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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 5 • Approving the Medtronic Development Stage PUD Plans Mayor Marty opened the public heazing at 7:28 p.m. Community Development Director Ericson stated they would not be discussing the wetland alteration and calling of bonds at tonight's meeting. He suggested all four items 8.A.1 through 8.A.4. be presented as one public hearing. Director Ericson stated on June 27, 2005, the Mounds View City Council and Economic Development Authority authorized an agreement with Medtronic Inc. to redevelop the Bridges of Mounds View golf course. The approved development was amulti-phased project with the first phase encompassing 820,000 squaze feet of office space and related ancillary uses. On July 11, 2005, the City Council adopted Ordinance 760, an ordinance approving the transfer of land from the City of Mounds View to the Mounds View EDA and then subsequently to Medtronic. On August 22, 2005, the City Council approved Resolution 6581, which further authorized the sale of the Bridges site to the EDA for resale to Medtronic. At the same meeting, the City Council reviewed and approved the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) general concept plans without conditions. Director Ericson noted Opus Architects & Engineers have submitted the detailed site plans, surveys and preliminary plat for this second stage of the PUD process. . Director Ericson stated the PUD has been revised from the general concept plans reviewed on August 22. The concept plan identified four distinct buildings in a pin-wheel orientation tied together by a two-story atrium-like commons area. While there remain four distinct eight-story buildings, these are now all oriented in an east-west fashion to enhance environmental sustainability. The first two phases would be linked together by stacking corridors and meeting rooms 60 feet wide except at the main level where the connective space is 180 feet wide. The first phase would be connected to the parking ramp north of the buildings at the ground level, where the daycare and service areas would be located. The parking plan remains the same, in that Phase 1 would include athree-story structure ramp to the north and the 900 surface stalls near the building entrance. Director Ericson stated the buildings are set back a minimum of 40-feet from the periphery lot line, which is consistent with the minimum requirements within the PUD. The buildings will be no closer than 80 feet to Highway 10 and 60 feet to Coral Sea Street and 82nd Lane NE. The Phase 1 parking ramp will be set back 100 feet from Coral Sea Street to preserve an existing stand of mature Scarlet Oak trees. The parking lot/ramp along 82 Lane NE will be set back 40 feet. He indicated the building will be constructed of precast concrete wall panels with horizontal and vertical reveals. The base of the buildings will have a decorative or specialty stone base. The rooftop utilities will be hidden from view by metal panel screens to match the color scheme of • the building. These rooftop mechanical aprons and elevator penthouses will be inwazdly set back from the edge of the building by as much as thirty feet to reduce their visibility. The facade will