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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES April 20,1976 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bowerman at 7:37 P.M. Present for roll call: 'Letourneau, Cowan, Hiebel, Bowerman, Johnson and Rymarchick. Absent: Marks (Arrived at 7:38 P.M.) The following correction was made to the minutes of the Planning Board meeting March 16, 1976: Page 4, N6:..Correct spelling of "gas" Motion by Mr. Letourneau, seconded by Mr. Marks to approve the March 16th minutes as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Jeff Nielsen of the Gay Realty Company and Mr. Ed. Sheehy of the EDS Construction Company appeared to seek approval of the site and building plans for a one-story warehouse -office building to be constructed on Lots 1 and 2 of Block 3 in the St. Anthony Office Park. The building would be 276 feet long and 16 feet high with approx- imately 33,000 square feet of space of which 85% would be devoted to warehouse and laboratory space with the remaining space for office use. Mr. Nielsen said 55 parking stalls had been provided at the request of four prospective tenants. Several Board members expressed their concern with what provisions could be made if other businesses requiring more parking spaces should become tenants. The plans call for a U shaped building which would provide a shelter for the trucks which would service the pro- spective tenants with the possibility of another similar building being erected. This evoked a discussion of whether the isolated truck bay area on the two lots to the south might require lights or a security fence. Mr. Nielsen conceded that one of the prospective tenants, Conwed, would probably include fire testing in its laboratory facilities but said that particular space was being designed to accomodate this feature. The building will be sprinkled, however. During the discussion of the landscaping plans, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Marks expressed some concern with only 5 feet of greenery being provided on the east side of the building. Mr. Bowerman suggested that the developer make certain that the tenants understood that the City's sign requirements are quite restrictive and that if each tenant requires individual identification the square footage of each sign might be minimal. Motion by Mr. Cowan, seconded by Mr. Rymarchick to recommend to the Council preliminary approval of the Gay Realty Company proposal to erect a 33,000 sq. ft. warehouse -office building as presented on Lots 1 and 2 of Block 3 of the St. Anthony Office Park, subject to a final review by the Board of the landscaping, parking and signing plans as well as provisions for screening the rooftop utilities. Motion carried unanimously.