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Item No: 7 <br />Meeting Date: July 17, 2000 <br />Type of Business: Worksession <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Discussion and Update Regarding the Walgreens <br />Development Proposal <br />Date of Report: July 13, 2000 <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />As the Council is well aware, TOLD Development Company, represented by Mr. Bob <br />Cunningham, is requesting approval of a planned unit development and major <br />subdivision to construct a Walgreens Drugstore and Culver’s Restaurant at the corner <br />of Edgewood Drive and County Highway 10. This item is expected to be heard by the <br />Council on August 14, 2000. <br /> <br />Update: <br /> <br />Drainage: The City’s engineer, SEH, Inc., has worked with the applicant’s engineer, <br />Sigma, to devise a drainage plan acceptable to all parties. The existing stormwater <br />pond would be relocated to the other side of the wetland and it would be enlarged to <br />accommodate the additional runoff generated by the development as well as to <br />accommodate some of the untreated flow from the storm sewer under the old <br />Edgewood Drive right of way. The pond would not be located within the delineated <br />wetland. The installation of the storm sewer to convey the runoff to the pond would <br />however cross part of the wetland. The disturbance and impact of such installation is <br />expected to be minimal. <br /> <br />Preliminary Plat: The plat has been named “City Hall Addition” and contemplates five <br />lots: City Hall and Public Works, the Community Center, Walgreens, Culver’s, and the <br />wetland. The city attorney is drafting ordinances to vacate the old Edgewood Drive <br />right of way and the old sign easement area used for the Bel Rae Ballroom sign. <br /> <br />Parking: The site plan indicates the availability of 43 parking stalls for Culver’s and <br />103 spaces for the Walgreens for a combined total of 146 spaces. Estimating the <br />internal breakdown of square footages for each use (retail floor area vs. storage areas <br />and dining areas vs. kitchen areas), it appears as though the code would require only <br />112 spaces. Staff will work with the developer to determine if the number of stalls <br />provided can be reduced. <br /> <br />Signage: The Planning Commission will require as part of its recommendation to the <br />Council that the signage provided for either use (Walgreens and Culver’s) be of a <br />monument design in keeping with the character of the other signs in the immediate <br />area.