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Item No: 10 D <br />Meeting Date: August 14, 2000 <br />Type of Business: PH & CB <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Approval of Resolution No. 5461 Approving a Planned <br />Unit Development (PUD) General Concept Plan For A <br />Hotel And Banquet Center Addition To The Mermaid <br />Entertainment Complex, 2200 Highway 10. <br />Date of Report: August 10, 2000 <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Dan Hall, representing The Mermaid, is requesting City approval of a PUD general <br />concept plan to construct a 97-room hotel and a 500-seat banquet center to be attached <br />to and integrated with the existing complex. <br /> <br />The general concept plan is the first stage of a planned unit development (PUD) process. <br />The advantage to this stage is that the developer is allowed to bring forth a general site <br />plan for City review and consideration without the need to have all of the other <br />components prepared. If the City approves the concept plan, the developer would then <br />prepare the balance of the submittal (landscaping, detailed site plans, drainage, signage, <br />elevations, photometric analysis, etc.) for city consideration, which is referred to as the <br />development stage of the PUD. Both stages (concept and development stages) require a <br />public hearing. <br /> <br />This matter was discussed at the August 7, 2000 work session. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The concept of a hotel development and banquet center at the Mermaid is not a new <br />one. The owners of the Mermaid have for six years or more contemplated this type of <br />expansion, investigated potential partners and franchise opportunities. Throughout this <br />time, there have been informal discussions with previous Councils and Planning <br />Commissions regarding the potential for this type of expansion. To staff’s knowledge, the <br />concept has always been favorably considered. <br /> <br />Mr. Hall has applied for tax increment financing on the project, and on June 5, 2000, the <br />City Council directed staff to work with the Mermaid to finalize the finance package. <br /> <br />The City Council has been provided with a set of plans date-stamped August 3, 2000 <br />for the proposed expansion. They include an existing condition plan, an existing <br />condition topographic survey, a proposed conditions site plan and a proposed condition <br />site plan encompassing both the project area as well as the Mounds View Business Park