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Planning & Zoning Board February 11, 2004 Page 7 APPROVED MINUTES 5. Developer shall provide an Operati on and Maintenance Agreement for the development covering both Public and Private Improvements for review and approval by the City. 6. Developer shall enter into a devel opment contract with the City. 7. Acquisition by the City of parcels adjacen t to the site required for proposed Lake Drive improvements. 8. Requirements for project identify and signa ge will need to be established in conjunction with final pl an/final plat approval. 9. The proposed Lakes Drive improvements will be subject to review and approval by Mn/DOT and Anoka County. Mr. Root asked what the City was getting wi th this project. Mr. Grochala replied the City wanted a “downtown” center for the Ci ty and that process started with looking at this area and the City purchasing the land for the City Hall, and that lent itself to the idea of a community and pedestrian friendly downt own area. He noted this would provide a wide range of housing opportunities not available in other parts of the City. He stated the City would get the tax base. Mr. Root asked what sort of variances was the developer getting. Mr. Grochala replied the density and setbacks were not typical fo r developments in the City, as well as the opportunities to use the air space to provide for residential opportunities. He indicated, however, that the City was also requiring high architectural standards there were not required in other areas of the City. Mr. Root asked what was the opinion regardi ng the traffic circle. Mr. Grochala replied traffic circles did work effectively in traffic control and the City be lieved this would be a benefit for this area. Ms. Lane asked if the housing units counted against the 147 housing units per year. Mr. Grochala replied they did not because this development was specifically exempted from that requirement. Mr. Tralle asked when would the completion da te for the whole project be. Mr. Grochala replied it would be phased in and some of th e completion dates were tied into financing, marketing, etc., but they were estimating it would be completed in 2-5 years. Mr. Pogalz asked what was the first thing that would happen with this development. Mr. Grochala replied there would be a rough grading of the site and following that would be utility and internal street construction. Mr. Rafferty asked if the units in Block A were going to be the firs t phases of the project. Mr. Grochala replied he was relatively certain that Block A would go first on this. He noted they did want the southern half of the zone to be built because this area was not in the TIF area.