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challenges with a shared driveway due to the narrow section of drive lane in front of the mall. There is likely not enough room to accommodate the increase in traffic. 2724 Rice St. — Costa Professional Building Mr. And Mrs. Costa (Tony and Mary) were in to discuss their properly at 2724 Rice St. Ramsey County is planning to relocate the driveway for the property to the north to move it away from the corner of Iona Lane and Rice St. In order to accomplish this the County will need temporary easement in the area of the new driveway. The Costas were very receptive to the plan and the project as a whole. 2504 and 2526 Rice St. — The Hoggsbreath and Papa Murphy's Mr. Tom Duray was in to discuss his properties at each corner of Rice St. and Demont Ave. There will be some temporary easement necessary along the Hoggsbreath property and the Papa Murphy's property for construction purposes. No big impacts are expected because of the easements. There was also discussion of eliminating the westernmost driveway on Demont Ave. for The Hoggsbreath property to meet City code and make the intersection safer. The driveway on for the Papa Murphy's property on Rice St. is over twice as wide as code allows so there was discussion of narrowing it up as well as potentially relocating the driveway on Demont further to the east but there could be some grade issues with that idea. The Hoggsbreath sign closest to the corner of Rice and Demont may be impacted as well. If it is, it will have to be moved to a different location. Staff also discussed the potential of a shared driveway between the Hoggsbreath and Brady's on the south side of Mr. Duray's property. Mr. Duray was not very receptive to the idea, citing loss of parking for Brady's as one of the potential issues. 2500 Rice St. — Brady's Mr. And Mrs. Tullgren (James and Sharon) and their long -time accountant were in to discuss the impacts on the Brady's property. There currently are no plans for any easement acquisition along the property but staff wanted to discuss the possibility of eliminating one of the driveways along the properties (Brady's actually has two parcels of land). The Tullgrens were not receptive to the idea of eliminating a driveway due to the fact that there are two separate parcels and both would need a driveway if they were split up. They also cited the ability of delivery trucks to make it up the hill on the north side of the building and the flow of traffic. The US Bank site at 2850 Little Canada Road will also have potential impacts but staff will meet with its representatives at a later date. The Rice Street driveway may be eliminated and there are issues with the location of the sidewalk along that property. 3