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Mr. Hitchcock's request for a building permit which will enable him to construct a warehouse building on Lot 8, Block 3 of the St. Anthony Office Park. Mr. Schroeder, builder and architect for the 15,000 square feet, all concrete building, said the structure will provide warehouse storage, display and office space for the auto body refinish- ing supply business. Mr. Hitchcock said he specializes in wholesale products distribution to automotive parts jobbers and the materials stored and displayed in the building are mostly body repair parts and equipment. These include some flammable materials such as laquer thinners of which there will only be storage but no processing but which will require a building of Type 1 construction. Plans for the building include a parking area in front of the building which will accomodate 18 vehicles. When the question arose as to whether the parking would be adequate to serve the 10 or 11 employees and what Mr. Hitchcock estimated would never be more than 8 customers at a time, Mr. Schroeder pointed out the parcel which was to be land- scaped at this time but could easily be used as an expansion of the parking space if necessary. He also told the Board that his business would require only a limited identification on the building which would not be illuminated. Motion by Mr. Hiebel and seconded by Mr. Johnson to recommend to the Council that a building permit be granted for the Hitchcock building as presented on Lot 8, Block 3, St. Anthony Office Park, subject to final approval by the Board of the landscaping, lighting and signage plans. Motion carried unanimously. The applicants were advised that the next Council meeting where their request would be presented had been changed from September 28th to October 5th. Mr. Lekson was to inform others whose applications had been considered that evening of the same fact. The Board then indicated they would appreciate staff input and recom- mendations regarding the guidelines to be considered for monumental signage and a working committee who will prepare formal recommendations for the consideration of the rest of the Board was formed, with Ken Hiebel, Rick Rymarchick and Wm. Bowerman to serve on that committee. Mr. Johnson then gave the reasons he is not optimistic about progress being made in his committee's efforts to work with the merchants and property owners towards the upgrading of the St. Anthony Shopping Center area because of the difficulty of contacting the absentee landlords of much of the property involved. Motion by Mr. Marks and seconded by Mr. Cowan to adjourn the meeting at 10:50 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. -7-