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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes • December 19, 1995 Page 7 1 Commissioner Horst questioned if the area for Super Valu would include the land in the front portion 2 that they intend to purchase or is Opus planning for the entire mall. Mr. Scott replied that they are 3 independent lots owned by Opus that may be sold to direct users possibly leased users. City 4 Manager Morrison indicated that there are five lot subdivisions planned for phase one. 5 6 Commissioner Franzese noted that the proposed Cub Foods requires more square footage than the 7 plan one year ago. She questioned if the market has increased since then, or what prompted the 8 increased store size. Mr. Scott indicated that he was not familiar with the original plan, and Cub 9 Foods uses four different floor plans throughout the country, and they have chosen this one for the 10 Apache area. 11 12 Commissioner Gondorchin indicated that he was ready and willing to assist in whatever plans are 13 needed to facilitate the Apache Plaza project. 14 15 Commissioner Horst questioned if a power center concept would include a Carson Pirie Scott or 16 Sears store. Mr. Scott replied that would be correct. 17 18 Chair Bergstrom opened the Concept Review to the public for questions at 7:50 p.m. & Charles Finn of 2709 Silver Lane indicated that he has been interested in the redevelopment plans 20 for a long time and was happy to see advancement, but wanted potential problems noted-now. Mr. 21 Finn indicated that a subdivision application for January or February is too short of a time frame. 22 He also indicated that entrances, stoplights and traffic patterns to Apache Plaza need to be 23 considered. Mr. Finn reported that the environmental issues for the entire lot need to be considered 24 because more than 10% of the existing building is planned for demolition. He indicated that there 25 are currently no specifications for the water drainage for the entire site, and that they need to be 26 included in the Environmental Assessment Worksheet now so that the entire redevelopment project 27 is considered and done correctly the first time. 28 29 Chair Bergstrom agreed with Mr. Finn that this project needs to be done correctly, but wants to 30 understand his issues correctly as well. 31 32 Mr. Mornson responded to Mr. Finn that the plan includes a tax increment financing package and 33 that the new laws that begin April 1 will affect Super Valu's financing. He indicated that they have 34 been wishing to move to St. Anthony for a long time and that we need to accommodate them before 35 they seek another city. Mr. Mornson also noted that there are new stoplights on 39th and 37th 36 Streets, and that some measures have been taken to address the traffic issue. Mr. Morrison also 37 responded to the demolition of the area that a zero lot line is in effect, and that the City Attorney 38 approved the plan. He continued that the Planning Commission and the City Council are working 39 on the water drainage issue, and noted that they have met with the Rice Creek Watershed and that epthe current plan is four times better than the one presented one year ago.