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Page 4 ~~ ~ Apri128, 1997 Mounds View City Council Bill Werner, 2765 Sherwood Road, asked about the status of the Bel Rae. He asked if a report has been obtained from the architect as to the structural and environmental status of the building. He is concerned that the architect has an interest in the building and will basically tell the council what he feels they want to hear. He feels the city should obtain a detailed report including costs, etc. and that the city should hold them accountable to those cost estimates. Mayor McCarty explained that the costs are dependent upon market costs and therefore, very difficult to predict. The architects can only estimate what they think the costs will be. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Public Heating and First Reading of Ordinance Na 599, an Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from B- 2 to Planned Unit Development (PUD) !or commercial wes for property located southeast of the Highway 10lSilver Lake Road intersection (2704 - 2740 Highway 10 and 78015i1ver Lake Road). Mayor McCarty opened the Public Hearing at 7:40 p.m. Ms. Pam Sheldon, Community Development Director, provided a brief overview of the project. She noted that the action before council would be for a rezoning. This would be the public hearing for the rezoning, and if the council wished, they could approve the first reading of the ordinance. The second reading would take • place at the next council meeting. Ms. Sheldon outlined the Planned Unit Development process that is required She noted that the application is at a general concept plan stage and that this step allows the applicant to get a reading from the council and the community on whether there is agreement that this type of development should go forward, in general terms, before the applicant spends a lot of investment in engineering drawings and more detailed planning. This gives the community a chance to give input oa the types of uses and their approximate arrangement. She noted that she had outlined three different options for the council to review. These included: 1) that the Council conduct the Public Hearing, close the hearing and proceed to introduce the Ordinance for a first reading with an exhibit that would be attached to the ordinance that would have a detailed list of rules about what will happen at the next stage; 2) that the hearing be conducted, and continue it at another time, asking the applicant to get information on the wetland boundaries, the drainage design, whether the underground parking is feasible and do some additional design work before the first reading of the ordinance (which could be held at the first council meeting in June); 3) that the council deny the request and tell the applicant that they can re-apply when they get the additional information. Ms. Sheldon proceeded to outline areas of the ordinance including Exhibit 1 which lays out the rules the development would need to go by at the development stage and when it is actually constructed. Mr. Jim Ericson, Planning Associate, went through the discussion topics related to the development including the consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, the Highway 10-Area 9 Study, the land uses, the tax impact of the project, the overall project design, access and on-site circulation, traffic study, the drainage plan, natural features and open space, encroachment into the Wetland Buffer, drainage and utility easements, parking, trash • disposal, snow storage, Site Improvement Agreement, and the effect on abutting properties.