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Item No: 6e Meeting Date: August 13, 2001 Type of Business: CA WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Conditional Acceptance of Improvements, Walgreens Development, per Development Agreement 00-123 Date of Report: August 9, 2001 Background: The Contract for Private Development (the “Agreement”), which the City entered into with Meridian Properties Real Estate Development, LLC, doing business as TOLD Development Company, requires that the developer construct certain improvements including grading, drainage, landscaping, trailways and other public improvements as part of the project. Section 2.09 of the agreement indicates that upon completion of the improvements, representatives of the City and the developer will make a final inspection of the work. The City has no obligation to accept the improvements if they are not consistent with the approved plans or not in compliance with all City ordinances and standards related thereto. Final approval and acceptance of the improvements shall be by a resolution duly adopted by the City Council. Resolution No. 5600 conditionally accepting the public improvements is attached for City Council consideration. Discussion: Staff performed an inspection of the first phase of the approved Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) associated with the Walgreens project. (The second phase of the development has not yet been started.) For the most part, the development meets and satisfies all of the requirements of the PUD Document, the final plans and the Agreement. The utilities were inspected throughout their installation by public works staff and all elements were found acceptable. City Forester Rick Wriskey inspected the landscaping on the site and found it to conform with the approved landscape plan, although there are minor restorative and revegetative issues that need to be addressed. As far as the site itself, everything is in conformance with the approved plans with the exception of the trailway along County Highway 10, which was supposed to bend slightly for safety purposes as it approached the County Highway 10 driveway. The trail crosses the driveway without any bend, however the adjoining leg on the south side of the drive access does bend according to plans. In addition, it was noted that there is no “crosswalk” striping on the access drive where the trail crosses. Staff has spoken with the developer and the developer has made arrangements to add the striping as required. Because of the