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EXHIBIT B • ATTACHMENT .TO CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PETITION FOR VARIANCE INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTION OF SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Meta Operating Limited Partnership, an Ohio limited partnership ( "Meta" ) was the declarant of the Kenzington Condominium, a 150 unit senior condominium located directly west of the property. As the planning commission and council are aware, hopes for the development of this site have included the development of a medical office building. Currently those plans are on hold pending a number of factors, one of which includes the status of the study being performed by the Pollution Control Agency of the State of Minnesota ( "PCA" ) in .regard to the correction of certain soil conditions located on the property,in an area in which was once located an underground storage tank. This site was once a gasoline service station. Of course, Meta never bargained for the contaminated soil problem or the other complicating factors that have prevented the. improvement of this site. There does exist however a need to provide overflow parking for the staff and • visitors of the Kenzington Condominium. While the parking lot is intended to be merely a temporary improvement to this property it is viewed as a necessary one at the present time. Meta would intend to improvement the property with a parking area which is basically as outlined on the accompanying site plan. The intent is to try to make it as attractive as possible with the least amount of expenditure of funds and energy, since it is intended to be a temporary condition. It would be Meta' s request to only ask for a variance from the type of materials which are to be used in the construction of the driveway area, which materials would consist of crushed rock rather than asphalt or concrete building materials. The area of the parcel is not used for parking would be landscaped with grass and planting materials. •