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Mounds View City Council August 14, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 10 1 Mayor Mueller opened the meeting for public comment 7:47 p.m. 2 3 Matt Oquist, 8401 Groveland Road, understood it would be challenging for this project to move 4 forward without access to Groveland Road. He encouraged the Council not to confirm the plat. 5 He recommended the parcel that abuts Groveland Road be dropped from the development in 6 order for the remainder of the landlocked project to be allowed to access Mounds View 7 Boulevard. He feared that if the plat was approved as is, the City would lose its negotiating 8 power with the County. 9 io Chris Stoldca, MWF Properties, believed Mr. Oquist had a good point. He stated if the I1 Preliminary Plat were approved separate from the Development Review his options would be 12 reduced. He suggested action on the Preliminary Plat be delayed until the Council was going to 13 consider the Development Review. 14 15 Mr. Stokka questioned if the development should have a median on Groveland Road to keep 16 traffic away from the existing neighborhood. City Administrator Ericson did not believe this 17 would be the best option for the development as it would create ingress issues. 18 19 Mayor Mueller explained that this option would also impact the existing business that had semi - 20 truck deliveries made on a weekly basis. 21 22 Further discussion ensued regarding the potential of omitting the parcel abutting Groveland Road 23 from the Preliminary Plat and how this would impact access to the remaining landlocked 24 property. 25 26 City Administrator Ericson stated this option could be brought before the County for 27 consideration in order to secure access to Mounds View Boulevard. 28 29 Mayor Mueller closed the meeting for public comment at 7:58 p.m. 30 31 Council Member Meehlhause asked to see how the building presently sits on the property. Mr. 32 Stokka reviewed the preliminary plat with the Council noting the proposed building location. 33 34 Council Member Bergeron questioned if a portion of land for this project could be dedicated to 35 the City in lieu of Park Dedication Funds. He suggested this portion of land be the portion 36 directly adjacent to Groveland Road. Mr. Stokka stated he has completed projects where land 37 has been dedicated in lieu of Park Dedication Funds. He indicated he would be open to pursuing 38 this option. 39 40 Mayor Mueller stated she may not be interested in foregoing Park Dedication Funds as the City 41 needed to replenish this fund. 42 43 Council Member Bergeron suggested the Park Dedication for this project be split 50/50 between 44 land and cash. City Administrator Ericson reported staff could negotiate this type of split with 45 the developer. He indicated the County may view the park land as City right-of-way and could