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Mounds View City Council July 25, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 12 • .John Kroeger, Chairperson for the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission expressed his agreement with Ms. Palm noting that the Commission was quite surprised at the amount of the TKDA bid. He stated that the Commission is not sure why or how TKDA ended up so far off with their bid amount noting that the Commissioners realized that the Council would have additional questions about the project. He stated that the Commission would review other construction resources and options noting that the current options available would be to leave the building as it is, anything besides this would cost money. He stated that when they looked at the Hillview building they did review stick construction versus cement construction. He indicated that the stick did cost less noting that there was discussion regarding the long-term. He noted that the cement block would stay longer adding that in looking at the Groveland building, had they used the cement block you have to wonder if we would even be having this discussion. He stated that ultimately they might be surprised at the costs for stick construction. He stated that in reviewing it could be found that they might not want a permanent building, that they .might want to utilize a mobile trailer. He stated that the Commission would review these options and come back to Council with an updated request for their review and consideration. MOTION/SECOND Thomas/Marty To Approve the cancellation of the bids and Authorize Staff to move forward with a new design process. Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. • MOTION/SECOND Thomas/Mariy To Deny Resolution 6587 Awarding a Construction Contract and authorizing a Letter of Agreement with TKDA for the Groveland Park Building Replacement Prod ect. Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. B. 7:10 p.m. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Amendment to the Walgreen's Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Allow `Office' as a Land Use in Addition to a `Restaurant' Use. Planning Case PA2005-001 Director Ericson stated that this is a request from Dr. Greg Belting, Silverview Chiropractic Center has applied for an amendment to the Walgreen's PUD with respect to the allowed land uses for the vacant lot behind Waigreen's. He stated that there is a vacant lot in between the Community Center and Walgreen's originally guided as a restaurant pad. He stated that despite the best efforts of Staff, the developers and the property owners it has not been developed as such. He stated that they now have Dr. Greg Belting present requesting an amendment to allow that an office building be built on this site. He stated that the Planning Commission has reviewed this request and examined the consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and felt that this was a supportable request. He stated that Staff also recommends. approval of this request noting that it is their belief that a single story office would blend in well, would cause less of disturbance late night and less impact to the intersection of County Road 10 and Edgewood Drive. He stated that Staff believes that this would be a good development for the Community and is recommending that City Council approve the proposed Resolution that would amend the PUD to allow an office building on this site.