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NCBT€°£~JlIEST ASSQC@ATELS CC-RdSI~;LTANTS, INC. <br />5775 V/ayzata ooulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN .~i541G <br />Tele}:~hone: 952.595.9636 Facsirnilr: 96;?..595.9837 planners~'~nacplanniny.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Daniel Licht /Steve Grittman <br />DATE: 4 June 2003 <br />RE: Little Canada -The Village PUD; Concept Plan/ <br />Development Stage Plans <br />NAC FILE: 758.09 - 03.15 <br />BACKGROUND <br />Sherman Associates, Inc. has submitted plans for development of three commercial <br />projects located northeast of Little Canada Road and Rice Street. One project is a <br />26,000 square foot commercial retail/office building located at the northeast corner of <br />Little Canada Road and Rice Street. This project is proposed as a Development Stage. <br />Plan under the PUD District currently established for this area as part of the Rice <br />Street/Little Canada Road Redevelopment Plan. The second project is presented in <br />Concept Stage Plan form for development of a stand-alone 4,500 square foot restaurant <br />to the east of the proposed retail/office building at the intersection of Little Canada Road <br />and Middle Street. The third project is for development of four one-story office buildings <br />with a total of 29,800 square feet of floor area. This project is located farther north <br />along Rice Street at the intersection of Market Drive, just north of the existing First Bank <br />building, and is also proposed as a concept plan at this time. This site is also zoned <br />PUD as part of the Rice Street /Little Canada Road Redevelopment Plan. which <br />anticipates development of a mix of retail, office and residential uses for this area. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Existing Conditions. The site of the retail/office building and restaurant use is an area <br />of broken asphalt and concrete surface on the same unplatted parcel as the existing <br />First Bank building. The location of the office park is on a grass surface vacant <br />unplatted parcel abutting First Bank Drive, Market Drive and Rice Street. <br />59- <br />