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Mounds View City Council March 28, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 19 <br />• Director Ericson stated that this is a proposed 105-room addition to the 70-room AmericInn. He <br />stated that the site plan has an initial footprint of 81 rooms to the west. He advised that this is <br />ahighly-occupied AmericInn, and this is an opportunity to capture greater use of the hotel, <br />greater use of the Banquet and Convention Center by expanding the hotel. He stated the <br />Planning Commission had looked at this issue, and there are two issues. One is the parking, and <br />there are currently 825 stalls, and would be reduced to 775 after the addition is built. The <br />Planning Commission had suggested checking with other facilities to see what their parking <br />requirements were for similar facilities. He stated he had checked with the Northland Inn and <br />Grand Rios, and they have less parking stalls for similar facilities, so staff feels confident that <br />there is sufficient parking available. He stated that the second issue is that the addition would be <br />within 12 feet to the property line, and the other line would be 30 feet, which is a standard <br />building setback. The PUD required a 50-foot building setback because at the time there didn't <br />appear to be the need to have any reduction of a building setback. The plan that was adopted <br />with the renovation and expansion of the hotel originally, it didn't appear that there would be any <br />further expansion of the site, so they went with a 50-foot setback. He stated that County Road <br />H is not swell-traveled road during the evening hours. He stated that the Planning Commission <br />would support the new setback. He stated the parking information from Grand Rios and the <br />Northland Inn makes staff believe the parking is more than adequate. He stated that this <br />resolution does not obligate the Council to approve the site plan when it is brought forward. <br />Council Member Thomas stated she hoped the speed would be slow enough on the back side <br />• coming in from Highway 10 as far as visibility goes. <br />Dan Hall stated that it's actually the cars that block the visibility at this time. <br />Council Member Thomas stated she was speaking of the cars on the road not seeing the cars <br />coming out of the parking lot. <br />Mr. Hall stated that the cars parked on both sides are what blocks the visibility, and once those <br />cars are not parked there, that takes away the sight block. <br />Council Member Gunn asked if the buildings are going to be connected. <br />Mr. Hall stated that they would be and there is also a third floor skyway. <br />Council Member Flaherty stated that parking is not the issue. He stated that traffic was what he <br />was concerned about and he asked whether there had been a traffic study done recently for that <br />area. <br />Director Ericson stated that they have 2003 numbers for that. <br />Council Member Thomas stated that since they are concerned about the 12-foot setback, whether <br />they could have the six rooms on the east side be the conditional rooms. <br />• <br />