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Mounds View City Council February 14, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 14 • Director Ericson stated that this is an ordinance that would revise language within Chapter 1120 ROLL CALL: Marty/Stigney/Gunn/Flaherty/Thomas. of the Zoning Code pertaining to planned unit development districts. He stated that there is an inconsistency in the language as it's currently drafted. He stated that the Planning Commission has recommended that this amendment be adopted. He stated that the language that would be added would be to the subdivision regarding building height. He stated that the Council had held a public hearing on January 24"', and Staff is recommending approval of this ordinance. MOTION/SECOND. Marty/Gunn. To waive the reading and approve Ordinance 755, an Ordinance Amending Chapter 1120 of the Mounds View Zoning Code Pertaining to Building Heights in a Planned Unit Development (PUD) District. Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. I. Resolution 6457 in support of I35W Coalition Request for Funding to Study the I-694 to CRJ Segment of I-35W and Other Area Transportation Improvements. Bob Benkey from the I35 Coalition stated that while the City of Mounds View is working with the Medtronic for a new campus at the golf course site, the City of New Brighton is working on redevelopment of the northwest quadrant of 35 and 694, and the City of Arden Hills is on the verge of reclaiming land for redevelopment on the army ammunition plant. He stated that the • plans of each of these projects raises issues that intermingle and are interdependent on decisions in the individual cities. He stated that they need to find a way to resolve the design questions to meet everybody's needs as best as possible. He stated that MnDOT noted that there is $38.1 billion worth of need, and they forecast only $14.5 billion in revenues coming in. He stated that in the North Metro Mayors Association, they've identified $5.2 billion on projects on 35W alone. He stated that the resolution before the Council requests the Legislature to direct funding to the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct the appropriate concept development work and analysis of those costs so they can move the next step closer to figure out what it is that needs to be built so that they can get into the programs and go on with the construction. Council Member Thomas stated that she thinks that the transportation infrastructure is going to be the number one obstacle to accomplishing good development, both in Mounds View, and to the north and south. She asked, in looking at the primary study area, if there had been any consideration to including the Snelling bottleneck at 694 because that was a bit higher on MnDOT's priority list. Mr. Benkey stated that they had identified on the map the primary study area for the purposes of the funding that they were requesting, and in reality, the MnDOT work to date, with the consultants and the design work and the traffic modeling, already has accomplished that work for the Snelling and 694 area. • Mayor Marty asked if the approvals as listed in the report were all pending.