Edina City Council — Transcript
3 Topics in This Document
7200 France Avenue Site Plan Review and Zoning Ordinance Amendment
Community Comment Period
Commission Work Plan Item Postponement
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“What's before you this evening is a proposal for...153 unit apartment...one of the parameters that was established within the existing PUD was a height limitation of 72 ft and they do intend to to meet that requirement.”
“the comment really was in the article is that it lacked at a wow factor and I think that's important to keep in mind on every project that hea looks at whether it's real estate or roadway or Parks or whatever it is there should be a wow factor in there that separates Edina from the other communities around us.”
“my point is there are alternatives to spending three to5 $10 million on a bridge if you go over to City of Minneapolis at Barry Parkway and U um Richfield Road City of Minneapolis implemented a couple years ago a four-way stop for pedestrians and bikers it works simple relatively inexpensive.”
“frankly it's just wasteful we don't need it...building an extra 2 feet is wasteful and doesn't gain us anything other than more cost more heating more cooling for space that serves no purpose.”
“ground floor should have a minimum ceiling height of 20 feet for flexibility and this floor t- floor height will allow the space to accommodate commercial two floors of parking or two-story tow houses...the whole point of this regulation...is to make sure that if...what's been good for this district has completely turned around 180 degrees and that's the whole point of this.”
“I was dismayed or perhaps baffled to see that the most important information to the residents of our neighborhood was not included in your information packet that is the transition zone discussed in the greater Southville District area guidelines...I don't think you could possibly make a good decision tonight without having this information provided.”
“one of my concerns is I haven't heard anybody talk about how these developments impact the neighborhood...they're going to be whipping up 70th they're not going to go all the way to France Avenue...that's a residential neighborhood and nobody has talked about that that is a very serious impact for that neighborhood.”