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01-1013ORIGINAL Council File # Ol. �O\Z Resolution # Green Sheet # ��3�� 3 SAINT Presented By Referred To 2 ESOTA Committee: Date 1 . � \ � I: /I\i : / \ll � \ I\ ll / '� 4 5 WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes Sections 462.355 and 462357 and under the Saint Paul 6 Legislative Code Section 64.400, the City Council has the power to study areas in the city for the 7 purpose of refining the Comprehensive Plan and changing the zoning of property; 9 WHEREAS, Irvine Avenue is an unusual street due to its bluff-side location, split upper and lower 10 roadways, narrow width, and isolation from the normal street grid; thus, the street has significant 11 limitations on the amount of traffic and parking it can accommodate; 12 13 W I�REAS, many of the lots on the upper side of Irvine Avenue have their primary frontages on 14 Summit Avenue and are large enough to subdivide, creating "rear" lots along the slopes of Irvine 15 Avenue. Currently such lots retain the multi-family zoning intended for buildings that would be in 16 scale with Summit Avenue, but would not be in scale with the wooded lane of carriage houses that 17 Irvine Avenue has been historically; 18 19 WHEREAS, the Irvine Avenue slopes contain several springs and groundwater seeps; thus, some of 20 the recently built houses have experienced problems with surface drainage and wet basements; 21 22 WHEREAS, the CapitolRiver Council on July 27, 2001, requested that the City do a zoning study 23 of Irvine Avenue for an area bounded by Summit Avenue on the north, Ramsey Street on the west, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 I-35E on south, and the James J. Hill mansion public stairway on the east (map attached); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council hereby requests that the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from PED and LIEP, with citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRiver Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Council within six months from the adoption of this resolution; ORIGINAL D�- �0�3 31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in the interim, until the Council has had an opporiunity to act 32 on new Irvine Avenue development regulations, the Council directs the City's zoning and site plan 33 review staff to interpret and enforce the current regulations strictiy to avoid over-development that 34 would risk causing traffic, pazking, and drainage problems. ' Requested by Department of: By: Adoption Certified by Council 5ecretary Form Apprwed by City Attorney s � G✓!/�w+"' o� —2r_ o t ` Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By: � Approved by Mayor: Date By: By: ^. /� � � . 1 _ t � a Adopted by Council: Date V.. ]' _C ..100\ �` 3 \ �. .,\\\ � �� i 1� ��. \� � O 3 o Q 0 ��.��`�\ ,Y.3 � LI M � �� o� Xr.:� � �� i ��, � I I r•.I � f �� i \ �r � � .I �� 's�� . � / , ♦ � � ^ � �I � �� ,, �� -- � 7 I � �� + L � � t �_ � � \�•. \ � �'�.� � �� '`�. _ � � �� - � ... n \� 0 `'., 'c � 0 O �`� Q �'� ` t o � `'`. .i'�� .��\� � b�,b�_� ��,�,�� „��.�,,,� -- cic coun�il 9iz6io� GREEN SHEET No � � 3j7� CONiACT PQ2SON & NiONE WYailmb WtlaVDab Councilmember Coleman 266-8620 oaiu�to.a,ae arvra,r�. MUST BE ON COUNCILAGBJDABY (G4Tq waa1C.N October 3 2001 �� ❑rnr..rw�. rnrmnc � aonrvic oxoet ❑wuxcu�am�r�sox. wuwo��meaKCrc ❑ wmatw��smsrwm ❑ TOTAL � OF SIGNATURE PAGES (CUP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) C710N REQUESTED � . Requesting the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from the Department of Planning and Economic Development and the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection, wit citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRi eY Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Counci within six months. RECOMMENDATION Approve (A w RejeG (R) PERSONALSERVICE CONTRAGTS MUSTANSWER THE FOLLAWiNG QUES7ION5: 1. HasthispersoM�meverworkedunderacontracttaMisdepartment'7 PLANNING COMMISSION VES NO CIBCOMMfTTEE 2 FIasN"spersaJfirme�mbeenacityempbyee? CIVILSERVICECOMMISSION YES NO 3. Do� this pe�soM�m poseess a sldll nU nwmallypossessed by airy current city empbyee? YES NO 4. Is this P��rm a terONetl vendoR YES NO ' F�plain all yes answe�s on sepaiate sheet arM attach to preen sheet INITIATING PROBLEM ISSUE, OPPOR7UNITY (Who, What, When, W1iere, Why) ' ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED DISADVHMAGES IF APPROVED DISADVAMAGES IF NOT APPROVED TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACf10N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEfm (GRCLE ON� YES NO FUNOING SOURCE ACTNRY NUMBER FlNANCIAL INFORMATION (EXPLNt� ORIGINAL Council File # Ol. �O\Z Resolution # Green Sheet # ��3�� 3 SAINT Presented By Referred To 2 ESOTA Committee: Date 1 . � \ � I: /I\i : / \ll � \ I\ ll / '� 4 5 WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes Sections 462.355 and 462357 and under the Saint Paul 6 Legislative Code Section 64.400, the City Council has the power to study areas in the city for the 7 purpose of refining the Comprehensive Plan and changing the zoning of property; 9 WHEREAS, Irvine Avenue is an unusual street due to its bluff-side location, split upper and lower 10 roadways, narrow width, and isolation from the normal street grid; thus, the street has significant 11 limitations on the amount of traffic and parking it can accommodate; 12 13 W I�REAS, many of the lots on the upper side of Irvine Avenue have their primary frontages on 14 Summit Avenue and are large enough to subdivide, creating "rear" lots along the slopes of Irvine 15 Avenue. Currently such lots retain the multi-family zoning intended for buildings that would be in 16 scale with Summit Avenue, but would not be in scale with the wooded lane of carriage houses that 17 Irvine Avenue has been historically; 18 19 WHEREAS, the Irvine Avenue slopes contain several springs and groundwater seeps; thus, some of 20 the recently built houses have experienced problems with surface drainage and wet basements; 21 22 WHEREAS, the CapitolRiver Council on July 27, 2001, requested that the City do a zoning study 23 of Irvine Avenue for an area bounded by Summit Avenue on the north, Ramsey Street on the west, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 I-35E on south, and the James J. Hill mansion public stairway on the east (map attached); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council hereby requests that the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from PED and LIEP, with citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRiver Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Council within six months from the adoption of this resolution; ORIGINAL D�- �0�3 31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in the interim, until the Council has had an opporiunity to act 32 on new Irvine Avenue development regulations, the Council directs the City's zoning and site plan 33 review staff to interpret and enforce the current regulations strictiy to avoid over-development that 34 would risk causing traffic, pazking, and drainage problems. ' Requested by Department of: By: Adoption Certified by Council 5ecretary Form Apprwed by City Attorney s � G✓!/�w+"' o� —2r_ o t ` Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By: � Approved by Mayor: Date By: By: ^. /� � � . 1 _ t � a Adopted by Council: Date V.. ]' _C ..100\ �` 3 \ �. .,\\\ � �� i 1� ��. \� � O 3 o Q 0 ��.��`�\ ,Y.3 � LI M � �� o� Xr.:� � �� i ��, � I I r•.I � f �� i \ �r � � .I �� 's�� . � / , ♦ � � ^ � �I � �� ,, �� -- � 7 I � �� + L � � t �_ � � \�•. \ � �'�.� � �� '`�. _ � � �� - � ... n \� 0 `'., 'c � 0 O �`� Q �'� ` t o � `'`. .i'�� .��\� � b�,b�_� ��,�,�� „��.�,,,� -- cic coun�il 9iz6io� GREEN SHEET No � � 3j7� CONiACT PQ2SON & NiONE WYailmb WtlaVDab Councilmember Coleman 266-8620 oaiu�to.a,ae arvra,r�. MUST BE ON COUNCILAGBJDABY (G4Tq waa1C.N October 3 2001 �� ❑rnr..rw�. rnrmnc � aonrvic oxoet ❑wuxcu�am�r�sox. wuwo��meaKCrc ❑ wmatw��smsrwm ❑ TOTAL � OF SIGNATURE PAGES (CUP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) C710N REQUESTED � . Requesting the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from the Department of Planning and Economic Development and the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection, wit citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRi eY Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Counci within six months. RECOMMENDATION Approve (A w RejeG (R) PERSONALSERVICE CONTRAGTS MUSTANSWER THE FOLLAWiNG QUES7ION5: 1. HasthispersoM�meverworkedunderacontracttaMisdepartment'7 PLANNING COMMISSION VES NO CIBCOMMfTTEE 2 FIasN"spersaJfirme�mbeenacityempbyee? CIVILSERVICECOMMISSION YES NO 3. Do� this pe�soM�m poseess a sldll nU nwmallypossessed by airy current city empbyee? YES NO 4. Is this P��rm a terONetl vendoR YES NO ' F�plain all yes answe�s on sepaiate sheet arM attach to preen sheet INITIATING PROBLEM ISSUE, OPPOR7UNITY (Who, What, When, W1iere, Why) ' ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED DISADVHMAGES IF APPROVED DISADVAMAGES IF NOT APPROVED TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACf10N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEfm (GRCLE ON� YES NO FUNOING SOURCE ACTNRY NUMBER FlNANCIAL INFORMATION (EXPLNt� ORIGINAL Council File # Ol. �O\Z Resolution # Green Sheet # ��3�� 3 SAINT Presented By Referred To 2 ESOTA Committee: Date 1 . � \ � I: /I\i : / \ll � \ I\ ll / '� 4 5 WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes Sections 462.355 and 462357 and under the Saint Paul 6 Legislative Code Section 64.400, the City Council has the power to study areas in the city for the 7 purpose of refining the Comprehensive Plan and changing the zoning of property; 9 WHEREAS, Irvine Avenue is an unusual street due to its bluff-side location, split upper and lower 10 roadways, narrow width, and isolation from the normal street grid; thus, the street has significant 11 limitations on the amount of traffic and parking it can accommodate; 12 13 W I�REAS, many of the lots on the upper side of Irvine Avenue have their primary frontages on 14 Summit Avenue and are large enough to subdivide, creating "rear" lots along the slopes of Irvine 15 Avenue. Currently such lots retain the multi-family zoning intended for buildings that would be in 16 scale with Summit Avenue, but would not be in scale with the wooded lane of carriage houses that 17 Irvine Avenue has been historically; 18 19 WHEREAS, the Irvine Avenue slopes contain several springs and groundwater seeps; thus, some of 20 the recently built houses have experienced problems with surface drainage and wet basements; 21 22 WHEREAS, the CapitolRiver Council on July 27, 2001, requested that the City do a zoning study 23 of Irvine Avenue for an area bounded by Summit Avenue on the north, Ramsey Street on the west, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 I-35E on south, and the James J. Hill mansion public stairway on the east (map attached); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council hereby requests that the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from PED and LIEP, with citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRiver Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Council within six months from the adoption of this resolution; ORIGINAL D�- �0�3 31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in the interim, until the Council has had an opporiunity to act 32 on new Irvine Avenue development regulations, the Council directs the City's zoning and site plan 33 review staff to interpret and enforce the current regulations strictiy to avoid over-development that 34 would risk causing traffic, pazking, and drainage problems. ' Requested by Department of: By: Adoption Certified by Council 5ecretary Form Apprwed by City Attorney s � G✓!/�w+"' o� —2r_ o t ` Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By: � Approved by Mayor: Date By: By: ^. /� � � . 1 _ t � a Adopted by Council: Date V.. ]' _C ..100\ �` 3 \ �. .,\\\ � �� i 1� ��. \� � O 3 o Q 0 ��.��`�\ ,Y.3 � LI M � �� o� Xr.:� � �� i ��, � I I r•.I � f �� i \ �r � � .I �� 's�� . � / , ♦ � � ^ � �I � �� ,, �� -- � 7 I � �� + L � � t �_ � � \�•. \ � �'�.� � �� '`�. _ � � �� - � ... n \� 0 `'., 'c � 0 O �`� Q �'� ` t o � `'`. .i'�� .��\� � b�,b�_� ��,�,�� „��.�,,,� -- cic coun�il 9iz6io� GREEN SHEET No � � 3j7� CONiACT PQ2SON & NiONE WYailmb WtlaVDab Councilmember Coleman 266-8620 oaiu�to.a,ae arvra,r�. MUST BE ON COUNCILAGBJDABY (G4Tq waa1C.N October 3 2001 �� ❑rnr..rw�. rnrmnc � aonrvic oxoet ❑wuxcu�am�r�sox. wuwo��meaKCrc ❑ wmatw��smsrwm ❑ TOTAL � OF SIGNATURE PAGES (CUP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) C710N REQUESTED � . Requesting the Saint Paul Planning Commission and staff from the Department of Planning and Economic Development and the Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection, wit citizen participation, conduct an Irvine Avenue Study for the area requested by the CapitolRi eY Council and report recommendations on development policies and zoning back to the City Counci within six months. RECOMMENDATION Approve (A w RejeG (R) PERSONALSERVICE CONTRAGTS MUSTANSWER THE FOLLAWiNG QUES7ION5: 1. HasthispersoM�meverworkedunderacontracttaMisdepartment'7 PLANNING COMMISSION VES NO CIBCOMMfTTEE 2 FIasN"spersaJfirme�mbeenacityempbyee? CIVILSERVICECOMMISSION YES NO 3. Do� this pe�soM�m poseess a sldll nU nwmallypossessed by airy current city empbyee? YES NO 4. Is this P��rm a terONetl vendoR YES NO ' F�plain all yes answe�s on sepaiate sheet arM attach to preen sheet INITIATING PROBLEM ISSUE, OPPOR7UNITY (Who, What, When, W1iere, Why) ' ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED DISADVHMAGES IF APPROVED DISADVAMAGES IF NOT APPROVED TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACf10N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEfm (GRCLE ON� YES NO FUNOING SOURCE ACTNRY NUMBER FlNANCIAL INFORMATION (EXPLNt�