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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION April 5, 1990 EMC CORP. Pedersen felt it would be difficult for the Planning Commission to legislate landscaping. Mr. Costa recommended approval of the subdivision of one lot into two and variance for lot area since one of the lots will be less than 15,000 square feet in size for the property located at the southeast corner of Old County Road C and County Road C as requested by the North Suburban Company. Motion seconded by Garske. Motion carried 6 - 0. Drabik again suggested that additional landscaping be required. The Commission discussed this suggestion and it was the concensus of the Commission that the City Planner work with the developer on the landscaping issue. Mr. Arnie Esterbrooks, Gonyea Corporation, appeared before the Commission reporting the interest of EMC Corporation to develop a corporate headquarters site on the 24 acres located near Highway 36 and 35E owned by the Greiman family. Esterbrooks reported that as part of this proposal the property needs to be rezoned to PUD and EMC Corporation is looking for Tax Increment Financing assistance. Esterbrooks reported that EMC Corporation has been offered proposals by other cities to locate their corporate offices in those cities, however, EMC Corporation prefers the Little Canada site. Esterbrooks reported that the cost of the project would run between $5 1/2 and $6 million. The project would be a corporate headquarters in a campus -type setting similar to St. Jude Medical. Messrs. David Feinberg and Paul Winters, EMC Corporation, appeared before the Commission with Feinberg reporting that the company was began in 1954 and is an educational publisher of text books, audio visual aids and computer software. The firm is a light manufacturing and warehousing company employing 170 people with projections of 500 to 600 employees in the next 10 years. Feinberg presented a tape to the Commission which showed the EMC operation in more detail. Page 7