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Item No. (D Staff Report No. 6/7— A72.5 5 LC)s Meeting Date: 3/3/97 III Type of Business: Work Session WK:Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Discussion of ZEP Manufacturing Project at 8490 Coral Sea Street Date of Report: February 27, 1997 Summary: The City Council, acting as the Economic Development Authority, will be considering a request from ZEP Manufacturing for assistance from funds generated by the City's tax increment financing districts at your March 3 work session. The Community Development staff has prepared this introductory report to acquaint you with the project, and to familiarize the City Council with the type of development review required. Cathy Bennett, the Economic Development Director, will be presenting the request for tax increment assistance. The City Council is not being asked to make a decision on the merits of the project at the work session. This question will be before you at a regular meeting. 0 Background: The applicant proposes to construct a one-story branch sales office and warehouse with a 22,300 square-foot foundation for ZEP Manufacturing, a national company specializing in the manufacture and sale of specialty janitorial, sanitation and maintenance chemicals. This facility would serve as a sales support and distribution warehouse. No manufacturing or packaging would be done at this location. The building would consist of 5,950 square feet of office space(which includes 2,500 square feet of mezzanine space) and 19,320 square feet of warehouse space. ZEP Manufacturing currently has a facility operating in Roseville,with thirteen on site employees supporting approximately 50 sales reps in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. The property is located at 8490 Coral Sea Street, which is on the southwest corner of County Road J and Coral Sea Street, north of the Bridges Golf Course. The usual sequence of steps in preparing land for development is rezoning to an appropriate zoning district, subdivision to create lots, and development review. The first two steps require a public hearing before City Council prior to action on the application. These two steps were completed earlier for this property. The property is zoned I-i, which would allow the type of development proposed, and the lot on which the project will be located has been created through the Northstar Industrial Park, 2nd Addition subdivision plat. 41) The next step is development review, when the applicant provides a site layout such site improvements as building locations, parking lot layout and spaces, loading areas, driveways,