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• Mounds View Planning Commission July 16, 1997 Regular Meeting site to build the required number of stalls if future parking is required. The variance request is for the provision of 65 surface stalls and 19 stalls set aside for proof of parking. Ericson explained that the utilities for the site are existing and that the details for the new utilities would be reviewed upon approval of the development plan of the project. Ericson stated that the staff is recommending approval of Resolution 514-97 which would recommend approval of the deveopment plan to City Council and Resolution 513-97 which would approve the parking variance. Approval of both Resolutions is needed for the project to go forward. The floor was turned over to the applicant, MSP Real Estate, and its representatives. Milo Pinkerton, President of MSP Real Estate, gave a short history of MSP. MSP has developed real estate within the City of Mounds View in the past and considers itself a member of the community. Pinkerton stated that his company's concerns for this particular project were completing a major renovation to the Red Oak Apartments, reducing the density of the proposed townhouse development, offering play areas within the townhouse property, fencing off of the townhouse apartment complex from the existing neighborhood and maintaining a well managed rental facility. • Jeff nugget, Director of Finance for MSP Real Estate, reiterated Pinkerton's statements and added that not only was there going to be outside play areas but that there was an indoor community center/recreation center that was under development for the proposed buildings. The management of the buildings would no longer be done by a resident from within one of the apartment buildings. It was stated that a professional management company, DanZeisen Properties, has been hired to run the facility. Peter Pfister, Project Architect, gave further details about the proposed project including parking, fencing, garage details and landscaping. The floor was returned to the Commission for questions and comments. Commissioner Miller asked if mail boxes and trash facilities had been addressed. Pfister answered Miller by locating the existing and new mail box locations and also locating the trash and recycling facilities on the proposed plan. Commissioner Stevenson expressed concerns in regards to snow removal and the picking up of children by the school buses. He also stated that the City's plan for the Highway 10 corridor was to have a bike path located next to the proposed site and there was some concern that the development would interfere with this bike path. • 3