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MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: August 18, 2006 RE: Amendment to CUP's — Lee Rossow The Planner and I met with Mr. Rossow regarding his desire to have more flexible outdoor storage arrangements for his properties in Ryan Industrial Park. We informed Mr. Rossow that it was not likely the City Council would grant a "flexible" CUP given the difficulty in generating appropriate and enforceable standards coupled with the issue that a CUP runs with the property. We discussed another approach whereby the City would create an interim use (we discussed an initial two year term with a possibility for a two year extension) to allow a more flexible outdoor storage option that would be eliminated at the expiration of the interim use. An additional consideration would require redevelopment of the site to provide for new buildings that would upgrade the construction quality within the park. (A PUD permit would be required for Mr. Rossow's property at 194/196 Ryan Lane to allow two buildings on one parcel given the limitations the site poses given its unique shape and the impacts of pipelines and towers that further constrict buildable areas.) As a result of this discussion, it would be staffs recommendation that we deny the CUP amendments as applied for based on the lack of specificity in the outdoor storage areas and the associated difficulty in controlling same. Staff would further recommend we direct the Planner to prepare a text amendment for the 1 -1 district to allow a more "flexible" outdoor storage possibility as an interim use. This will require the creation of appropriate standards to give us a modicum of control in the interim period. Finally, staff would also recommend we consider the use of tax increment financing to assist with building upgrades in the Ryan Industrial Park with the increments to be used to offset the higher construction costs associated with the poor soils (similar to the District Council project on the former Knox property). This concept is subject to statutory provisions relative to the creation and use of TIF for such a purpose. The Planner will be prepared to discuss this in greater detail at Wednesday's meeting. cc: Lee Rossow