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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/27/72~*~]ND ~L&N?~ING COMMISS¢*ON This informal joint meeting was held to review the Corps o£ Engineers Vermillion River Flood Project. New plan of Corps would provide grass covered by=pass for overflow between Kaiser property and rap~d~o Rapids would be removed by w.~devAng and deepening river to ~ghway 61 bridgeo Dam on mill pond would be replaced by a breakawa, y gate dam~ These measures would eliminate ~traight line ditch a~d would ~ave the waterfall, The cost of the project would be about the same as earlier straight ditch plan, City must acquire all land necessary or provide easemeuts allowing construction and maintenance~ Estimated cost $40~ 0000 City will have to pa}, 50% o£ cost of dam (Estimated total cost $250, 0001,. Corps will pay about $880. 000 for other construction~ City can add park facilities at City expense, Recreation Corrwnittee at~o sugge~ts acquiring 55 addltiol,~l acres at ~his ti, me for park purposes {including Hagen proper~yL City Council must advise Corps ot Engineers what the City would like to do aboul proposals MINUTES OF REG(ILAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Members present; Mrs~ Linde, Mr~ Hallberg, lUlr~ Petersen~ Mr. S~eckert~ Mr~ $olelm~ Sro Trautrnann, Mr, WiIson, Mr, Tanner~ Junior members: Mro Garlzke and Mr~ L~deo Also present: John Davldson~ City Engineer Moved by Hallberg~ seconded by Wilso~ to approve minutes of March 13~ 197Z, ,Ayes; all-, Mr~ and Mrs~ James Haas park proposal was referred to the Park a~d Recreatior, Cornrni~ siono Mr~ Sieckert~s committee has no ~-eport o;~ Mr. Bill Chaney setback variance request for his garageo Moved by Hallberg~ seconded by Wilson thst ~he Pianning CornroJssion approve plat of Industrial Park No,, 1 Meeting head Mondays Marcl~ 7~7~ 1977.. Page Den'~i~ tte!d school bus garage proposal acht. duled for a speci~.[ ir4orrnal hearing oxt Ap?il 10~ 197go Request from Elmer Peterson for building permits tot t,vo houses on 2..acre plot, ir, part of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4~ Section 55 referred to Mr~ Wilson~s coraraittee to phrase s. policy statement on construction ir~ low land subject to floodisg but sot ]p flood piain~ County Board request to have land surrounding Conzerniua~ 80 acres (new Court House site} rezoned to provide l:.uf£er~ Moved by SieckerL seconded by Trautmann ~hat we advise County t~t t~s land is presently zoned agricultural, our ~ghest u*~e zone~ and ~t agricultural ~o~ng provides most protection available~ Further, Coant~ is advised that their 80 a. cres is of s~ficient 82~ze ~ provide their o~ b~fffer~ Further that Sectio~ ~. 5~ 1 of ~e ~stings Zoning Ordinaxice allows County ~o b~dd Court ~use facilities without rezo~ng. Far,er, that County Board should allow City to help with site development from the begi~ng. .&yes; a~. Bill Bohlken request to prate mobile home on 8itc from which he removed bis old mobile home las~ year {Cannon Street at So 5th Street}~ Moved by Hallberg~ seconded b~ Soleim to allow such a variance so long as Mr. Bogen lives ~ere. Ayea~ all. ,Kugler ?roperty on Southview Drive prelirm.nary plat referred to Mr,, Traut-- committee for study, Next ~eeting~ ./kprii 10, 197Zo Recommendation should be prepared for prel'.entation to T.Igo D. ~o on Capital Improvements Program priorities~ David Tanner, Secretary Hastings Planning CommJ[sziom C'ITY OF HAS'I'INGS lO0 SIBLEY STREET, HASTINGS, MINNESOTA 55033 Phone 437-6921 OFFICE Of CITY ENGINEER MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION AND NATURAL RESOURCES HELD MONDAY, MARCH Z7, 1972 The following is the report for the Planning Commission Meeting held Monday, March 27, jointly with the Hastings City Council, Hastings Natural Rsources Commission, any interested citizens. The discussion being the Flood Control Project for the Vermillion River between the Peavey Mill Dam and County 47 Highway Bridge. Those present: Donald J. Fluegel, Pamela F. Thomas, Dave Pederson, Waiter H. Thomas, Mavis M. Nelson, Walter Bauer, Evarist J. Rotty, Lyle Steffenson, A1Rotty, Steven Gartzke, Junior Member, Steve Willeke, Junior Member, Jim Wright, George Skene, Robert F. Post, Raymond Solac. Hastings Planning Commission members present were Mr. Trautmann, Mr. Sieckert, Mr. Soleim, Mr. Hallbeag,Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Linde, Mr. Wilson, and Junior Members Mr. Gartzke, Mr. Willeke. Making the presentation was Mr. Jim Wright from the Department of Natural Resources and Mr. George Skene and Robert F. Post from the Corp. of Engineers. There was a presentation by Mr. Dave Pederson from the Natural Resources Commission in regard to what aspects of the plan the Natural Resources Commission is reviewed to date. He understood that there would be recreation funds available under Public Law 897Z in the development where the City would pay 50 %, the Corp. of Engineers 50% c~ the development cost for any recreation program included in the Flood Control Project. It would be their recommendation he stated to include the Natural Resources recommendation in the Flood Control Project to create a river corridor rather than a straight ditch and recommend additional land acquisition for that aspect of the problem. Mr. George Skene reviewed the bypass channel concept for a green floodway South of and parallel to the existing river channel. He stated that one of the aspects of the project is that it is still not completed solidified as the Dam replacement where there would be 50-50 funds required for replacing the man made portion of the Dam on the existing rock falls with a shear gate type Dam at a estimated cost of $Z50,000 for a City share of $1g5,000. This $1Z5,000 with the City's land acquisition cost estimated at $90, 000 would make the City's st~re approximate $215,000 of the Flood Control Project, another $200,000 was added for recreation projects. The City's share would be approximately $315,000. Mr. Skene stated also that no other Federal funds can be used to acquire lands for this project with the 40 acre parcel for the Flood Control Project would have to be furnished by the City either on an easement basis or by land acquisition basis. We have the cost of the land to be acquired in the Flood Plain at $1,000 per acre. There is a question as to how realistic this figure was. The Corp. is now waiting for direction from the City. The City would have to provide assurances that they would proceed with the proposed project and enter into a contract agreement with the Corp. of Engineers at an early date so that they can complete the project. Mr. Jim Wright then answered some questions in regard to the Flood Plain study. Mr. Wright stated t2a,%t the Natural Resources Commission would revise the Flood Plain information study nnce the Corp. of Engineers Flood Control Project was completed to show that the Page Z Minutes of Special Meeting of City Council, Plant, lng Commission and Natural Resources. area presently included in the 100 year flood frequency. The area would be removed by the Construction Program. Mr. Skene then also stated that the Corp. of Engineer was assuming that disposal of the spoil from the revised channel would be located at another site that we would not need additional lands for stock piling the spoil from this project. There were several things the Corp. of Engineers wanted answered as follows: 1. Will the City give assurance that they will follow through with the project. Does the City want the Dam if they pay 1/Z of the cost. 3. Would they enter into contract agreement with the Corp. of Engineer assuring the completion of the project and taking charge of the maintenance and upkeep upon completion and construction. 4. Would there be any recreation project included with the Flood Control Project or if staged what would be the normal staging. The Committee then discussed the least necessary amount of land acquisition required whic]% would be just the green way for reconstruction and the "Hold Harmless" clause to the Corp. of Engineers. It was suggested that this property might be acquired at no cost to the City as a consideration for construction in an area presently in the Flood Plain South of the river if that area South of the river were in fact protected by the revised drainage course. There were some questions in regard to the availability funds. Mr. Wright stated that that was not his area of concern. That the Department of Local and Urban Affairs was now handling all of these fund grants. Then a suggestion by Chairman Peterson that Mr. Dave Pederson and Wally Erickson and John Davidson make a study of land acquisition and finances. Mr. Skene furnished the City Attorney, Mr. Fluegel with a copy of the Flood Plain agreement. (Try to acquire a copy of this from the City Attorney). There was then a motion by Mr. Hallberg suggesting the proposal of Mr. Peterson that the Committee of Pederson, Erickson and Davidson be appointed for informational study and that they be given guide lines at the regular Council Meeting April 3. Next there were some questions from the floor by a resident, Z06 East 3rd asking what the zoning was on her property and what if anything was proposed in the Downtown Redevelopment as far as her residential property was concerned. She was told that the County in their development of a new Courthouse site on Highway 55 would probably not be making use of the balance of Block 19 Original Town Hastings in which her home is situated. She would therefore would not be in any position of pressured into a different use without her property being purchased on the open market or being relocated under Laws, Rules and Regulations governing acquisition of land under the legal condemna- tion proceedings. In her case it would have to be in the total urban renewal program for the Downtown Development. At this point there is no such organization in existance. At 8:30 PM was the regular Planning Commission convened. Mr. Walt Peterson received two page 1 copies of the previous minutes and no page Z. I furnished him my copy of the minutes. (Make sure I have a copy of the Planning Commission Minutes of March 13 in my file). Mr. Peterson went through the last Agenda, touched on Dakota Hills Second Addition Townhouse Development, Mr. Haas, Parking proposal, the refacing of the Finch Building, the water tan!{ storage, the Aaron proposal for Page 3 Minutes of Special Meeting of City Council, Planning Commission and Natural Resources. Home Occupation. Request from Bill Chaney for a garage setback. Mr. Frank Sieckert indicated that they would have a decision at the next Planning Commission Meeting of April 10. Then discussed the review of the subdivision regulations. He stated that we should take that under advisement for the next regular meeting. The next regular meeting would be established for April 10. Next a proposal from Mr. Elmer Peterson for building permit for a single family residence in an agricultural zone on County Road 91 North of the K!uender property be allowed a building permit on a 2 acre parcel. The request was turned over to Mr. Wilson's committee and Mr. Wilson's committee was to make a policy state- ment in regard to density of development in marginal flood plain areas and possible recommendations for minimum lot sizes where sewer and water availability are remote. The engineer read a letter from Dwayne Kasma with T.K.D.A. indicating that the $3000 cost estimate for preparing the Capital Improvements Program was nearing completion and that we should consider the balance of the work and what additional funds may be required to complete the study. (See copy of letter attached) There was a request referred from the City Council to rezone the Court House site located on the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 29, Tl15 R17 according to Section 3.5 - Essential Services of the Zoning Ordinance, any County properties would be exempt from the Zoning Ordinance. It was moved by Mr. Sieckert, seconded by Mr. Trautmann and unanimously passed recommending to the Council that the area be not rezoned, that the Court House construction be allowed under Section 3. 5 of the Zoning Ordinance. There was a referral from the Council of the William Bob[ken proposal to locate a trailer - mobile home, on a site in South Hastings adjacent to Cannon Street where the existing footing, foundation and skirting was in place from a trailer that was removed last Fall and Mr. Bohlken would like to replace that trailer with a better insulated trailer. It was moved by Mr. Hallberg, seconded by Mr. Soleim and unanimously passed recommending that the mobile home be altowed only for the period of time that Mr. William Bohlken personally lives in the trailer. There was a referral from Mr. Don Fluegelfor a Fluegel-Kugler plat in the area of Southview Drive and Louis Lane. This will be discussed at the next meeting and referred legally to the Council on April 3, 1972. The teen members of the Planning Commission indicated that they had a Community Center Study to present to the Planning Commission, however, unfortunately, Mr. Leo Schumacher, Jr. was not able to make the meeting and he had the study available. They will present it at the next meeting of April 10, 197Z. We completed our Planning Commission Meeting at approximately 10:00 P.M. John Davidson, City Engineer