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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES February 17,1976 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bowerman at 7:35 P.M. Present for roll call: Cowan, Marks, Hiebel, Bowerman, Johnson and Rymarchick. Absent: Letourneau Also present: Jim Fornell, Harry Lekson The following correction was made to the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Board January 20, 1976: Page 2, para. 6: Substitute "concern" for "fear" in 5th sentence. Motion by Mr. Marks, seconded by Mr. Rymarchick to approve the minutes of the January 20th meeting as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Ed Fiorre, General Manager of American Monarch, said he was present to get the Board's reaction to his request that the property west of American Monarch's building on 37th Avenue N.E. retain its light industrial zoning to enable his company to make a necessary expansion of their factory in that direction. He told the Board that the proposal from Richard Ernst for the development of the land to the east of the plant which is owned by American Monarch actually involved a trade of that property for the section of the land to the west which would allow the company to expand. American Monarch wants to purchase the property to the west directly from the Apache Corporation with the present zoning (L.I.). His concern was that his company might purchase the land and then find the City had changed the zoning to the proposed C-1 classification which would prevent its use for the company's expansion. Mr. Fiore said the company's expansion plans rested on the health of the computer industry but anticipated the company would outgrow the present building in three years and would require from 30,000 to 45,000 additional square feet of building within that time. The need for a new section for the ovens used in their industry would necessitate their building their expansion space from 8 to 10 feet higher than the present building. Existance of a storm drain on the property to the east would require expensive tunneling and leveling of the terrain. A separate building was also felt to not be economically feasible. The present parking to the east would be retained and additional parking spaces to accomodate the increase in personnel would be a part of the expansion to the west. In reply to questions from the Board, Mr. Fiore said the addition would be of the same basic architecture as the existing building which seemed compatible to the residential neighborhood across 37th Avenue. He did not anticipate a great increase in traffic since the two shifts of the factory workers and hours for staff members are staggered.