Architecture, Development, and Infrastructure of the Twin Cities
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http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/meeting ... S1P-0956085. 1101 University (BZZ-5611, Ward: 3), 1101 University Ave SE (Janelle Widmeier).
Staff report
A. Variance: Application by Jim LaValle with Doran Development LLC for a variance to reduce the minimum lot area requirement by 27.7 percent for a new multiple-family dwelling with 101 dwelling units located at the property of 1101 University Ave SE.
Recommended Motion: The Department of Community Planning and Economic Development – Planning Division recommends that the City Planning Commission adopt the findings and deny the variance to reduce the minimum lot area requirement by 27.7 percent located at the property located at 1101 University Ave SE.
B. Variance: Application by Jim LaValle with Doran Development LLC for a variance to reduce the minimum parking requirement from 113 to 79 spaces for the property located at 1101 University Ave SE.
Recommended Motion: The Department of Community Planning and Economic Development – Planning Division recommends that the City Planning Commission adopt the findings and deny the variance to reduce the minimum parking requirement from 113 to 79 spaces at the property of 1101 University Ave SE.
Do you really think it is that high at the U? I'm having a tough time believing that 50% of students at the U have cars. Maybe I'm more out of touch with Minnesota than I thought, but I would have guessed 20 or 25%.It would be nice if they could come back with a plan to include a car-sharing service. I think the guess of 1/2 of students having cars is probably about right, but many of those are only used once a week for the grocery run.
Almost no freshmen have cars. It increases each year...by senior year, I'd imagine half is about right. Especially among the kind of students who are living in these apartments to begin with.Do you really think it is that high at the U? I'm having a tough time believing that 50% of students at the U have cars. Maybe I'm more out of touch with Minnesota than I thought, but I would have guessed 20 or 25%.It would be nice if they could come back with a plan to include a car-sharing service. I think the guess of 1/2 of students having cars is probably about right, but many of those are only used once a week for the grocery run.
95 businesses and non-profits? Might be worth exploring some way to keep most of them around campus.Development in the works at Dinkytown’s UTEC building site
An apartment complex with three commercial spaces could replace the University Technology Enterprise Center which houses several businesses in Dinkytown.
By Callie Sacarelos July 18, 2012
Apartments could replace the UTEC building — and its many small businesses — in Dinkytown by 2014.
The University Technology Enterprise Center currently houses 95 businesses and nonprofit organizations at Fifth Street and 14th Avenue Southeast, including the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, The Wake student magazine and Computer Mega Mall.
The new mixed-use building would feature 336 residential units and three ground-floor commercial spaces, one of which would be a grocery store, said Kimberly Holien, a Minneapolis city planner.
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Hmm. I've tried looking at the year 2000 census data related to car ownership in the area to get an answer, but it all seems pretty bogus. I guess the census must place students in their home ZIP codes rather than in their dorms/apartments. 55414, which loops around campus from Old St. Anthony through the Como neighborhood and back down to Prospect Park, actually shows a slightly higher rate of car availability than the rest of the city (about 83% rather than 81% city-wide) There isn't much data on actual ownership or possession -- just whether or not a household has access to a car (or 2, or "3 or more").Almost no freshmen have cars. It increases each year...by senior year, I'd imagine half is about right. Especially among the kind of students who are living in these apartments to begin with.Do you really think it is that high at the U? I'm having a tough time believing that 50% of students at the U have cars. Maybe I'm more out of touch with Minnesota than I thought, but I would have guessed 20 or 25%.
If I remember the 2010 Census push correctly, I think they were trying to count us as on campus and not at parents' houses. The 55455 ZIP is basically only campus, including residence halls. Not sure what the seven households they found even are. The 55414 ZIP is the Marcy-Holmes/SE Como area, and while many individual students don't have cars, it'd be pretty hard to find a carless house with four students living in it. That's hard to count because financially you really have four households but they're all in one house and probably being counted together. Sort of like when you have one refrigerator for four or more people but your roommates try to shop as individuals for a month at a timeHmm. I've tried looking at the year 2000 census data related to car ownership in the area to get an answer, but it all seems pretty bogus. I guess the census must place students in their home ZIP codes rather than in their dorms/apartments. 55414, which loops around campus from Old St. Anthony through the Como neighborhood and back down to Prospect Park, actually shows a slightly higher rate of car availability than the rest of the city (about 83% rather than 81% city-wide) There isn't much data on actual ownership or possession -- just whether or not a household has access to a car (or 2, or "3 or more").Almost no freshmen have cars. It increases each year...by senior year, I'd imagine half is about right. Especially among the kind of students who are living in these apartments to begin with.Do you really think it is that high at the U? I'm having a tough time believing that 50% of students at the U have cars. Maybe I'm more out of touch with Minnesota than I thought, but I would have guessed 20 or 25%.
The 55455 ZIP, covering most of the campus area, only showed 7 households for the car-availability tables I looked at. Useless...
The 55454 ZIP (West Bank/Cedar Riverside) gives the most interesting data, saying that only about 55% of households have access to cars, but that includes Riverside Plaza and other low-income housing (er, I presume -- I guess I don't quite know what the other towers in the area are).
. Freezer space/parking is hard to come by.If I remember the 2010 Census push correctly, I think they were trying to count us as on campus and not at parents' houses. The 55455 ZIP is basically only campus, including residence halls. Not sure what the seven households they found even are. The 55414 ZIP is the Marcy-Holmes/SE Como area, and while many individual students don't have cars, it'd be pretty hard to find a carless house with four students living in it. That's hard to count because financially you really have four households but they're all in one house and probably being counted together. Sort of like when you have one refrigerator for four or more people but your roommates try to shop as individuals for a month at a timeHmm. I've tried looking at the year 2000 census data related to car ownership in the area to get an answer, but it all seems pretty bogus. I guess the census must place students in their home ZIP codes rather than in their dorms/apartments. 55414, which loops around campus from Old St. Anthony through the Como neighborhood and back down to Prospect Park, actually shows a slightly higher rate of car availability than the rest of the city (about 83% rather than 81% city-wide) There isn't much data on actual ownership or possession -- just whether or not a household has access to a car (or 2, or "3 or more").Almost no freshmen have cars. It increases each year...by senior year, I'd imagine half is about right. Especially among the kind of students who are living in these apartments to begin with.
The 55455 ZIP, covering most of the campus area, only showed 7 households for the car-availability tables I looked at. Useless...
The 55454 ZIP (West Bank/Cedar Riverside) gives the most interesting data, saying that only about 55% of households have access to cars, but that includes Riverside Plaza and other low-income housing (er, I presume -- I guess I don't quite know what the other towers in the area are).
It'll be unfortunate to see those old trees go down on their lawn facing University.I was on campus on Tuesday and noticed that the church on this site is being demo'd. Guess they figure something will work out with it.