01/08/1981 - Advisory Parks & Recreation Commission•
ADVISORY PARK COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
CITY HALL
JANUARY 8, 1981
7:00 P.M.
8. ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, NOVEMBER 6, 1980 AND ESTABLISH
AGENDA
3. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
(A) Blue Cross /Blue Shield
4. PRESENTATION: COMMUNITY EDUCATION - 196
5. OLD BUSINESS
(A) 1981 Committee Objectives (From 12/4/80)
6. NEW BUSINESS
(A) Preliminary Draft /Matching Gifts (From 12/4/80)
(B) Ridge Cliff Park
(C) Draft: Trails plan for Bicycles
7. OTHER BUSINESS
(A) Winter Program Update
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January 1981
MEMO TO: ADVISORY PARK COMMITTEE
FROM: KEN VRAA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION
RE: JANUARY 8th COMMITTEE MEETING
Because a quorum was not available to conduct the December 4, 1980
Park Advisory Committee meeting, those items now appear on the
January 8 agenda. Please refer back to your December packet for
those items.
Blue Cross /Blue Shield has submitted a P.U.D. proposal to the City.
Several committee members have had an opportunity to walk the
general area designated as park land on December 10th. Staff will
review the proposal for the Advisory Committee.
The Community Education Department from District 196 has an inform-
ative slide presentation concerning their activities, programs and
organization. Mary Sadek will be present to show the slides and
answer questions from the committee. This is an information item
only. No action is necessary by the committee.
Under old business, is the 1981 committee objectives. (See December
4th packet) Discussion by those present at the December meeting
was very positive and encouraging. Members are urged to spend
some time in preparing for this item of discussion. And, how the
committee may want to proceed on its objectives. Under new business,
a preliminary draft of how to handle citizen /neighborhood request
for matching gifts is presented for discussion. It was mentioned
at the December meeting that this item might be considered as a
committee objective. (See December 4th packet)
Also under new business, may be the presentation of the draft plan
for the bicycle trails. The aft has yet to be revised and typed
for distribution. It's hoped that it will be completed in time for
the Thursday meeting. The committee may wish to review the plan then,
defer it until February or establish a separate meeting date for the
sole purpose of reviewing the draft plan.
One final item which should be brought to your attention at this
time. Sharon Radl has submitted her letter of resignation from
the park committee. Her letter is included in the packet.
Eagan Plan
Acres
Dwg.Units
BCBS Proposal
Acres
Dwelling Units
Limited B
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LB
32
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R2
110
330 -660
R1
45
155
Park -Open Space
12
R3
32
311
TOTAL: 466
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COMMENTS
CITY OF EAGAN
SUBJECT: REZONING
APPLICANT: BLUE CROSS -BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA
LOCATION: WZ OF THE 01, SECTION 16 AND PART OF THE NE1, SECTION 17
EXISTING ZONING: A (AGRICULTURAL)
DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING: DECEMBER 23, 1980
DATE OF REPORT: DECEMBER 17, 1980
REPORTED BY: DALE C. RUNKLE, CITY PLANNER
APPLICATION SUBMITTED
An application has been submitted for rezoning of approximately 122 acres from
A (Agricultural) to PD (Planned Development).
As you recall, earlier this fall Blue Cross - Blue Shield requested to be placed on
the Advisory Planning Commission agenda for an informal review of their proposed
site plan. At this time, there were several concerns regarding the proposed plan.
Since this meeting, the staff has worked with Blue Cross -Blue Shield and has re-
solved the concerns that were brought up at that meeting.
Blue Cross -Blue Shield owns approximately 178 acres in the City of Eagan, of which
approximately 56 acres are located on the west side of Blue Cross Road. This area
is presently zoned 13,, (Limited Business District) and contains the Blue Cross -Blue
Shield building. This 56 acre tract is not intended to be part of the Planned
Development.
The 122 acres on the east side of Blue Cross Road is the parcel of land to be con-
sidered for the rezoning to a Planned Development District. Presently, this land
is zoned Agricultural. The land -use plan indicates that this area should develop
at an R2 density, 3 -6 units per acre. Also shown on the land -use plan is a neighbor-
hood park in the south west portion of this property.
Blue Cross -Blue Shield has submitted a development plan which contains commercial
land uses along with mixed residential land uses. They are also providing for a
neighborhood park to service this area. The chart below shows the density of the
existing comp plan versus the proposal submitted by Blue Cross -Blue Shield.
CITY OF EAGAN
BLUE CROSS -BLUE SHIELD REZONING
411 DECELmER 23, 1980
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In reviewing the proposed land use plan, Blue Cross -Blue Shield is showing the
low density area containing 3.4 dwelling units per acre, which would be in the
classification of single family and /or duplex development. The R3 land -use which
is being proposed has a density of 9.4 dwelling units per acre, which is mid -range
between the 6 -12 dwelling units allowed in the R3 land use plan. The overall
density proposed for the 77 acres of residential development is 466 dwelling units
which is between the 330 -660, which is currently allowed in the proposed Compre-
hensive Guide Plan.
The proposed land uses are compatible to the surrounding uses or development.
The plan appears to be thought out very carefully as to traffic circulation for
providing access through the site. The applicant is also proposing to provide
the neighborhood park, which is proposed in the Comprehensive Guide Plan.
Enclosed is a site plan analysis prepared by Mark Merrill of Architectural Alliance
for the Blue Cross -Blue Shield Planned Development. Also, the staging plan in
which the applicant is requesting for the development terms of this project is
enclosed.
If approved, the Planned Development should be subject to the following conditions:
410 1. Before the Planned Development zoning is granted, a planned development agree-
ment must be approved by the City of Eagan.
2. The low density area shown on the proposed site plan shall be developed as
single family units, or no higher than duplex units unless the applicant
goes through the public hearing process to notify the surrounding property
owners.
3. No development can occur until the detailed platting process has been com-
pleted for the first phase of development.
4. The overall density shall not exceed 466 dwelling units.
5. The detailed land uses, or land -use designation areas shall be determined at
the platting stage of the Planned Development.
6. The term of the Planned Development Agreement shall extend for 15 years.
7. The high density area should be subject to the density requirements according
to the zoning ordinance. In doing so, the developer would be developing the
higher density under the same density requirements as other developers in the
City.
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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
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1 As a result of a Property Analysis done during the summer
INTRODUCTION of 1980 for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (BCBSM),
a decision was made to apply to the City of Eagan for planned
development zoning for the undeveloped portion of the BCBSM
property.
2 Of the approximate total of 178.5 acres contained within the
PRESENT LAND BCBSM site, approximately 55.7 acres lying west of Blue Cross
USE Road are presently zoned Limited Business and are not part
of the property for which a change in zoning is being
requested.
The remaining 122.8 acres of undeveloped land east of Blue
Cross Road are zoned Agricultural. The recently adopted
Comprehensive Guide Plan for the City of Eagan proposes that
the undeveloped land be allowed to be developed as low to
medium density residential (3 to 6 dwelling units per acre).
It also proposes that an "active park" of approximately 12
acres be located on the site as part of Eagan's parks and
trails system.
The present intent of BCBSM is to reserve the approximately
55.7 acre Limited Business site, or that portion of the total
BCBSM property between Highway 13 and Blue Cross Road,
as the permanent building site. It is estimated that approximately
380,000 square feet of additional office building with
associated parking can be accommodated on the existed Limited
Business site.
3 BCBSM wishes to reserve a 33 acre portion of the 122.8 acre
PROPOSED undeveloped site for development of Limited Business functions
LAND although the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Eagan proposes
USE that the total undeveloped / site be reserved only for Residential
and Park use. The remaining 89.8 acres are proposed to be
developed as 77.8 acres of housing and 12 acres at "active park"
similar to that proposed by the Comprehensive Guide Plan.
3.1 Based on recent discussion between BCBSM and planners and
Limited engineers representing the City of Eagan, there appears to
Business be agreement that the desire by BCBSM to utilize 33 acres
for Limited Business functions is reasonable. BCBSM originally
purchased its property in order to provide for its potential
future growth. It is felt that by allowing these 33 acres to
be used for Limited Business development, the potential growth
requirements of BCBSM can be accommodated well past the year 2000.
An estimated office floor area of approximately 315,000 square
feet together with required parking can potentially be
accommodated on the two proposed Limited Business sites.
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The existing centrally located holding pond would be developed
as a visual amenity for both the Limited Business and the
Residential portions of the site.
The BCBSM plan also indicates a BCBSM Service Center in
Limited Business Site D. It would be used only by BCBSM
employees and would potentially provide minor automobile
servicing, health and /or exercise facilities and a day care
center.
3.2 BCBSM proposes that a 12 acre active park be located in the
Parks southwest corner of the undeveloped portion of the site,
the same location proposed by the Comprehensive Guide Plan.
According to Eagans' park dedication ordinance, ten (10)
percent of any property developed for residential use must
be donated by the developer to the city for public park use.
Thus 7.78 acres (ten percent of 77.8 acres) would be donated
by BCBSM while the remaining 4.22 acres would need to
be purchased by the City of Eagan from BCBSM
3.3 The portion of the site reserved for residential development
Housing contains 77.8 acres which, if developed with an average
density of six (6) dwelling units per acre, would yield
466 units. Lower density housing (2 to 5 dwelling units
per acre) is proposed for the south edge of the site
adjacent to existing single family dwellings and for
north facing slopes of some of the hilly portions of the site.
Medium to high density cluster housing (6 to 10 dwelling
units per acre) is proposed for the north and the east
site, relating to adjacent existing or proposed similar density
housing, and for much of the interior of the site, especially
on south facing slopes of hills having solar access.
3.4 Access to the Residential portion of the site is proposed
Roads from the west off Blue Cross Road, from the south via Birch
Road and from the east via a planned road straddling the
south property line of the,site. This scheme is very similar
to that proposed by the Comprehensive Guide Plan.
An alternative or additional point of access might also be
considered to the northeast corner of the site via a road through
the Public Works site to the east (dashed line on Concept
Plan).
Access to the Limited Business Site D is proposed from the
internal road connecting Birch Pond Road to Blue Cross Road.
The proposed access to Site E is from Blue Cross Road
immediately across from the proposed future north access road
to the existing BCBSM building site.
A major loop extends through the residential site following
contours as closely as possible. From this loop, minor
loops are proposed (not shown) to provide vehicular access to
the residential units.
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41ir 3.5 Green spaces and pedestrian trails and paths intertwine
Trails throughout the residential site providing pedestrian
connections between green open spaces and housing
clusters as well as helping to generate a pattern of
trails as proposed by the Eagan Comprehensive Guide Plan.
4 Of primary concern to BCBSM is the maintenance or enhancement
QUALITY of the physical and emotional amenities of the present
site and facility, while at the same time providing for
potential future space needs for itself. Great care will
be necessary in the planning of the development of the site
in order to insure that future Limited Business facilities are
of a quality similar to that of the present office facility
and that the hilly wooded portion of the site is maintained
as much as possible. Existing vistas should also be
maintained. Maintaining and expanding the existing quality
will require much thought and creativity.
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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA
SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTIONS
LIMITED BUSINESS
December 1, 1980
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Site A 15.4 700 190,000
Site B 24.9 1350 370,000
Site C 15.4 700 190,000
Site D 18 650 175,000
Site E 15 500 140,000
Subtotal 88.7 3900 1,065,000
RESIDENTIAL
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Neighborhood Park 12
TOTAL ACRES 178.5
1. Existing BCBSM building
2. Includes service center
Acres Dwelling Units
Single Family /R -I 34 100
Double /R -II 11 55
Townhouse /R -III 17 119
Multiple Dwelling /R -IV 15.8 192
77.8 466
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A Corporation for Observing, Discovering, Creating, and Building Environments
Mr. Dale Runkle
City Planner
City of Eagan
3795 Pilot Knob Road
Eagan, Minnesota 55122
December 8, 1980
Re: Blue Cross /Blue Shield Plan Development Submittal
Dear Dale:
I am writing to you in response to your request for a Staging Plan
• for the Planned Development proposal for the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Minnesota (BCBSM) property development. As you know, BCBSM
currently has no well defined plans for the development of the
property in question. However, a general idea as to the order in
which the sites might be developed does exist.
The 12 acre park site could be developed when the City makes its
decision to do so. It is projected that Site D containing 18 acres
would be the first Limited Business parcel to be developed, possibly
as early as 1983 -1985 or as late as 1990.
The low density residential site in the southeast corner of the BCBSM
property would probably be developed at approximately the same time
but would probable extend over a greater length of time. The medium
density residential site in red would probably be started following
the start of development of the low density residential site.
The development of all of the residential portion of the site is
foreseen to begin possibly as early as 1983 and extend over as long
as ten to fifteen years.
At this time the development of Site E (Limited Business) is foreseen
to take place at some time following development of Site D. Projecting
even a range of dates for proposed development of that site is difficult
at this time but the most logical projection is for development to
occur sometime between the years of 1985 and 1995.
It must be emphasized that these dates are very rough estimates and
it is possible that even the order of development could change.
Do not hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
MARK MERRRILL
cc: Jim Regnier, Norm Storbakken, Bill Thompson,John Lackens, Mark Merrill
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MEMO TO: ADVISORY PARKS COMMA=
FROM: KEN VRAA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION
RE : PARKS PLAN - RIDGE CLIFif'E PARK
January 1981
Background: As part of the Orrin Thompson development of the
Ridge Cliffe addition, which is located south of Cliff Road
and west of Johnny Cake Ridge Road, the City received park
dedication of approximately 16 acres. As part of the develop-
ment agreement, Orrin Thompson Homes Inc. is responsible for
filling and grading of the park to meet the City' design. At
this time the City has no approved park plan for Ridge Cliffe.
Further, in a meeting with Don Patton of Orrin Thompson Homes
Inc. it appears that they will be ready to final grade this
park sometime during the spring and early summer of 1981.
Issue: Although conceptual plans had been developed during
the initial acquisition of the park property, they are not of
sufficient detail for use as working documents for the grading
and development of the park. Therefore, it will be necessary
for the City to develop a preliminary /or a master park plan for
Ridge Cliffe of sufficient detail to , allow for the grading and
initial staging of development for this park.
Process /Procedures: If it is the recommendation of the Advisoory
Parks Committee to proceed with the development of a preliminary
or master park plan for Ridge Cliffe Park, staff would proceed
with the selection of a park design firm to begin working on
the process at the earliest opportunity. Interested consulting
firms would be screened to three firms, who would then be inter-
viewed to determine their overall suitability to perform the
work.
At this time, there is no cost estimate as to a fee from a con-
sulting firm for the completion of park plans. Fees could be
determined at such time as the degree of specificity desired for the
park is determined, process for design planning, etc.
Action Requested: That City staff be authorized to proceed with
the development of criteria for the selection of a park design
consultant, and to proceed with preparation of a preliminary/
master plan for Ridge Cliffe Park.
Sharon Radl
1850 Jade.Lane
ka.gair, Minn.
Dear Ken:
It is with regret that I must write to you and resign
my position on the Lagan Park committe. As you know in Sept.
1 accepted a position at St. Joseph's hospital and have a work
schedule that includes every Thursday night 3 :00 -11:30 this has
made it impossible for me to attend any monthly meetings, 1 have
waited until now to resign in hopes I could work something out
as far as my hours but it looks as if I can not find a replacement
for even one thursday night a month.
It has been with great pride that I served on the committe and I
have enjoyed it very much, I do feel that my position should now go
to someone who can also gain from the ;xperience and give it their all.
1 had spoken to you several times about a resignation before this
and you have always been most helpful and encouraging as to staying
on.
1 thank you and all the menbers of the committe for a time
well spent, and for all the many kindnesses that have been showen to
me thoughout these past months. Please call me at the time of the
annual picnic 1'd love to still come:
If I can be of any help to you in any other capacity feel free
to call upon me; I wish you every success in the future, please pass
this resigination on tsAhe rest of the committe.
Thankyou,
,
Sharon hadl