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Mounds View City Council December 11, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 5 1 building with underground parking. He noted the parcel was zoned R-4 and was within the 2 Mounds View Boulevard overlay district. The building standards for this overlay district were 3 described further. The location of the pedestrian trail and lighting was noted. The parking and 4 landscaping requirements for the development were reviewed. It was noted the developer would 5 work to save as many of the existing trees as possible. 6 7 Council Member Meehlhause asked if the development would have access to Groveland Road. 8 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald stated the development would no longer have access to 9 Groveland Road. 10 11 Council Member Meehlhause requested further information from Staff on Tax Increment 12 Financing and how the use of these funds would impact residents. Finance Director Beer 13 explained when a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District is created this allows base property 14 values to be frozen. He described how this allowed developers to come in and improve 15 properties and for taxes to be collected on the increment of the improvements. 16 17 Council Member Meehlhause questioned if property taxes would be collected on the four 18 properties the same as was being collected today. Finance Director Beer reported this was the 19 case and noted this project would have no adverse impact on Mounds View taxpayers. 20 21 Council Member Meehlhause stated he understood the City of Spring Lake Park opposed the 22 closing of the access point to the old fire department building. He asked if Spring Lake Park 23 understood this was a recommendation by Ramsey County and not the City of Mounds View. 24 City Planner/Supervisor Sevald explained this information had been passed along to Spring Lake 25 Park. 26 27 Council Member Meehlhause commented on the Planning Commission's vote for denial. He 28 explained the Planning Commission had approved the rezoning, the Conditional Use Permit and 29 the Preliminary Plat. He noted the only item the Planning Commission did not recommend 30 approval of was the Development Review. City Planner/Supervisor Sevald stated this was the 31 case. 32 33 Council Member Meehlhause discussed the four reasons the Planning Commission 34 recommended denial of the Development Review. He reported the Commissioners did not have 35 an issue with workforce housing but rather had concerns with traffic on Groveland Road. City 36 Planner/Supervisor Sevald commented affordable housing in Mounds View was not a concern, 37 but rather the concentration of affordable housing. He noted another recommendation of the 38 Planning Commission was to locate this development closer to an area that provides goods and 39 services to low income individuals. The other concerns voiced were with traffic concerns along 40 Mounds View Boulevard and Groveland Road. 41 42 Council Member Meehlhause anticipated that the Planning Commission would have offered their 43 support to the Development Review on a 5-2 vote with the new access point on Mounds View 44 Boulevard. 45