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MINUTES City Council Sept, 25, 1985 Cardinal Mr. Fahey opened the public hearing Property of the Cardinal property from n-3 to is a proposal for the development of Agenda buildings and two office buildi.ngso Item Noo 5 to sprinlcler these buildin~s. on the proposal for the rezoning PUD. Fahey pointed out that there the property with two apartment Pahey asked if there were plans Mr. Jim Rutzick, one of the developers, replied that right now they are working on the concept of r.he development and have not gotten into details of type of construction. Rutzick reported that the apartments cvould be three-story buildin~s with one story of underground parking, The buildings~vould be concrete and masonry and would have an elevatiore Rutzick stated that the building would be a middle to better-type of building. Ms. Nardini stated that she thought the Code required buildings of this size to be sprinklered. Fahey stated that if the project were approved, he would lilce to make it a part of the PUD agreement. Mr. Grittman stated that right now the Council had the re2oning betore it as well as the development concept. Scalze pointed out that the Council is being presented with a plan< Mr. Rutziclc stated that the plan is only a schematic of what is being proposed, Scalze asked why apartments are being considered for this area. Rutzick replied that they have looked at the property for quite some time and considered developing it as it is zoned. However, given the market and the vacancy rate of D-3 development, they felt that this proposal before the Council was the best. Rutzick stated that the development calls for 60% multi-family and 40% commercial. Scalze pointed out that the size of the buildin~s were not a 60-40 split, Scalze stated that she had a problem with the development ~iven the high ratio of apartments in this area. Scalze pointed out that there are almost 600 aparT.ment units within a half mile of this property, Mr. Rutzick stated that generaily these units are a11 occupied, Kutzick stated that the demand for this type of development is high. Rutzi.ck pointed out that the community was a nice one and has good access to both St. Paul and Minneapolis, Cathy CLemens of 10 ~e Little Canada Road aslced how far the apartment buildings would be from Round Lalce. Mr, Bob Pope, architect on the project replied that the close ~ point to Rounct Lake would be 100 f.eet. 'Phe Planner pointed out that the Code requires a 50 foot setback be maintained. The Planner stated that he has not reviewed the project, The Planner aLso stated that the Code aLlows for 30% of the property to be used as impervious surface. Yage -3-