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MINUTES APPROVED 9-7-93 LAKE ELMO SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 1993 Mayor John called the special joint council/planning commission/parks commission meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Travel Plaza on County Road 19 and 1-94 to order at 7:00 p.m. in the city council chambers. PRESENT: Mottaz, Conlin, John, Johnston, Johnson, City Planner Black and Administrator Kueffner: PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS: Thomas, Carlson, DeLapp, Schubert, Weeks.; PARKS COMMISSION: Blackford, Hansen, Leach, Knoblauch. FEDERAL LAND: Martin Colon, owner, T.Bell, Counselor; FLYING J TRAVEL PLAZA: Gary Tashima, Terry Wieser, Tom Wold. Terry Wieser, Director of Property Development, reported Flying J was incorporated in 1969, established first travel plaza in 1979, and have developed 70 travel plazas and are expanding at the rate of 15 per year. Some of their facilities have a fast-food and all have a 24 hr. family restaurant. About 30% of their facilities are on their own treatment plant and well and are self-sufficient. They will spend $60,000-$100,000 for landscaping and make an effort to keep up the landscaping once it is in place. Adjacent uses around other facilities are strip retail, additional motels, restaurants, office/warehouse installations, RV parks. Some sites have residential (Value of $75,000-$125,000) directly bordering their property where they actually built after the plaza was there. Flying J has exploration, production and refinery capabilities. In 1990 they joint ventured with Conoco and came in as partners for all the travel plazas. They were attracted to the site, located at the Intersection of County Road 19 and I- 94, because the elevation makes it visible from a long distance from the border and the outlet mall on the south side of the Interstate would help develop the site. If in the future sewer and water came along the freeway through this property, they would definitely not oppose to hooking up as long as there is a time frame to recognize some of their investment benefit. MOTEL: The motel will be a franchise motel, have from 80 to 100 rooms and be in the mid -class range and cater to the family traveler. Each room will have its individual heating and air conditioning unit and color television. It will not have a restaurant or lounge, but provide a continental breakfast. The exterior will be either brick or rock face, metal fascia, concrete type shingle. It will have an inside corridor, pitched roof, enclosed pool, spa and exercise room. They will meet our architectural, building standards and wetland setback requirements. The facility will be sprinkled by providing a holding tank and pump placed on an out piece near the motel.