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-2- 1 Motion carried unanimously. 2 3 The Manager circulated the program for the national conference of the American 4 Planning Association to be held in California in which some of the Commissioners 5 had indicated an interest. 6 7 Commissioner Madden asked for a status report'.on Berger Transfer and was told 8 by the Manager and the Chair Pro Tem that the company planned a -phased move of 9 some of its corporate offices to a building they are constructing in Roseville 10 on County Road- C,: but current plans .were to 'retain some offices and storage 11 space in their St. Anthony location which should result in less activity from 12 their current building and would probably eliminate the' need for their most 13 easterly parking lot. 14 15 Mr. Childs reported the first occupancy -for the Kenzington is anticipated for 16 May and for the Walker on Kenzie this summer. He said the owners had promised 17 to notify him when application for rentals would be taken . The first occupancy 18 in the Village Townhomes was imminent, the -Manager said. 19 20 Mr. Childs told Commissioner Madden surveyors had already contacted staff about 2 1 the project which would replace the Legion Club and Mobil station next to the 22 Kenzington and the utility easements had been identified so soil borings.; 23 could be drilled. The Commissioner reiterated his concerns that the Legion 24 Club building might not have been designed to support a second floor or 25 the connecting bridge between the, two buildings. 26 • 27 At 7:45 P.M. the Chair Pro Tem opened the public hearing to consider a 28 petition from Duane Fisher to rezone the former Clark Station property on 29 the northeast corner of 33rd Avenue and Stinson Boulevard N.E. from C, 30 commercial district, to R-3, townhouse residential district, to construct four 31 townhouses on that property. He read the notice of the hearing which had 32 been published in the February 4th Bulletin and had been sent to property 33 owners of record within 350 feet of the subject property. No one present 34 reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its content. 35 36 As he had advised in his February 14th memorandum, Mr. Childs said the proposed 37 plan would conform in all ways to the R-3 zoning- requirements including a site 38 area, density, building height, parking, setbacks, etc. and he added, Mr. 39 Fisher intends to provide two car garages for each unit where the ordinance 40 only calls for single garages. The Manager said in terms of the City' s 41 Comprehensive Plan, a perceived conflict between residential and commercial 42 would be eliminated and he reiterated that because he perceived the proposal had 43 been so well prepared and presented such a clear and straightforward concept, 44 he was recommending approval of the request. 45 46 The petitioner, Duane Fisher was present and indicated he had resided at 3329 47 Stinson Boulevard since 1969 and had been negotiating the purchase of this 48 property for redevelopment with the Clark Oil Company for the last three years. 49 Mr. Fisher indicated he had appeared before the Planning Commission several 50 years ago in an unsuccessful attempt to get the property rezoned, but the 51 matter had been laid over because he could not get the of-1 company to join in i • 52 his petition. t 53 54 The developer indicated he proposed to construct four 1 ,100 square foot units with 55 two bedrooms and baths. The two car garages would be designed as tuck-under's