Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Pursuant to adjournment, the City Plan Commission met
in the Common Council Chambers of City Hall,
Mayor Tepper called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call:
Present: Mayor Jerome Tepper, Commissioners Izzy Goldberg, Joseph
Colacino, Fred Cohn, Ilmar Junge, Larry Appel, and Dennis Noble. Absent:
None.
Other Officials Present: Richard E. Maslowski, City
Administrator, Todd M. Stuebe, Director of Community Development, and Kenneth
J. Veriga, Planning and Zoning Administrator.
In accordance with the Open Meeting Law, the Glendale
Herald, the City's official newspaper, was advised on Thursday, May 1, 2008, of
the date of this meeting, the agenda was posted on the official bulletin board
in City Hall, copies of the agenda were made available to the general public in
the Municipal Building and the Police Department, and those persons who have
requested were sent copies of the agenda.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
The members of the Plan Commission, City staff and all
those present pledged allegiance to the flag of the
Following the Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Tepper
welcomed and wished good luck to Ilmar Junge as the newest member of the Plan
Commission, serving out an unexpired term.
ADOPTION OF THE
MINUTES.
Motion was made by Comm. Colacino, seconded by Comm. Cohn,
to approve the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, March 31, 2008. Roll Call:
Ayes: Mayor Tepper, Commissioners
Goldberg, Colacino, Junge, Appel, and Noble.
Noes: None. Abstain:
Commissioner Cohn. Motion carried
unanimously.
MATTERS FOR
CONSIDERATION.
I.
7:00 PM Conditional Use Hearing, BPP
Mr. Stuebe stated that the Staff Report was distributed to the
Plan Commissioners and Applicant and is incorporated herein as follows:
Applicant, BPP Wisconsin, L.L.C., seeks conditional
use approval for a Super 8 Motel to occupy the subject building for use as a
motel. The building and property was
most recently occupied by Exel Inn. BPP
Wisconsin, L.L.C., a joint venture of hotel company Interstate Hotels &
Resorts, Incorporated, and FCC Capital Corporation, has acquired Exel Inns of
America of Madison and is re-branding the
On April 16, 1985 the Plan Commission approved Exel
Inn’s proposal for a three-story 126-room motel on the site of the
Ray’s/Dettman’s Florists site that was owned by Robert Gieringer. The Exel Inn was issued an Occupancy Permit
dated August 20, 1985. The site plan
indicates that the site has a total of about 114 parking stalls. The proposed Super 8 Motel operates 24 hours per
day throughout the year.
Although still in the works, Super 8 Motel plans to
make a number of improvements to the property including updating the site
landscaping and adding several planters, performing exterior building
maintenance, resealing and re-striping the parking lot, remodeling the interior
lobby space and complimentary breakfast area (also adding a flat-panel
television set), changing one of the guest rooms to a meeting room with a flat
panel television set, remodeling all of the first floor guest rooms, as well as
remodeling the exercise facility and guest laundry. Brian Risman, the general manager for the
facility, will be prepared to elaborate on the anticipated improvements.
Existing conforming signs will be changed over from
Exel Inn to the Super 8 Motel.
Mr.
Stuebe stated that Staff recommends approval of a Conditional Use Permit for
BPP Wisconsin, L.L.C., to occupy 5485 North Port Washington Road for use by
Super 8 Motel as a motel hospitality use, subject to the following conditions: 1) Subject to annual conditional use review;
2) Signs are subject to a permit through Community Development Department staff
under the Glendale Sign Code; 3) All landscaping and lighting features being
maintained and replaced and/or replenished whenever necessary pursuant to
tenant/owner lease responsibilities; 4) Dumpster location to be reviewed and
approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator; 5) Subject to obtaining a
Code Compliance Inspection Certificate of Compliance 6) All City of Glendale
building and fire codes being carried out to the satisfaction of the Building
Inspector and North Shore Fire Department; 7) Written certification by owner of
compliance with State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce requirements for
physically disabled parking prior to issuance of Occupancy Permit.
Mayor
Tepper asked the Applicant to introduce himself.
The
Applicant, Brian Risman, General Manager of Super 8 stated he works for
Interstate Hotel and Resorts which is the new management company that took over
22 of the Exel Inn Hotels throughout the country and they are converting them
to different flags, Super 8 happens to be the one that they are flagging this
hotel. Mr. Risman stated that they are
doing quite a bit of renovation to the hotel pursuant to the reflagging, Super
8 requires certain things to be done, and they have what they call a property
improvement plan in place that will be completed no later than October 1st of
this year with all 22 of their hotels, a new lobby area, a new exercise
facility, new breakfast room, exterior, continuing that he believes they will
be doing some painting, resealing and re-striping the parking lot, putting a
new dumpster area in which is needed because obviously it is not big enough, and
they have a landscaping plan in place which will be completed, and a general
spruce up to make the hotel look as it should as it is in a beautiful part of
the City now.
Mayor
Tepper asked if anyone had any questions of Mr. Risman.
Comm.
Colacino asked Mr. Risman how long he had been with the Super 8 at this
location.
Mr.
Risman stated that they took over on February 8 of this year, and he joined
Interstate Hotel and Resorts again, previously he was a general manager with
them for a year and a half in
Comm.
Colacino stated that he thinks you may know where some of his questions are going. Comm. Colacino stated that there have been
some very unpleasant activities that have occurred in that location, especially
involving minors, and as a City we take pride in our businesses here, of
course, but we are also very concerned about our guests and our residents. Comm. Colacino asked if they have a security
plan that you can address some of these concerns, continuing that the Police
Chief granted him a report of about 144 incidences that were called in the last
year, and the Police Department believes that it is better to be proactive than
reactive. Comm. Colacino asked if they
have a security plan in place that they will be willing to work with the City,
the Police Department, and the Police Safety Officer.
Mr.
Risman replied absolutely, and stated that he thinks they have established a
good rapport with the Police Department since he has been there, identifying
himself as the Assistant Manager that has been there, and that they encourage
the Police to enter the building any time they deem fit, continuing that the
Police Department does a security sweep of the parking lot, and added that they
do have a security person from an outside firm that they employ that works
Friday and Saturday evenings which tends to have more busy local traffic. Mr. Risman stated that they have business travelers
during the week and tend not to have as many problems with that. Mr. Risman stated that the situation that he
thinks we are all aware of that happened at the hotel was honestly a travesty
to occur, adding that they reviewed their policies and how they perceived
checking a person in that was arrested at the hotel regarding minors. Mr. Risman stated that they do require
identification of these people, they did secure identification, and stated that
they do have security cameras and the Police were able to use that. Mr. Risman stated that the gentleman checked
in with no knowledge from the staff that there would be any problems of him,
the Police did an excellent job of coming to the property and walking through
the building that evening and found, based on smelling marijuana in the
building, and took care of the problem and got it out of there. Mr. Risman stated that obviously they do not
want that type of traffic at their hotel, that when they took over the property,
they raised their rates substantially from what Exel Inn was, there thought was
that putting a flag on this hotel with the Super 8 name and doing the
improvements, that the hotel can garner a higher rate for the occupants and
then not have those type of people coming to the hotel, specifying that and
local traffic that do cause problems.
Mr. Risman stated that they will absolutely work with the Police in any
regard to make sure that things like that do not occur in the future and stated
again that he believes that they do have a great rapport with the Police and
they want to cooperate completely with them.
Comm.
Colacino stated that you referred to your rates and asked if the rates would be
going up from what they are at this point.
Mr.
Risman replied in the affirmative and stated that the rates from what Exel Inn
charged are substantially lower, not having a national brand behind the Exel
Inn chain made their rates a lot lower than a normal or typical hotel would be
in this market, and that they do not have many hotels to compete against but a
Radisson, a Residence Inn, and the La Quinta, their rates are higher than they
are and the other La Quinta down the street is approximately where their rates
are as well. Mr. Risman stated that the goal is that once
the property improvement plan is completed their rates will go up and,
obviously, they would want to make more money for their ownership right now,
but they need to step that up as they go, adding that they came in and raised
their rates $15 the first weekend and their business dropped substantially, and
they had to lower and offer a special rate right and that type of thing, but
they are still seeing some of the weekend traffic that they had seen previous
to raising and lowering the rates. Mr.
Risman stated that they are starting to see more business travelers come into
the area, continuing stating that the chain they are affiliated with is Wyndham
and they have a number of flags, Super 8 being one of them, Days Inn being
another, and they have a program called trip rewards where people get a
frequent stay program and they are seeing a lot of activity with that. These are the business travelers, and these
are the guys that are on the road every week, they are the road warriors, and
they are the ones that are coming, that are the guests that they want and that
is the business that they need to capture.
Mr. Risman stated that they are looking at getting groups and weekend
business, family reunions, church groups, and those types of things to fill up the
weekends so they do not have that local activity, they do not want that
ideally.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions of Mr. Risman, and stated that
hearing none that they would close off that portion, continuing by asked if any
one wished to make a motion relative to the application for a conditional use.
Motion
by Comm. Cohn, seconded by Comm. Goldberg, to approve a Conditional Use Permit
for BPP Wisconsin, L.L.C., to occupy
II.
7:00 PM Conditional Use Hearing, Blommer, Incorporated (Chocolate
Factory),
Mr. Stuebe stated that the Staff Report was distributed to the
Plan Commissioners and Applicant and is incorporated herein as follows:
Applicant, Blommer Incorporated (Peter H. Blommer),
seeks conditional use approval for Chocolate Factory to occupy a tenant space
located in the subject building for use as a headquarters and internet sales
office. The building and property is
owned by Fred Tabak, and the tenant space area in question was most recently
occupied by Dynamic Defense, martial arts focused enterprise. The site is zoned B-4 Office-Research-Service
Business District and, under the requirements of Section 13.1.37, the proposed
use and plan of operation are subject to review and approval by the Plan
Commission.
Applicant reports that The Chocolate Factory has been
operating in the
The
Since the time that the Plan Commission approved the
conditional use permit for Dynamic Defense the owner has continued to attend to
landscaping and outdoor storage.
No signs are proposed at this time.
Mr.
Stuebe stated that Staff recommends approval of a Conditional Use Permit for Blommer,
Incorporated, to occupy 6045 North Green Bay Avenue for use by Chocolate
Factory as a headquarters and internet sales office, subject to the following
conditions: 1) Subject to annual
conditional use review; 2) Signs are subject to a permit through Community
Development Department staff under the Glendale Sign Code; 3) All landscaping
and lighting features being maintained and replaced and/or replenished whenever
necessary pursuant to tenant/owner lease responsibilities; 4) Dumpster location
to be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator; 5)
Subject to obtaining a Code Compliance Inspection Certificate of Compliance 6)
All City of Glendale building and fire codes being carried out to the
satisfaction of the Building Inspector and North Shore Fire Department; 7)
Written certification by owner of compliance with State of Wisconsin Department
of Commerce requirements for physically disabled parking prior to issuance of
Occupancy Permit.
Mayor
Tepper asked the Applicant to introduce himself.
Mike
Toffler introduced himself as Vice President and General Manager of Blommer Incorporated,
doing business as The Chocolate Factory.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there was a statement that you wished to make.
Mr.
Toffler stated that they have been doing business for 36 years and that they
are the oldest independent retail operator at Bayshore Mall, that they are here
to stay, and that they have seven locations, and continued that have a lot of
stuff that they need to store and that is what he is here for. Mr. Toffler concluded by stating that they
are using it as an office and some internet sales coming out of Mr. Tabak’s
warehouse.
Mayor
Tepper asked the other Applicant to introduce himself.
Fred
Tabak introduced himself as the owner of the building and Mayor Tepper’s
partner for about 30-some years, continuing that he stated that in the interest
of full disclosure.
Mayor
Tepper stated that he does not want that to influence anybody, and that it
certainly does not influence him, and asked if anyone had any questions.
Comm.
Goldberg stated that he has one question and asked if there would be any big
changes to this office space or is it going to stay as it is, just move right
in.
Mr.
Toffler replied in the affirmative and that there are not any changes to make,
continuing that the only thing that they did is put a phone line in and that
was it.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions.
Comm.
Noble stated that basically this is an office and you are supplying the stores
out of there.
Mr.
Toffler replied in the affirmative and stated that there is not someone there
all of the time, it is just office and he stops in once a day or once every
other day. Mr. Toffler stated that there
are a few items that Cisco, their food service, will not stock for them, so they
have a few items stocked there and they would go and pick them up.
Comm.
Noble asked if that services the stores.
Mr.
Toffler replied in the affirmative.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions.
Comm.
Colacino asked if there will be delivery of supplies to this location or is
that done to the individual stores.
Mr.
Toffler replied in the negative and stated that only when he needs a special
order he will have someone drop it off, but very little activity.
Comm.
Colacino asked if there would be any semis or trucks.
Mr.
Toffler replied in the negative.
Mayor
Tepper stated that he does not think you could even get a semi-trailer back
there.
Comm.
Colacino stated that you would know.
Mayor
Tepper reiterated that he does not think that you can, and that he would not
want to be the driver, and then asked if there were any other questions and,
hearing none, asked if there was a motion relative to this application.
Motion by Comm. Goldberg,
seconded by Comm. Colacino, to approve a Conditional Use Permit for Blommer,
Incorporated, to occupy
III.
7:00 PM Conditional Use Hearing, A Step Above (Annette F. Howard),
IV.
7:00 PM Conditional Use Hearing, Glamour Doll Beauty Salon (Annette F.
Howard),
Mr. Maslowski requested
permission of the Chairman to combine “A Step Above” and the next item,
“Glamour Doll Beauty Salon”, at the same time as they have the same owner and
address. Mr. Stuebe stated that the Staff Report for each item was
distributed to the Plan Commissioners and Applicant, and the Staff Reports for
“A Step Above” and Glamour Doll Beauty Salon” are incorporated herein as
follows:
A Step Above
Applicant, Annette F. Howard seeks conditional use
approval for A Step Above, a women’s shoe boutique, to occupy about 500 square
feet of tenant space in the basement level of the
General Site Condition and Organization.
The
Hours of Operation and Number of Employees. The business
operates Monday through Friday from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturdays from 9:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m. A maximum of two (2) employees will working
at the site at any given time.
Glamour Doll Beauty Salon
Applicant, Annette F. Howard, seeks conditional use approval
for Glamour Doll Beauty Salon to occupy about 437 square feet of tenant space
in the basement level of the
General Site Condition and Organization.
The
Hours of Operation and Number of Employees. The business operates Tuesday through
Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. A
maximum of three (3) employees will be working at the site at any given time.
No sign permit information has been submitted for
review.
Mr.
Stuebe stated that Staff recommends approval of a Conditional Use Permit for A
Step Above, a women’s shoe boutique, and Glamour Doll Beauty Salon, a beauty
salon, to occupy the designated lower level space at 6004 North Port Washington
Road, subject to the following identical conditions for each shop: 1) Subject to annual conditional use review;
2) Signs are subject to a permit through Community Development Department staff
under the Planned Sign Program for the property; 3) All landscaping and
lighting features being maintained and replaced and/or replenished whenever
necessary pursuant to tenant/owner lease responsibilities; 4) Dumpster location
to be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator; 5)
Subject to obtaining a Code Compliance Inspection Certificate of Compliance 6)
All City of Glendale building and fire codes being carried out to the
satisfaction of the Building Inspector and North Shore Fire Department; 7)
Written certification by owner of compliance with State of Wisconsin Department
of Commerce requirements for physically disabled parking prior to issuance of
Occupancy Permit.
Annette
Fitzgerald Howard introduced herself and stated she is here to represent A Step
Above and Glamour Doll Beauty Salon.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there was a statement that you wish to make.
Ms.
Howard stated that having a shoe boutique as well as a beauty salon would be
very good for the area for the beautiful women in the area.
Mayor
Tepper stated that you can not argue with that.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there was anybody that would wish to ask Ms. Howard some
questions and hearing none, stated that we will take up Item 3c first, and
asked if there was a motion relative to the Application for Conditional Use for
Item 3c.
Motion
by Comm. Cohn, seconded by Comm. Colacino, to approve a Conditional Use Permit
for A Step Above, a women’s shoe boutique, to occupy the designated lower level
space at
Mayor
Tepper stated that we have now taken care of Item 3c, that we now have a shoe
boutique, continuing that now let us talk about Item 3d, the beauty salon.
Comm.
Colacino asked how many chairs would be in the salon.
Ms.
Howard stated so far five.
Comm.
Colacino asked if these are leased areas.
Ms.
Howard replied in the affirmative.
Comm.
Colacino stated that there will be independent contractors.
Ms.
Howard replied in the affirmative.
Mayor
Tepper inquired when you say so far five how many can it actually fit.
Ms.
Howard stated that it can actually fit seven, but five to be comfortable.
Mayor
Tepper asked what was there before, was there a salon before.
Ms.
Howard replied in the affirmative.
Mayor
Tepper asked how many chairs were there before.
Ms.
Howard stated that there were about five.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions or discussion.
Motion
by Comm. Cohn, seconded by Comm. Goldberg, to approve a Conditional Use Permit
for Glamour Doll Beauty Salon, a beauty salon, to occupy the designated lower
level space at
V.
7:00 PM Conditional Use Hearing, Genserve Company (Steve Kupferman), 6055
North
The Staff Report was distributed to the Plan Commissioners and
Applicant and is incorporated herein as follows:
Genserve Company (Steve Kupferman) proposes to occupy
an area of about 15-feet by 45-feet on the subject site for outdoor storage of
a 12-foot crate truck and an 8-foot by 20-foot storage container. The vacant
Mr. Kupferman will store items such as tools
(hand/power tools), construction materials (wood, plywood), paint, water hoses,
and a gasoline container in the storage container. The 12-foot crate truck is used to travel to
various project sites.
Over the last several
In June of 2003 the Plan Commission granted
conditional use approval for Walsh Piano & Furniture Movers, Incorporated,
to store between three and seven trucks (typically 26-foot in length) on the
west side of the site and to utilize a small space in the former Provencher
Building as a daily meeting space. The
conditional use permit was approved subject to a number of conditions including
the general requirements mentioned above.
While not included in the recommended conditions listed below, it should
be noted that if the site continues to be utilized as an outdoor storage yard
then landscape screening will eventually need to be provided to screen the view
from North Flint Road and neighboring properties, and security fencing may also
be in order.
Mr.
Stuebe stated that Staff recommends approval of a Limited Conditional Use
Permit for Genserve Company (Steve Kupferman) to store one 12-foot crate truck
and one 8-foot by 20-foot storage container on the designated 15-foot by
45-foot space, subject to the following conditions: 1) The subject Limited Conditional Use Permit
expires December 31, 2010; 2) Removal of any miscellaneous natural and man-made
piles, materials, debris, and brush currently stored outdoors on the site to
the satisfaction of the Planning & Zoning Administrator prior to issuance
of an Occupancy Permit; 3) Outdoor storage plan depicting all tenant outdoor
storage areas and area to be hard surfaced with compacted gravel or asphalt to
be submitted for final review and approval by the Planning & Zoning
Administrator prior to issuance of an Occupancy Permit; 4) All
screening/landscaping being maintained and replaced and/or replenished whenever
necessary; 5) Dumpster enclosure per Section 13.1.144(d) of the Code of
Ordinances; 6) Obtain a stormwater management permit subject to Section 6-5 of
the Code of Ordinances and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District approval;
7) All building and fire codes being carried out to the satisfaction of the
Building Inspector and Fire Marshall, respectively; and; 8) Written
certification by owner of compliance with State of Wisconsin Department of
Commerce requirements for physically disabled parking prior to issuance of
Occupancy Permit. Mr. Stuebe added that
the Conditional Use Permit should also be subject to annual conditional use
review.
Mayor
Tepper asked the Applicant to introduce himself and asked if there was a
statement he wished to make.
The
Applicant introduced himself as Steve Kupferman and stated that the proposal is
self explanatory and that he is just looking for a place to do business.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there is anybody that has any questions.
Comm.
Cohn stated that in the write-up here it states that in the tool shed or in a
shed you will have construction materials, wood, plywood, paint, water hoses,
and gasoline container. Comm. Cohn asked
what safety factors will go into storing paint, gasoline, and wood products.
Mr.
Kupferman stated that the major concern, the way he sees it as far as code compliance
issues, is venting so that fumes will not build up inside, which is none,
continuing that the structure he is using for storage is actually a steel
storage container, a shipping container, that has been vented already, and the
amount of fumes that could possibly accumulate is minimal anyway because there
is just one gasoline can, most of the time it is empty, and all of the paint
cans are sealed and they are never stored more than, by winter hits, 6 months,
and concluded by stating that he disposes of them with regularity.
Comm.
Colacino asked what kind of business Mr. Kupferman is in.
Mr.
Kupferman replied that he is in construction.
Comm.
Colacino asked Mr. Maslowski if there was some kind of ordinance concerning
placement of storage containers on a property as far as a new ordinance that we
just established.
Mr.
Maslowski stated that is why it is here, that it requires a permit approval by
the Plan Commission with whatever conditions are placed on it.
Comm.
Appel asked the Applicant to identify the neighbors, what is immediately to the
east of you, continuing that he did not get a chance to look at this himself.
Mr.
Kupferman stated he is not quite sure that he knows.
Comm.
Appel asked if it is vacant land.
Mr.
Kupferman stated that it is a rented out lot to potentially himself and other
companies to do basically the same thing he is doing, maybe not exact same
items but there are vehicles parked and stored there, a moving company, a
landscape company, so basically what he is proposing is in character with the
usage of the current lot.
Comm.
Appel stated that this is a question for staff, is that something that has
already been permitted or licensed or zoned or whatever.
Mr.
Stuebe stated that in 2003 the Walsh Piano and Furniture Moving Company was
approved to occupy the site, there are a couple of others that were
historically present on the site, however, we do have a new property owner
since 2003 and the property owner also owns the property to the south that has
a structure on it, so improvements have been made since that time and the staff
is working with this property owner to try to encourage the continued
improvement and clean up on both of these sites.
Comm.
Appel asked if this is something that long-term is our vision for this vacant
land.
Mr.
Stuebe stated probably not, that the long term vision is probably for some type
of building to be developed on the site which the owner has in mind but the market
has not quite settled.
Mayor
Tepper stated that he thinks the answer to that is that it is a Limited
Conditional Use and it expires in two years or two and one-half years on
December 31, 2010, continuing that the anticipation he assumes is that it would
be developed in some other way after that.
Comm.
Appel stated that anyone else coming in during that period on one of these
little parcels could do the same thing and get approval.
Mr.
Maslowski stated with your approval.
Comm.
Appel asked how could you deny it.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions of Mr. Kupferman and that, hearing
none, asked if anybody wished to make a motion relative to this application.
Motion
by Comm. Cohn, seconded by Comm. Noble, to approve a Limited Conditional Use
Permit for Genserve Company (Steve Kupferman) to store one 12-foot crate truck
and one 8-foot by 20-foot storage container on the designated 15-foot by
45-foot space, subject to the eight Staff recommendations. Roll Call:
Ayes: Mayor Tepper, Commissioners
Goldberg, Cohn, Junge, and Noble. Noes: Commissioner Colacino. Abstain:
Commissioner Appel. Motion
carried by a vote of 5-1 with one abstention.
VI.
Specific Implementation Plan, Orthopaedic
The Staff Report was distributed to the Plan Commissioners and
Applicant and is incorporated herein as follows:
The applicant, Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin,
proposes to construct a new four-level orthopaedic hospital of about 94,824
square feet. The site is zoned PD
Planned Development District and, under the requirements of the Zoning Code and
the Planned Development Agreement, the proposed Specific Implementation Plan is
subject to review and approval by the Plan Commission. The larger site that includes the existing
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, as well as the proposed new facility, is
subject to an existing development agreement, and the proposed use is
consistent with the existing agreement.
The new building will include four levels with the
first level at 31,836 square feet, the second level at 33,039 square feet, the
third level at 23,670 square feet, and a fourth level mechanical penthouse at
6,279 Square feet, totaling about 94,824 square feet. The interior layout is indicated on the floor
plans. Future expansion areas are
indicated to the northeast and southwest of the proposed building. No timeframes have been established for
future expansion plans.
The exterior building materials are primarily brick
masonry units, with aluminum composite panels, and metal fascia. Metal panel siding and fascia is utilized on
the mechanical penthouse and the back of the third floor. During the Plan Commission meeting the
Applicant will present larger size images of the building, site and landscaping
plans, as well as the building material/color samples.
Applicant has presented a fact sheet (included in
packet) discussing how the required site parking was determined for both the new
hospital use and the existing building.
Applicant anticipates that existing building will be utilized primarily
as a medical office use in the future.
Parking lot light poles and fixtures will be relocated
on the site so that there will be a uniform appearance and distribution of
light across on the site.
Site landscaping is depicted on Sheet C4. Applicant will present a larger presentation
exhibit board and more fully describe the proposed landscaping plan.
The signs that are conceptually depicted on the
building elevations appear to conform to the spirit of the Glendale Sign Code.
A new street address number will need to be assigned
by the City for the new Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin facility.
Mr. Stuebe stated that Staff recommends approval of
the Specific Implementation Plan for the new Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin
facility, including architectural, site, landscaping, lighting, and conceptual
signage plans, subject to the following conditions: 1) Prior to applying for building permits
obtain a new street address number assignment from the City of Glendale for the
new facility; 2) All landscaping and lighting features being maintained and
replaced and/or replenished whenever necessary pursuant to tenant/owner lease
responsibilities; 3) Signs are subject to a permit through Community
Development Department staff under the Glendale Sign Code; 4) Dumpster
enclosure(s) to be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning
Administrator; 5) Subject to obtaining a Code Compliance Inspection Certificate
of Compliance; 6) All modifications within the street right-of-way subject to
review and permit issued by the City of Glendale Department of Public Works; 7)
Stormwater management plan and permit subject to Section 6-5 of the Code of
Ordinances and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District approval, as needed; 8)
All building and fire codes being carried out to the satisfaction of the
Building Inspector and Fire Marshall, respectively; and, 9) Written
certification by owner of compliance with State of Wisconsin Department of
Commerce requirements for physically disabled parking prior to issuance of
Occupancy Permit.
Comm.
Colacino asked to be recused in this matter due to his employment with Columbia
St. Mary’s.
Mayor
Tepper stated that was fine.
Mayor
Tepper asked the Applicant to introduce himself.
Brian
Cramer, CEO for the Orthopedic Hospital of Wisconsin, introduced himself and stated
that with him this evening from Marshall Erdman Associates were Ed Anderson, who
is the project executive, and John Ford, who is the lead designer. Mr. Cramer stated that first he wanted to
thank the City of
Mr.
Ford stated that he had some display boards so that everyone could see them and
stated that, as Mr. Cramer had mentioned, this is a 30-bed replacement hospital
with 10 operating rooms, it is on the site of the existing Orthopaedic Hospital
of Wisconsin and the existing park and ride for Columbia St. Mary’s. Mr. Ford stated it is basically located at
the intersection of
Mayor
Tepper asked if anybody had any questions that they wished to ask.
Comm.
Appel stated he had a couple things, first he asked if with that much impervious
pavement and building they do not have to have a detention pond?
Mr.
Anderson stated that they actually do have a detention pond and the actual
amount of imperious surface, there is already a large amount of parking spaces
already on the park and ride area, so ultimately where the building is actually
sitting there is an existing parking lot, so that the net difference, by taking
the asphalt parking spaces out there will be a reduction in overall parking
spaces so the type of runoff you are getting is not running off of asphalt but
is coming off more cleaner things like the roof, a ballasted roof.
Comm.
Appel stated that he understands that there is less than before but never-
the-less there is still of allot of asphalt and then asked if they have gotten
clearance on not having a need.
Mr.
Anderson replied absolutely.
Mr.
Maslowski stated that they have gotten all of the necessary approvals from the
City of
Comm.
Appel stated that it is always amazing.
Mr.
Ford stated they are really adding very little impervious surface beyond what
is already there, that they are at 0.99 acres, and they are taking measures
with sediment filtration at the catch basins, and there is the stormwater
detention pond there because they are trying to be responsible about how they
manage the stormwater.
Comm.
Appel asked where the stormwater detention area is located.
Mr.
Anderson showed the location of the detention pond on the site (pointing at the
display board) and stated that it should actually improve the condition right
now because it goes into the catch basin, it does not go directly into the
storm sewer channeling to the Milwaukee River, so it should actually remove
sediment that is currently not being removed.
Mr.
Maslowski stated that the whole area actually drains into two detention ponds, explaining
that the City of Glendale built this business park as well as the business park
to the south, and most of the storm sewers drain into two large detention ponds
in the area, one that does not service this area that is located south of WEYCO,
the other is due east of the outpatient hospital, which most of our storm
sewers drain into before going into the Milwaukee River.
Comm.
Appel stated that he wanted to ask about the sight line from the rear of the
building, because of that metal panel on the top, and asked what is behind you.
Mr.
Ford stated that right behind them is a kidney dialysis center and much further
behind them is another hospital, the Riverwoods Hospital, owned by Columbia St.
Mary’s, and then in this area (referring to display board) behind them there is
a small marshy area there is actually no building there.
Mr.
Maslowski stated that it is also owned by Columbia St. Mary’s.
Mr.
Ford stated that the back of the dialysis center faces towards the proposed
building and that he does not believe that there are actually any windows
there.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions.
Comm.
Goldberg stated that he just had one question and asked if they are going to
make a pilot, payment-in-lieu-of taxes, or how is that going to work.
Mr.
Maslowski stated that this is all covered by an existing Developer’s Agreement
that goes back to 1990 and they are fully taxable.
Mr.
Goldberg said thank you.
Mayor
Tepper asked if there were any other questions.
Comm.
Cohn asked if there was a plan for the existing building.
Mr. Cramer replied in the affirmative, stating that currently the Orthopedic Hospital of Wisconsin leases approximately 36,000 square feet in that building which is about 66,000 square feet and that his understanding from discussions with leadership at Columbia St. Mary’s is that it will increase the amount of medical office space in that building once the Orthopedic Hospit