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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 14 • to execute a cross access, joint parking and maintenance agreement with the owner of the Walgreens site and provide a copy to the City. He stated there is but one access to the site which is the shared driveway onto Edgewood Drive. While it is possible for clients of the building to exit County Road 10 and access the Belting building indirectly via the Walgreens site, this would be a more circuitous route and would not be encouraged. He indicated the Walgreens PUD requires that the building shall be constructed of high-quality masonry construction using brick and brick accents to match the Community Center, theater and City Hall. Materials and siding effects shall be consistently applied on all four building elevations. The PUD document does not however explicitly indicate the percentage of the building which needs to be brick or masonry. The Applicant desires to incorporate a mix of exterior finish materials to help accent the building. It should be noted that the Walgreens building is at best 60% brick, the remaining upper 40% being stucco (EIFS). He noted it was not necessary to have full brick on the back side, but staff felt it was important to have a continuing facade on the north, west and south side of the building. He stated according to Section 15 of the Walgreens PUD document, the Belting parcel is permitted a maximum 100 square feet of ground monument signage (excluding the .sign base) plus an additional 100 square feet of building mounted signage per building occupant. Staff will • review all signage permits to ensure consistency with both the PUD as well as Chapter 1008 of the Municipal Code relating to signage. He indicated the photometric analysis provided for the project has two options, both of which satisfy the City's minimum requirements concerning glare and light spillage. The second option (option 2) allows slightly more light to spill over the periphery of the Community Center parking lot, which may be a desirable outcome. He stated an easement originally platted with the Mounds View City Hall addition will need to be vacated as a result of this plan. The easement had been taken assuming a different utilization. A new easement would be taken in its place. The applicant's engineer has prepared the legal descriptions for the easement to be vacated along with the description of the easement to be acquired. He noted the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the development review request at their meeting on September 21, 2005, recommending approval. He stated staffl s recommendation was to approve Resolution 817-OS which recommends approval of a development review for the proposed 8,300 square foot single story office building at 2395 County Road 10. Dr. Greg Belting, 1525 Sherman Lake Road, Lino Lakes, stated they had missed the all brick • requirement for the building materials when they designed the building. He indicated their destination point was a business usage purpose and he stated they could have a nice look to the