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• MINUTES PLANNING CC~M'LCSSiON MEETING SEPTII`9BER 12, 1983 The Plarming Commission meeting was called to order at 7:05 P.M. by Chairman Al Stefanson. Stefanson, Geistfeld, Bourquin, Brown, Wallin, Nilsen, Mead and Olson. Chenoweth. The August 8, 1983 Minutes were discussed. Jerry Wallin moved, seconded by Don Mead, that the August 8th Minutes be adopted as written. Motion carried lmanimou.sly. The August 23, 1983 Minutes were discussed. There being no corrections or deletions, Helen Brown moved, seconded by Jerry Wallin, that the August 23rd Minutes be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. John Uban, Dahlgren and Associates presented an informal preliminary report on the Larpenteur/Snelling development. He presented Plan 1 which would be a "fix-up" of the area by street scaping or plantings on the boulevards, coordinated signings on all four corners and would provide screening from the • residential area. Plan 2 foscused on the four corners as follows: (a) Grain Terminal--add the needed office space on their property with additional parking in the rear of their building; (b) Hermes Shopping Center--cleanup the traffic flow pattern and acquire additional property to the rear which would allow better truck access; (c) Flower City site--purchase one home and move same garages for better access, provide more buffering and screening to the residential neighborhood,. provide better traffic flow by possibly closing Crawford and using col-de-sacs, remove the liquor store and relocate Embers and the Flameburger; and (d) southeast corner--remove part of the building to provide a better traffic flow and encourage parking in the rear of the building and by adding retail shops in the rear of the building. Plan 3 adds office towers on Hollywood Court behind the Grain Terminal, a high rise for seniors near the Hermes Shopping Center and office complexes with skyways, parking ramps, a motel and restaurants (with t~~e acquisition of residential property) on the other two corners. Mr. Uban will prepare his final report for submission to Council by the end of September. Robert Moder, 2061 West Larpenteur, requested variances to build a condo type office building on this property. There will be 2-1/2 stories in height with the half story in the ground to provide parking for nine cars, five offices on first floor and four offices on second floor. The exterior will be brick construction. Mr. Nbder presented a landscaping plan to include trees and shrubbery. Harold Nilsen pointed out that one additional variance would be needed in the size of the parking spaces, which would be reduced, as shown in the plan. After further discussion, Don Mead moved, seconded by Jinn Bourquin, that the variances be granted. Motion carried unanimously. •