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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 14 Dr. Greg Belting stated that although he has not been able to get Walgreens, Inc. to sign off on 1 the parking, the people that manage the building told them in good faith that they do not have a 2 problem with overflow parking. He explained it is Walgreens Corporate that refuses to sign off 3 and it is not a local management issue. Mr. Tom Belting stated there was an agreement in place 4 in 2001 that they were not aware of until lately that prohibits jointed parking. 5 6 City Administrator Ulrich asked for a map of the Community Center property. He stated there is 7 no connection to the trailway other than through the parking lot. He explained that the initial 8 discussion was to perhaps run the trailway segment on the east side of the parking lot that 9 connects to the wooded area. He stated that when people are using the Community Center to 10 take a loop walk, they can get right on the trail and walk around. 11 12 City Administrator Ulrich stated that the Community Center Task Force can look at the situation 13 and make a recommendation where an improvement might be made. He suggested that the City 14 should look at the cash alternative, as it would be the most liquid to the City and it could be used 15 to meet whatever needs are identified, as well as allowing the developer to move ahead. City 16 Administrator Ulrich stated it makes a fair trade transaction if the amount can be agreed upon. 17 He stated this would allow flexibility for the City and for the development to move forward. 18 19 Councilmember Thomas stated that she thinks it would be unfair to ask the Task Force to make a 20 decision on this issue. She stated the Task Force has just begun and she does not know that it 21 would be ready to do this type of recommendation. She recommended that the decision be 22 pushed back to the City for a decision regardless. Councilmember Thomas stated that the issue is 23 not enough parking, and the decision on how to solve that issue needs to come from the City 24 Council. She stated that a particular solution cannot come from the Task Force. 25 26 Councilmember Thomas stated that there needs to be a workable solution to find another way to 27 do something that would address future problems. She commented that it cannot be assumed 28 from a development standpoint that the same owners will occupy the building in the future, so 29 the Council will still need to deal with the issue of whether there is enough parking for the 30 building. She stated that she gets nervous when parking starts to be cut down, especially since 31 there is no written agreement with Walgreens. 32 33 Councilmember Thomas stated she likes the alternative of providing for a future way of doing 34 things if the City needs to. She commented that for right now, the building has what it needs. 35 She stated that she likes the option so if there is a problem in the future, better recommendations 36 can be made, and recommendations can be allowed to develop as they need to. She stated that 37 holding up the development at this point would be problematic. 38 39 Mayor Marty asked if the trailway that comes into the lot is a dead end or if it comes down the 40 east side. Director Ericson stated that the trail works its way through wetland area and hooks up 41 with the trailway that is on County Road 10. 42 43