden to city ramp parking
25 Jerry's parking Streetscape
26 implement one-way pairs/remove left to G. Young
27 Reservation on public works site for rail transit use
Sustainability
28 Grandview Works/Organics recycling center
29 Stormwater reuse & management policy
30 Solar pilot project for public lighting
Implementation
Major Recommendations
5-10 Years
Land Use
31 Arcadia site redevelopment/include pocket park
32 Apt/condo units on public works site
33 Residential on Warner site/OLG/Phase 2
Public Realm
34 Small civic green at City Hail
35 Arcadia streetscape improvements
Transportation/Infrastructure
36 Vernon Living Streets/streetscape/3 lane section
37 Dedicate right turn from Vernon to Interlachen
38 Reconfigure Eden as parking street@City Hall
39 Eden bridge pedestrian/bike enhancements
40 Vernon as primary bike route to GrandVicw Grassing
41 Consider `turn -back' of Vernon from County
42 Complete Streets: Library green space fronting Vernon
43 Reconfigure Eden as parking street
Sustainability
44 Stormwater collection/treatment system
45 Grey water reusetirrigation, etc.
46 GmndView Works/gcothemUal at OLG fields
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Land Use
47 East frontage road site redevelopment
48 Civic development on excess MNDOT land
Public Realm
49 Hwy 100 pedestrian/bike bridge
50 Green roof/space over underground parking
51 Add green space to Tupa Park
52 Include gateway walls/landscape w/interchange
Transportation infrastructure
53 Hwy 110 split diamond interchange
54 Realignment of Grange Rd/Eden
55 Add Gus Young extension to frontage road
Sustainability
56 Closed loop water supply system
57 Grandview Works/Alternative energy sources
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Financial Feasibility
Feasibility of financing would include: (1)
projections of anticipated costs associated with an
initial Phase 1 plan and (2) options for revenues
to pay those costs. This includes items such as
street improvements, streetscape improvements,
parking infrastructure, property acquisition (i.e.,
the bus garage), and community space (both
potential "commons" or "public realm" space and
"programming" or "community/civic center" space)
At this point sial potential pools or "buckets" of
revenue have been identified:
1. TIF, Abatement, and other statutory economic
development tools;
2. Special Assessments;
3. Enhanced Property Tax revenues generated by
private property development;
4. Other Public Sources of funds;
5. Non -Profit or Philanthropic Fundraising; and
b. Citv Tax Revenues.
1.TIF, Abatement, and Other Statutory
Economic Development Tools.
Access some portion of existingTIF Funds; there
may he an opportunity to use existingTIF funds.
Determine the circumstances under which that is
possible and the consequences ofdoing so.
Create anew TIF district. TIF and Abatement
tools provide opportunities to "capture" increased
value and use it to finance some parts of
redevelopment. Determine a sense of the potential
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numbers associated with these options and any
limits on how the funds generated by the
mechanisms can be spent.
2. Special Assessments and Related Tools.
The City may assess properties that "benefit"
from public improvements for the costs of these
improvements up to the value of the benefit
conferred by the improvements. Determine what
types of costs are eligible to be recovered using this
tool and on related tools that permit the creation
of special districts to spread the ongoing costs of
maintenance or other improvements. The 50th and
France area may provide a model for this.
3. Enhanced Property Tax Revenues Generated
by Private Development.
This idea overlaps to a certain extent with #1 above
(to the extent the enhanced value will be "captured"
via TIF or Abatement). Obviously, the greatest
increase of this type would be new development
on parcels (like the Public Works and School
Bus Garage sites). And consider the prospect of
enhanced value emanating from redevelopment of
sites (e:g., CSM, Eden 100, etc.) that are already
on the tax rolls; having some models of what is
reasonable to expect in this category is important.
4. other Public Sources of Funds.
Consider the potential partnerships with other
public entities that might be able to help with
funding. The planning activities in this phase of
the process have been funded by the Met Council;
there Wright be a prospect of additional funds as
planning and implementation move forward. Met
Council representatives have also been dear in
expressing interest in park and ride facilities. In
addition to the Met Council, there are prospects
for partnership with MnDO'T' (related to Highway
100) and Hennepin County (related to Vernon
Avenue). To the extent that housing is a part of
future redevelopment, there may be Regional, State,
and/or Federal funds available to support those
efforts. These any other prospective sources of
"Other Public Funds" should be summarized and
estimated.
5. Non -Profit and Philanthropic Fundraising.
Consider that private contributions could help
with funding. These potential sources of revenue
fall into two categories: (1) funds from existing
non-profit organizations interested in supporting
particular development initiatives (e.g., housing,
arts, etc.) and (2) fundraising campaigns created
specifically for this effort. Determine what is
reasonable to expect from each "bucket" and be
able to determine whether the "gap" remaining
after all other "buckets" are utilized can be filled by
some kind of capital campaign.
6. City Tax Revenues.
The other way to fill any retraining gap is with
City tax revenues. Obviously, this is a decision for
the City Council to make. It will be important to
identify the size of the gap (if any) that will likely
need to be filled by such funding.
Implementation
Possible Staging Questions
1. Interim use. Designation of City parking ramp
for park and ride?
2. Disposition of School Bus Garage Site. Can
City negotiate control? If so, when and what are
the next steps? RFI? RFP? Negotiate existing user
in the District to acquire and invest,
3. How can public works site be best utilized in the
interim? As temporary (2-3 year) school bus garage
operations? As surface park and ride until structure
is built? RFI? RFP? Interim use could allow time
for community building use✓need to be determined.
4. How to leverage adjacent parcels with timing of
bus garage site redevelopment?
5. What is timing/feasibility of west side frontage
road/southbound ramp configuration? How to
advance that agenda in the short term (1-5 years).
6. Eden could / should be programmed for Living
Streets improvements consistent with initial phases
of development.
7. Feasibility of timing of street, bridge, and deck
improvements.
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Date: April 11, 2012
To: Planning Commission
From: Cary Teague, Community Development Director
Re: Sketch Plan Review — 7501 France Avenue
The Planning Commission is asked to consider a sketch plan request by Centennial
Lakes Shopping Center to add a free standing 1,750 square foot coffee shop with a drive-
through at the south side of the entrance to the shopping center (See narrative, site
location and plans on pages Al A5.) This would replace the recently removed drive-
through facility used by McDonald's.
The building would be constructed to architecturally compliment the new Whole Foods
Store by matching the brick, stone and metal work. The building would experience the
most activity during the morning and noon hours, when the shopping center is not at its
busiest time. As demonstrated on the following page, the project would comply with all
minimum zoning ordinance requirements. A traffic study would need to be completed to
determine impacts on adjacent roadways.
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Centennial Lakes shopping center is proposing to add a free standing 1,750 SF coffee
shop building at the Sip corner of the central entry off of France Avenue. The center
Previously contained a drive through facility for McUonalds, but that has since been
removed and parking was added in its place.
The building fronts prance Avenue with an outdoor dining natio on the SW corner of the
building. This building orientation will help to diminish the larger parking field along
France Ave. Architecturally the building will compliment the new Whole Foods and new
HomeGoods renovation, with the incorporation of matching brick, stone and metal work.
The site plan features a drive through lane for seven vehicles with simple circulation
through the site. The overall parking ratio remains at 5.511000. Coffee is viewed by the
shopping center owner as a favorable, complimentary, use, as the coffee shops most
active times are prior to loam, before the majority of other shops are open for business.
Furthermore, the proposed use will provide additional landscaping opportunities
especially in the widened turning radius. A traffic study is in the works and will be
completed prior to making formal application.
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