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Green sheet # 3024552
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SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented By
Referred To
Committee: Date
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WHEREAS, the Seven Corne�s Gateway Plan was adopted by the City Council in 2000 as the planning and
urban design framework for the area bounded by Kellogg Boufevard, I-35E, GrandlRamsey and Exchange
Street; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway Plan contains recommendations in the areas of urban design,
transportation and parking, new residential development, business retention and expansion, and heritage
preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway Pian identified the United/Children's Hospital campus as one of
nine key components of the Seven Corners Gateway Urban Village, and contains a set of general guidelines
for new development wiihin the campus boundaries and the hospitals' relationship to the larger
neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, since 1994, UnitedlChildren's Hospitals has complied with a set of more specific design and
development guidelines as part of a legal agreement with the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment
Authority (HRA); and
WHEREAS, these more specific guidelines were not included in the Seven Corners Gateway Plan because
they were already in piace through a legal agreement; and
WHEREAS, the legal agreement between the HRA and United/Children's Hospitafs has now expired; and
WHEREAS, it is important to the implementation of the Seven Corners Gateway Plan to incorporate the
more specific hospital guidelines into the Plan so they can continue to be used in development and site plan
review: and
WHEREAS, both the UnitedlChildren's Hospitals and W. 7thlFort Road Federation are in agreement with
the guidelines and support amending the Seven Come�s Gateway Plan to include them; and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing on December 3, 2004, the Saint Pauf Planning Commission determined
that the UnitedfChildren's Hospitals Development Guidelines (dated September 16, 2004) are consistent
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Seven Corne�s Gateway Plan, and recommended
amendment of the Seven Corners Gateway P/an to include the UnitedlChildren's Hospitais Devefopment
Guidelines;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE (T RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the
United/Childrens Hospitals Development Guidelines as an amendment to the Seven Corners Gateway Plan,
and directs that they be used in deveiopment and site plan review for aii new development within and
adjacent to the campus boundaries.
Benanav
Bostrom
Harris
Helgen
Lanery
Montgomery
Thune
Adopted by Council: Date
Adoption Certif
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Approved by May
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Requested by Department of:
� Plannin & ECOnOmiC DeveloAment
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DEPARTMENTfOPPICE/COUNCII,:
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CONTACT PERSON & PHONE:
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MiJST BE ON COUPiCA, AGENDA BY (DATE�
7anuary 5, 200$ /l„� �
TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES
DATE II3ITfATED GREEN SHEET
December 6, 2004
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ASSIGN 2 CI1Y ATTORNEY ti.lS e
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FOR ��`IaR(ORASST.j �
ROUTING COMI�ILSSION
ORDER
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No.: 3024552 ��k. D
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ACTION REQDES'PED:
Approval of resolution amending the Seven Comers Gateway Plan to include development guidelines for the
United/Childrens Hospitals caznpus.
RECOMMENDAISONS: Approve (A) or Reject �)
A_ PLANNING COMbIISSION
CI.B COMNIlITEE
CIVLI. SERVICE WMbIISSION
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PERSONAL SERVICE CON'CRACTS M[JST ANSWER THE FOLLOR'ING
QUESTIONS:
I. Has tivs person/firm ever worked under a contract foc this degarh¢entl
Yes No
2. Has this persoWSrm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this penon/fimi possess a s1all �t nomiaily possessed by any civreni city employee?
Xes No
Eaplaiu aIl yes auswere on separate sheet and attacL to green sheet
INTTTATII3G PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORIVNITP (Who, What, R'hen, Where, Why):
The Seven Corners Gateway PTan was adopted by the Saint Paul City Council in 2000 as the planving and �ban
design framework for the area bounded by Kellogg Boulevazd, I-35E, Crrand/Ramsey and Exchange Street. It
includes general development guidelines for the hospital campus; specific guidelines were contained in a
development agreement between the HRA and UnitedlChildrens. The I3RA agreement has now expired, so the
Plamung Commission is recommending that the development guidelines be retained by incorporating them into the
Seven Corners Gateway Plan.
ADVAN'TAGES IF APPROVED:
There will be a set of development guidelines, agreed to by UnitedlChildrens, to assist in development and site plan
review.
DISADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED:
None.
DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED:
Thexe will be no guidelines in place to guide site plan review of fixture development on the United/Childrens
campus or to ensure that such development is consistent with the Seven Corners Gateway Plan.
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TOTAL AMOIIN'1' OF TRANSACTION:
FUNDING SOURCE:
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COST/REVENUE BUDGETED:
ACTIVITY NIJMBER:
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT �
Susnn Kimbetly, Direcior o .,,,.._..
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
Randy G Kelfy, Maynr
DATE:
TO;
December 6, 2004
Mayor Ra�dy Kelly
25 West Founk Street Telephone: 65Z-166-6565
SaintP¢u{MN55702 Facsimile:651-2?8-326Z
FROM: �George Johnson, Chair, Saint Paul Planning Commission
SUBJECT: Adoption of United/Children's Hospitals Development Guidelines as an
Amendment to the Seven Corners Gateway Plan
BACKGROUND
The Seven Corners Gateway Plan was adopted by the Saint Paul City Council in 2000 as the
planning and urban design framework for the area bounded by Kellogg Boulevard, i-35E,
Grand/Ramsey and Exchange Street. It was prepared by the Saint Paul on the Mississippi
Design Center at the direction of then-Councilmember Chris Cofeman to guide future
development in the area, and to respond to the challenges and oppoRunities presented by new
construction on the western edge of downtown (e.g. Xcel Arena, Science Museum,
RiverCentre). in order to maintain a diversity of land uses, retain the area's unique sense of
place, protect neighborhood character and take advantage of an improved economic climate,
the Seven Corners Gateway Plan contains recommendations in the areas of urban design,
transportation and parking, new residential development, business retention and expansion,
and heritage preservation.
The Seven Corners Gateway Plan identified the hospital campus as one of nine key
components of the Gateway Urban Village. The Plan recommends the following for the
United/Children's campus:
1. Building and construction of new medical campus buildings should demonstrate a
consistent, identifiable architecture.
2. The streetscape and pedestrian character of Smith Avenue should be improved.
3. When the Gold Ramp is expanded, its design and development should inciude retail
bays at street level to house additional hospital or community business opportunities.
4. The hospitals should pursue opportunities to locate suppoR services attractive to local
residents, business owners, medical patients and employees in shopfront buildings
along W. 7t" Street, outside the primary health care facilities.
5. Incentives for hospital employees to use transit and live within the Seven Corners
Gateway area should be encouraged.
6. The City and community should develop a comprehensive parking strategy for the entire
Seven Corners Gateway that includes additional construction, management and policing
of parking facilities.
7. The City and community should develop a comprehensive street improvement program
along Smith Avenue that inciudes both public right-of-way and private entry courts to
medical buildings as a means for connecting medical buildings into a unified campus.
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December 6, 2004
Mayor Randy Kefly
Page Two
A copy of the Plan's "chapter" on the United/Children's Hospitals campus is attached.
THE UNITED/CNILDREN'S HOSPITALS DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
Since 1994, UnitediChildren's Hospitais have compiied with a set of general design and
development guidelines as part of a legal agreement with the Saint Paul Housing and
Redevefopment Authority (IiRA). Because this agreement was in place at the time the Seven
Corners Gateway Plan was prepared, the guidelines were not included in the Plan.
The guidelines were updated last year when United was contemplating redevelopment of the
surface parking lot at the corner of Smith Avenue and Kellogg Boulevard in conjunction with a
bus layover facility. The updated guidelines incorporated recommendations from both the
Seven Corners Gateway Plan and the Cieveiand Ci�cie Design Guideiines (prepared in 2001 to
guide redevelopment of the Gateway site), and would have been included in a new agreement
with the HRA for the parking ramplbus layover facility project (the 1994 agreement expired in
2004). However, United decided to pursue redevelopment of the site on its own. The
Commission believes it is important to the goals and objectives of the Seven Comers Gateway
Plan for the guidelines to continue to be in place and have a status that allows them to be used
in development and site plan review.
The Commission believes that the attached set of guidelines reflects the pian precedents
estabiished over the past three years. United(Children's agrees with the language as proposed.
The W. 7' Road Federation Board unanimously approved amending the Seven Corners
Gateway Plan to include the guidelines.
RECOMMENDATION
On December 3, 2004, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the amendments.
No oral or written testimony was received, and the Commission approved forwarding the
amendments to you and the City Councii for adoption. A copy of the Commission's adopted
resolution is attached.
The Planning Commission recommends that you forward the attached United/Childrens
Hospitals Development Guidelines to the City Counc+l with a recommendation that they be
adopted as an amendment to the Seven Come�s Gateway P�an. I have aiso included a draft
memo for your signature to send to the City Council.
Attachments
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planhmg commission reso(ution
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date Denember 3, 2004
WHEREAS, the Seven Corne�s Gateway P/an was adopted by the City Councii in 2000 as the
pia�ning and urban design framework for fhe area bounded by Keifogg Boulevard, I-35E,
Grand/ftamsey and Exchange Street; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway P/an contains recommendations in' the areas of urban
design, t-anspo;tation a�� parking, ne•�v residenfiai deveiopmenf, business retention and
expansion, and heritage preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway P/an identified the United/Children's Hospifal campus
as one nf nine 4cey components of the Seven Corners Gateway Urban Viilage, and con"tained a
set of general guidelines for new deve4opment within the campus boundar(es and the hospitais'
r=lationshtip to the farger neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, since 1994, United/Children's Hospita(s has complied with a set of more specific
design and develcpmen; guide{ines as part of a iegal agreement w[th the Saint Pau! Nousing
and RedevefopmentAuthority (HRA); and
WHEREAS, these more specific guide(ines were not inc{uded in the Seven Comers Gateway
P/an because they were already in piace through a legal agreemen±; a�d
WHEREAS, the legal agreement between the HR.4 and United/Children's Hospitals has now
expired; and
WHEREAS, it is imporkant Eo the impiementation of the 5even Comers Gateway P/an to
incorporate the more specific hospitai guide(i�es into the P/an so they can continue to be used
in devefopment and site plan review; and
WHEREAS, bofh the United/Chi{dren's Hospitafs and W. 7th/Fort Road Federation are in
agreement with the guidelines and support amending the Seven Corners Gateway Plan tc
include them; and
moved b� M��ali
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in favor Una_imo,�
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WHEREAS, a public hearing was he4d befora the Planning Commission or Decernber 3, 2004
at which aii persons present were given an opportunify to be heard;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE !T RESOLVED, {hat the Saint Pau1 P(anning Commission finds the
Uni=.ed/Children's Hospitals Development Guidelines (dated September 16, 2004) consistenf
with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and fhe Seven Comers Gateway Plan; and
BE !T FUft7FiER RESOLVED, tfiat tfie Planning Commission recommends amendment of the
Seven Corners Gateway P/an to inciude the UnitedlChildren`s Hospitals Deveiopment
Guide{ines (dated 5eptember 16, 2004). .
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UNITED/CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS
DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
September 16, 2004
The United/Children's Hospitals campus and related medical office buildings occupy the
equivalent of four city biocks immediately west of the downtown core, north of the W. 7"'
commercial district, and within walking distance of the Irvine Park Historic District and
residential neighborhood. It comprises a major institutional presence in an historic
neighborhood of small commercial storefronts, architecturaliy and historically significant homes,
and stunning views of the Saint Paul Cathedral. It is also on the edge of a burgeoning
downtown entertainment district and across Kellogg Boulevard from a pivotal development
parcel at the gateway to downtown. Not oniy is fhe medical campus itself constantly
undergoing change refated to a rapidly-changing medical industry, but parce(s immediately
adjacent to the campus have already experienced significant redevelopment or are under
significant pressure to redevelop in the near future. These development guidelines address
new construction within the campus boundaries, but recognize that the campus sits in a very
unique location relative to downtown, W. 7 Street and the historic Irvine Park neighborhood.
PRECEDENTS
The design of hospitaf campus improvements has been addressed most recently in the Seven
Corners Gateway Plan, adopted by the City Council in 2000. in addition, the Cleveland Ci�cte
Design Guidelines, prepared by the Saint Paui on the Mississippi Design Center in 2001, speak
to urban design considerations for the generai area surrounding the Gateway deveiopment site,
which sits across Keflogg Soulevard immediateiy to the east of the United/Children's Nospital
eastern edge. Both documents use the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework
as their starting point. The recommendations in these documents set the stage for the
development guidelines that foliow.
UNITED/CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
The development guidelines that foliow are based on the precedents noted above. They
replace the United Hospita!/Chiidren's Hospital Genera/ Design and Development Guidelines,
and apply to both new construction and rehabilitation.
General Urban Design Guidelines
1. The design and construction of new buildings should demonstrate a consistent,
identifiable architecture so that they complement the existing composition of buildings
and visually tie the campus together. There should be an internal architectural
cohesiveness (but not monotonyj to the campus.
2. New development should be distinctively urban in character, with buildings up to the
property line to form a continuous street edge, and parking that is underground or
structured.
3. Support services that may be attractive to local residents, business owners, medicai
patients and hospitai emp4oyees should be located in shopfront buifdings along W. 7'"
Street to the greatest extent possible.
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4. New buildings, inciuding parking structures, should add vitality to the street and sidewalk
by providing street-level windows and entrances, active 4irst-floor uses, and pedestrian-
scale elements at street level.
5. Pubiic spaces, including streets and sidewalks, should be framed with buiidings of
appropriate scale, height, massing and setback.
6. The height, scale, massing and configuration of new buiidings should preserve views of
significant landmarks, such as the Cathedra4 and Capitol, and o4 the Mississippi River
valley (down Walnut Street) along public rights-of-way.
7. New parking should be provided underground or in parking structures. if small surface
parking lots are necessary to accommodate short-term or delivery parking, they should
be provided at the rear of the lot or interior to the block.
8. Buildings should provide attractive gateways to the campus, frvine Park Historic District
and downtown, especially along Grand Avenue, 35E and Kellogg Boulevard. Buildings
should respectfully celebrate these gateways, and be of a level of quality and beauty
equal to the beauty of these key entries.
9. Building and public reaim improvements should reinforce Smith Avenue as the campus'
Main Street and central pedestrian spine.
10. Buildings and public realm improvements should be of consistentiy high-quality, durable
materials and construction.
11. The principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) should be
incorporated into all new development, including public spaces.
12, Campus buildings should be designed to be viewed from above as much as from the
street. Green roofs are encouraged to the extent possible.
13. All street segments currently in place should remain open. Streets should r+ot be closed
to create superbiocks.
Public Rea1m Guidelines
14. At-grade (street-levef) pedestrian movement should be encouraged.
15. Buildings should not be constructed over public rights-of-way.
16. 7he ecology of the campus should be improved through responsible stormwater
management in key locations and landscaping in every possible location.
17. Every new building project shouid be used as an opportunity to increase the amount of
landscaping on campus.
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL
Randy C. %e(ly, Mayor
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Decem6er 6, 2004
Council President
Mayor Randy Kelly
Adoption of UnitedlChil"dre
Amendment to tfie Seven
390 City Ha(1
IS WestKello� Boulevard
SaintPau� MN55102
Teleplrone: 657-266-8570
Facsimi[e: 657-228-8SI3
and Members of the Saint Paul City Council
Hospitals Development Guidelines as an
rners Gateway Plan
The Planning Commission is recommending adoption of the United/Childrens Hospitals
development guidelines as an amendment to the Seven Corners Gateway Plan. Please see
the attached memo from Commission Chair George Johnson. I concur with the Commission's
recommendation, and encourage the City Council to adopt the guidefines as an amendment to
the Seven Corners Gateway Plan.
Attachments
AA-ADA-EEO Employec
�EPARTMENT OF PLANNING
& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Susan Bimberly, Direc[ar
CITY OF SAINT PAUL
Rarsdy G %elly, Mayor
DATE:
TO:
December 6, 2004
Mayor Randy Kelly
25 West Four[h Sbeef
Sai�+t Pau� MNSi102
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Telephone: 65I-26b6565
Facsirzeile: 65Z-228-3261
FROM: �George Johnson, Chair, Saint Paul Planning Commission
SUBJECT: Adoption of United/Children's Hospitals Development Guidellnes as an
Amendment to the Seven Corners Gateway Plan
BACKGROUND
The Seven Corners Gateway P/an was adopted by the Saint Paul CiYy Council in 2000 as the
planning and urban design framework for the area bounded by Kellogg Boulevard, i-35E,
Grand/Ramsey and Exchange Street. ft was prepared by the Saint Paul on the Mississippi
Design Center at the direction of then-Councilmember Chris Coleman to guide future
development in the area, and to respond to the chaAenges and opportunities presented by new
construction on the western edge of downtown (e.g. Xcel Arena, Science Museum,
RiverCentre). In order to maintain a diversity of land uses, retain the area's unique sense of
place, protect neighborhood character and take advantage of an improved economic climate,
the 5even Corners Gateway Plan contains recommendations in the areas of urban design,
transportation and parking, new residential development, business retention and expansion,
and heritage preservation.
The Seven Corners Gateway Plan identified the hospitai campus as one of nine key
components of the Gateway Urban Village. The Plan recommends the following for the
United/Children's campus:
1. Building and construction of new medica! campus buildings should demonstrate a
consistent, identifiabie archttecture.
2. The streetscape and pedestrian character of Smith Avenue should be improved.
3. When the Gold ftamp is expanded, its design and development should include retail
bays at street level to house additional hospital or community business opportunities.
A. The hospitals should pursue opportunities to locate support services attractive to locai
residents, business owners, medicai patients and empioyees in shopfront buildings
afong W. 7"' Street, outside the primary health care facilities.
5. Incentives for hospitai employees ta use transit and live within the Seven Corners
Gateway area shou�d be encouraged.
6. The City and community should devefop a comprehensive parking strategy for the entire
Seven Corners Gateway that includes additional construction, management and policing
of parking facilities.
7. The City and community shouid devefop a comprehensive street improvement program
along Smith Avenue that includes both public right-of-way and private entry courts to
medical buildings as a means for connecting medical buildings into a unified campus.
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December 6, 2004
Mayor Randy Kelly
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A copy of the Plan's "chapte�' on the United/Ghildren's Hospitals campus is attached.
THE UNITEDlCHILDREN'S HOSPITALS DEVELOPMENT GUIQELINES
Since 1994, United/Chifdren's Hospitals have complied with a set of generai design and
development guidelines as part of a lega� agreement with the Saint Paul Housing and
Redevelopment Authority (HRA}. Secause this agreement was in pface at the tiine the Seven
Corners Gateway Plan was prepared, the guidelines were not included in the Plan.
The guidelines were updated last year when United was contempiating redevelopment of the
surface parking lot at the corner of Smith Avenue and Kellogg Boulevard in conjunction with a
bus layover facility. The updated guidelines incorporated recommendations from both the
Seven Corners Gateway P(an and the Cleve/and Circle Design Guidelines (prepared in 2001 to
guide redevelopment of the Gateway site), and would have been included in a new agreement
with the HRA for the parking ramp/bus layover facility project (the 1994 agreement expired in
2004}. However, United decided to pursue redevelopment of the site on its own. The
Commission believes it is important to the goals and objectives of the Seven Co�ners Gateway
Plan for the guidelines Yo continue to be in pface and have a status that allows them to be used
in development and site plan review.
The Commission believes that the attached set of guidelines reflects the pfan precedents
established over the past three years. United/Ghildren's agrees with the fanguage as proposed.
The �nJ. 7 Road Federation Board unanimousiy approved amending the Seven Corners
Gateway Plan to i�clude the guidelines.
RECOMMENDATION
On December 3, 2004, the Planning Commiss+on held a public hearing on the amendments.
No oral or written testimony was received, and the Commission approved forwarding the
amendments to you and the Gity Counci! for adoption. A copy of the Commission's adopted
resolution is attached.
The Planning Commission recommends that you forward the attached United/Childrens
Hospitals Development Guidelines to the City Council with a recommendation that they be
adopted as an amendment to the Seven Corners Gateway Plan. i have a{so included a draft
memo for your signature to send to the City Councif.
Attachments
AA-A.DA-EEO Hmployex
t�s oy
city of saint paul
planning commissPon reso(ution
fiie number o4-��0
date December 3, 2004
WHEREAS, the Seven Comers Gateway Plan was adopted by the City Council in 2000 as the
pianning and urban design framework for the arsa bounded by Kellogg Boulevard, 1-35E,
Grand/Ramsey and Exchange Street; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway P/an contains recommendations in the areas of urban
desigr:, ±; ansportatio� ar,d parking, ne,� residentiai development, business retention and
expansion, and heritage preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Seven Corners Gateway P/an identified the Unifed/Children's Hospital campus
as one of nine 4cey components of tha 5aven Corners Gateway Urban Viilage, and contained a
set of general guidelines for new developmenF with(n the campus boundaries and the hospitals'
relationship to the larger nelghborhood; a�d
WHEREAS, since 1994, United/Children's Hospitals has comp4ied wifh a set of more specific
dssign and dsve;cprr,eni guidel�nes as part of a legai agreement with the Saint Paul Housing
and Redevelopmenf Authority (HRA); and
WHEREAS, these more specific guid=lines were not included in the Seven Corners Gateway
Plan because they were a{ready in piace through a legal agreemen±; and
WHEREAS, the legal agreem2nt between Ehe HRA and United/Children's Hospitals has now
expired; and
WHEREAS, it is important to the impiementation of the Seven Corners Gateway P/an to
incorporate the more specific hospita{ guidelines into the Plan so they can continue to be used
in deve{opment and site plan review; and
WHEREAS, both the United/Chi{dren's Hospitals and W. 7thiFort Road Federation are in
agreement with the guidelines and support amending the Seven Corners Gafeway P/an tc
incfude them; and
moved by MeGall
seconded by
in favor Unanimons
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WHEREAS, a public hearing was held before the Pianning Commission on December 3. 2004
ai Nrhich a(! persons present were �iven an opportunify to be heard;
NOW, THER��ORE, BE iT RESOLVED, fhat the Saint Paul Pianning Commission finds the
Unif=d/Chiidren's Hospitais Development Guidelines (dafed Sepfember 16, 2004) consistent
with the Saint Paui Compre�ensive Plan and ihe Seven Comers Gateway Plan; and
BE iT PURTHER RESOLVED, fhat the Planning Commission racommends amendment of the
Sevea Comers �ateway P/an to indude fhe United/Chiidren's Hospitals Developmen�
Guidelines (dafed Sepfember 16, 2004).
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UNITED/CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS
DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
September 16, 2004
The UnitedlChildren's Hospitals campus and related medicat office buildings occupy the
equivalent of four city btocks immediatety west of the downtown core, north of the W. 7
commercial district, and within walking distance of the Irvine Park Historic District and
residentiai neighborhood. It comprises a major institutional presence in an historic
neighborhood of small commercial storefronts, architecturally and historically significant homes,
and stunning views of the Saint Paul Cathedral. It is also on the edge of a burgeoning
downtown entertainment district and across Kellogg Boulevard from a pivotat development
parcel at the gateway to downtown. Not only is the medical campus itseif constantiy
undergoing change related to a rapidly-changing medical industry, but parcels immediately
adjacent to the campus have already experienced significant redevetopment or are under
significant pressure to redevelop in the near future. These development guidelines address
new construction within the campus boundaries, but recognize that the campus sits in a very
unique location relative to downtown, W. 7` Street and the historic Irvine Park neighborhood.
PRECEDENTS
The design of hospital campus improvements has been addressed most recentiy in the Seven
Comers Gateway Plan, adopted by the City Gouncil in 2000. In addition, the Cleveland Circle
Design Guidelines, prepared by the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Design Center in 2001, speak
to urban design considerations for the general area surrounding the Gateway development site,
which sits across Kellogg Boulevard immediately to the east of the United/Chiidren's Hospital
eastern edge. Both documents use the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Deve%pment Framework
as their starting poini. The recommendations in these documents set the stage for the
development guidefines that follow.
UNITED/CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
The development guidelines that follow are based on the precedents noted above. They
replace the United Hospital/Children's Hospital General Design and Development Guidelines,
and apply to both new construction and rehabilitation.
General Urban Design Guidelines
1. The design and construction of new buifdings should demonstrate a consistent,
identifiable architecture so that they complement the existing composition of buildings
and visually tie the campus together. There shouid be an intemal architectural
cohesiveness (but not monotony) #o the campus.
2. New development should be distinctively urban in character, with buiidings up to the
property line to form a continuous street edge, and parking that is underground or
structured.
3. Suppork services that may be attractive to local residents, business owners, medicai
patients and hospital employees should be located in shopfront buildings along W. 7'"
Street to the greatest e�ent possible.
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4. New buildings, including parking structures, shouid add vitality to the street and sidewalk
by providing street-levei windows and entrances, active first-floor uses, and pedestrian-
scale elements at street level.
5, Public spaces, including streets and sidewalks, should be framed with buildings of
appropriate scale, height, massing and setback.
6. 7he height, scale, massing and confrguration of new buiidings should preserve views of
significant iandmarks, such as the Cathedral and Capitoi, and of the Mississippi River
valley (down Walnut Street) along public rights-of-way.
7. New parking should be provided underground or in parking structures. If small surface
parking lots are necessary to accommodate short-term or delivery pasking, they should
be provided at the rear of the lot or interior to the bfock.
8. Buildings should provide attractive gateways to the campus, lrvine Park Historic District
and downtown, especially along Grand Avenue, 35E and Kellogg Boulevard. Buildings
should respectfully celebrate these gateways, and be of a level of quality and beauty
equaf to the beauty of these key entries.
9. Suifding and public reafm improvements should reinforce Smith Avenue as the campus'
Main Street and central pedestrian spine.
10. Buildings and public realm improvements should be of consistently high-quality, durable
materiais and construction.
11. The principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) should be
incorporated into ali new development, including pubfic spaces.
12. Campus buildings should be designed to be viewed from above as much as from the
street. Green roofs are encouraged to the extent possible.
13. All street segments currently in place should remain open. Streets should not be closed
to create superbiocks.
Pubiic Realm Guidelines
14. At-grade (street-level) pedestrian movement should be encouraged.
15. Suildings should not be constructed over public rights-of-way.
16. The ecology of the campus should be improved through responsible stormwater
management in key locations and landscaping in every possibfe location.
17. Every new building project shouid be used as an opportunity to increase the amount of
landscaping on campus.
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Architecture Guidelines
18. New buildings should be clearly a product of their own time, yet relate to existing
buildings so that there is some architectural coherence throughout the campus.
19. Buildings should be designed with an articulated base that relates to the scale of the
pedestrian at street level.
20. Blank walis should be avoided. Where this is not possible, exterior walis should
incorporate ornamental features such as art (murals), plantings, architectural detailing
and/or changes in buifding material to break up large wall masses.
21. Buiidings shouid have an external orientation to adjacent public spaces.
22. Window openings shoufd be recessed to achieve window depth and give buiidings a
sense of °weight." Window glass shoufd be clear, ratherthan mirrored, highfy-reffective
or heavily-tinted.
23. Window shape, size, pattern and deta+ling should be designed to emphasize a vertica{
orientation to new buildings.
24. Exterior mechanical equipment should 6e screened from view from public rights-of-way.
Rooftop mechanicaf systems, and head houses for elevators and stairs, shoufd be
enclosed and concealed from view, and enclosures should be similar in form, design,
material and color to that of the building(s). Rooftop enclosures should be as attractive
as possible to those viewing them from above.
25. Building service facilities (garbage, loading, etc.) should be screened from public view.
26. Individual building signage and other architectural graphics should be coordinated
throughout the campus.
27. Building lighting shouid highlight entries, walkways and design features, but should not
shine into the adjacent commerciai district, Irvine Park neighborhood, or the residential
neighborhood across 35E.
28. Buiiding materials and colors should be used to unify the campus and reiate to the
architecture of the surrounding neighborhood. Whife the direct repfication of historic
building styles should be avoided, new buildings should reflect their context.
29. Building entries for pedestrians should be clearly visibie from the street and sidewalk.
3Q, The entrances to parking structures shou(d be appropriately scafed so that they do not
dominate the street frontage of a building. Ingress and egress to structured parking
should be as unobtrusive as possible. Sidewalk treatments should be conYinued across
driveways.
31. New parking structures should contain active uses at street level.
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Architecture Guidelines
18. New buildings should be ciearly a producf of their own time, yet relate to existing
buildings so that there is some architectural coherence throughout the campus.
19. Buildings should be designed with an articulated base that relates to the scale of the
pedestrian at street level.
20. Blank walls should be avoided. Where this is not possible, exterior walis should
incorporate ornamental features such as art (murals), plantings, architectural detailing
andlor changes in building material to break up farge wafl masses.
21. Buildings should have an e�ernal orientation to adjacent public spaces.
22. Window openings shouid be recessed to achieve window depth and give buiidings a
sense of "weight." Window glass should be clear, rather than mirrored, highiy-reflective
or heavily-tinted.
23. Window shape, size, pattern and detailing should be designed to emphasize a vertical
orientation to new buildings.
24. Exterior mechanical equipment should be screened from view from public rights-of-way.
Rooftop mechanical systems, and head houses for elevators and stairs, should be
enclosed and concealed from view, and enclosures should be similar in form, design,
material and color to that of the buiiding(s). Rooftop enclosures should be as attractive
as possible to those viewing them from above.
25. Building service facilities (garbage, loading, etc.) should be screened from public view.
26. Individual building signage and other architectural graphics should be coordinated
throughout the campus.
27. Building lighting should highlight entries, walkways and design features, but should not
shine into the adjacent commercial district, Irvine Park neighborhood, or the residential
neighborhood across 35E.
28. Building materials and colors should be used to unify the campus and relate to the
architecture of the surrounding neighborhood. Whife the direct replication of historic
building styles should be avoided, new buildings should refiect their context.
29. Building entries for pedestrians should be dearly visible from the street and sidewafk.
30. The entrances to parking structures should be appropriately scaled so that they do not
dominate the street 4rontage of a building. Ingress and egress to structured parking
should be as unobtrusive as possibie. Sidewaik treatments should be continued across
driveways.
31. New parking structures should contain active uses at street level.
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