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Item No: 8A Meeting Date: October 10, 2005 Type of Business: PH & CB Administrator Review: _________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Review and Consideration of Items Associated with the Medtronic CRM Planned Unit Development, 8290 Coral Sea Street; Planning Cases PD2005-002 & MA2005-002 Background: On June 27, 2005, the Mounds View City Council and Economic Development Authority authorized an agreement with Medtronic Inc. to redevelop the Bridges of Mounds View golf course. The approved development was a multi-phased project with the first phase encompassing 820,000 square feet of office space and related ancillary uses. On July 11, 2005, the City Council adopted Ordinance 760, an ordinance approving the transfer of land from the City of Mounds View to the Mounds View EDA and then subsequently to Medtronic. On August 22, 2005, the City Council approved Resolution 6581 which further authorized the sale of the Bridges site to the EDA for resale to Medtronic. At the same meeting, the City Council reviewed and approved the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) general concept plans without condition. 1. PUD Review At the October 3, 2005 worksession, the Council inquired as to the rationale for going through the PUD process. The purpose of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process is to provide for the grouping of land parcels for development as an integrated, coordinated unit as opposed to traditional parcel by parcel, piecemeal, sporadic and unplanned approach to development. The PUD process is intended to introduce flexibility of site design and architecture for the conservation of land and open space through clustering of buildings and activities. It is further intended that planned unit developments are to be characterized by central management, integrated planning and architecture, joint or common use of parking, maintenance of open space and other similar facilities and a harmonious selection and efficient distribution of uses. Given the visibility and prominence of the Bridges site, the PUD approach will ensure that the site is developed to be architecturally noteworthy and context sensitive from an environmental standpoint. Discussion Opus Architects & Engineers have submitted the detailed site plans, surveys and preliminary plat for this second stage of the PUD process. The plans are date-stamped September 9, 2005. In addition to these plan sheets, the Council was provided with 11 x 17 reduced color versions of Sheets A3.0 and A3.1, the Elevation and Perspective Sheets, as well as the site plan.