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Home My WebLink About07/10/1986 - City Council Special (2)00231 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL AND EAGAN ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION w' ;r EAGAN, MINNESOTA JULY 109 1986 A special joint meeting of the Eagan City Council and Advisory Planning Commission was held on Thursday, July 10, 1986 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagan Municipal Center. Present were Mayor Blomquist and Councilmembers Smith, Wachter, Egan and Ellison. Also present were City Finance Director Gene VanOverbeke, Intern Cheryl Johanson, City Administrator Tom Hedges, and City Attorney Paul Hauge. Mayor Blomquist chaired the meeting. 1 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM Mayor Blomquist asked the City Administrator to review the draft 1987 to 1991 Capital Improvements Program for the City. Mr. Hedges introduced the booklet, copies of which had been distributed to the City Council members, and explained the planning function of the CIP. He indicated it was a draft document only and pointed out that park acquisition and development was a significant portion of the five-year CIP: In addition, he discussed the capital improvement financing summary and 0-3-N-N, Gene VanOverbeke gave projections regarding revenues in addition to reviewing in some detail the financial summary of the program. He further reviewed the existing funds and projected funds from miscellaneous sources that are anticipated and 'discussed with the City Council members the summary of the propo-sed bonding over the five-year period. He noted that lateral improvement assessment bond projections were not included because of their uncertainty. There was discussion concerning the equipment requests by the departments including financing through equipment certificates. Council members generally opposed the use of equipment certificates for new equipment, but suggested they be used primarily for replacement of equipment. Other areas of discussion included the public works road capital improvement requests and the proposed financing and there were questions as to whether the road user charge would be required to be changed in order to accomodate the potential demand. Mr. Hedges indicated that the five-year.CIP will be implemented depending upon the needs and the population changes and answered questions as to which items will be required and which areas are open for discretionary decision making by the Council. He stated that the Council is the sole authority as to the types of expenditures. He also noted that the future of the voluteer fire department may have major changes in the scope and structure of the financing for that department. 1 Joint APC & Council Minutes July 10, 1986 021312 There was also discussion about levy limits and Mr. Hedges stated that the city has generally been close to the limit. He recommended against using operating funds for capital expenditures because of the potential inability to finance necessary operating cost and also the lack of public comment on the use of such funds. Councilman Smith made the following comments regarding the CIP: 1. He recommended that the fire station locations be acquired, but that no construction take place until the future of the fire department staff is resolved. 2. He suggested that four bond referenda in five years may be -excessive. and thought the voters would not be willing to approve that number of bond issues. 3. He opposed a target range in the basement of the Municipal Center indicating that $65,000 was excessive and not practical for one city to construct a range on its own. 4. Councilman Smith also opposed equipment certificates except when absolutely necessary and not for the use of'standard equipment purposes. Councilman Wachter suggested that the Council look more realistically at the park proposals and further recommended that the.County:continue to fund particularily for local county road purposes to the same extent it has done in the past. The Special Meeting of .the Council adjourned at 8:00 p.m. JOINT ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING At 8:10 p.m. Mayor Blomquist convened the joint meeting of the Advisory Planning Commision and City Council as a con-Linued review of the Comprehensive Guide including land use revision for residential property. The Planning Commmission members present were McCrea, Wilkins, Trygg, Harrison and also City Planner Dale Runkle and Assistant City Planner Steve Schwanke. Mayor Blomquist stated there would be no public input at the present meeting and that a public hearing will be held in the near future regarding the Comprehensive Plan. She further stated that John Voss was not able to be present. =- 2 Joint APC & Council Minutes July 10, 1986 V FREEWAY DISTRICT DESIGNATION City Planner, Dale Runkle, reviewed with the members present the definitions for a draft Freeway Development District amendment to the Eagan Zoning Code. He stated that the purpose is fairly restrictive, but that flexibility would be incorporated into the ordinance. The proposal is to leave commercial retail out of the freeway corridors, but rather to include primarily office -type commercial uses unless tied in with service stations, motels, etc. It was noted that the City has many miles of freeway. There were concerns about the integration of the uses along all of the freeways. One example of commercial, planned development is near the intersections Highway 55, 1494 and Highway 49. SHOPPING CENTER DEFINITIONS A memo from John Voss dated July 7, 1986 with proposed definitions for regional shopping centers, subregional shopping centers, community shopping centers, and neighborhood shopping centers was reviewed. Joe Harrison was concerned about the rationale for additional commercial retail uses and also strip centers within the City indicating that it appeared that there are sufficient retail centers proposed or in existence at the present time. Dale Runkle indicated that the marketplace and financing will play an important role in the development of such centers. TOTAL HOUSING STOCK Steve Schwanke reviewed with the members present the total housing stock in the City and in addition the 1986 apartment projects proposed or under construction. He noted that there has been a shift from multi -family units to a greater percentage of single-family units in the City. In 1986 apartment development has slowed down considerably as compared with 1985. He further noted that the alternate housing in 1986 generally is smaller and mainly owner -occupied. There was a question as to whether changes in the residential character category should �be reviewed including down zoning on specific parcels. The need to review the impact.upon the area, including topography, density, etc. are issues to consider if such revisions take place. Consultations with developers and- also review of specific parcels to determine their best uses should be elements of this study. In addition, the comparison between the residential, commercial and industrial acreage under the 1980 land use plan as compared with the proposed 1986 land use plan -was discussed. Designation for the areas already approved,. the changes from R-2 to D-1 were reviewed and the increases in density from 1980 also were discussed. 3 Joint APC & Council Minutes July 10, 1986 The third graphic shown by the planners indicated where the residential and commercial uses were located in 1980 as well as such uses in 1986 including the potential commercial uses. It was noted that the proposed use .revisions were only for study purposes and have not been approved by the Planning Commission or City Council. Mr. Runkle stated that alternative rezonings are also possible and the impact of commercial areas in other cities should be an element of review. Councilman Egan was concerned that such review take place before an increase of 30% in the commercial uses in the City to determine whether it would be feasible to increase the commercial uses by 30% in the City. Councilman Smith noted that there would likely be a mixture of commercial uses not conforming with present designations likely to develop in the City in the future. Councilman Egan mentioned that there was substantial amount of industrial zoned land that is now being developed for commercial purposes. NEXT JOINT MEETING The next joint meeting of the Advisory Planning Commission and the City Council was scheduled for July 31, 1986 at 8:00 p.m. -at the City Hall. A Special City Council Meeting will be held on the same evening at 6:30 p.m. The public hearing for the Comprehensive Guide will be scheduled following completion of all of the joint study meetings. ADJOUNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m. PHH ai—yolerk Secretary - APC 4