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l CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES . July 16,1974 The meeting was called to order by Chairman McGinn at 7:37 P.M. The following were present for roll call: Johnson, Kronk, Letourneau, McGinn, Mr. Ken Hiebel, 3341 Skycroft Circle, as well as Mr. W.J. Bowerman, 3129 Croft Drive, the latter two being newly appointed to the Board but not yet sworn into office. Also present: Jim Fornell & Harry Lekson Absent: Marks The following amendments were made to the Planning Board minutes of June 18, 1974: Page 1-Para. 3: Substitute "lot size variance" for "conditional use permit" Page 1-Para. 6: Insert a "," after "22 years". Page 2-Para. 1: Strike "for a conditional use- permit" The minutes were approved as amended. Mr. Don Poupard, agent for Mr. Norman F. Dyer, who said he had a contract to sell the lot owned by Mr. Norman F. Dyer, 2835 Nicollet Avenue South, and identified as Lot 12, Block 11 of St. Anthony Office Park requested the Board's recommend- ation of approval of a Public Hearing on the rezoning of that lot from Light • Industrial to Commercial. Mr. Poupard identified the company interested in the property as McDonald's Restaurant and presented a rough sketch of the proposed structure. He explained that since no legal papers had been signed by McDonalds to date, no representative of the company was present. Mr. Poupard also told of his contacts with the T.K. Gray Company and the Leslie Paper Company who are both in the office park, and said the only objections were Mr. Gray's anxiety that vandalism at his plant might increase and Mr. Leslie's concern with possible interference by the traffic generated by the restaurant with the semi trailers which service his plant. Mr Poupard said he felt he had answered both object- ions satisfactorily. Neither he nor Mr. Dyer were able to give exact projections of traffic generation which might result from the restaurant business. Mr. Fornell gave the Board, as further information on this point, the Project Data Sheets showing proposed improvements to be made on County Road C. Following a question from Mr. Lekson, Mr. Poupard said McDonald's understood that the signs they normally use on their restaurants would not meet the City of St. Anthony's sign ordinance. After a discussion of the anticipated square footage of the proposed structure as well as number of eating spaces and parking facilities which might be necessary, the following motion was made but died for lack of a second: Motion by Mr. Johnson that the Planning Board recommend to the Council that a • Public Hearing be set on the proposed rezoning of Lot 12, Block 1 of St. Anthony Office Park from Light Industrial to Commercial. Mrs. McGinn said she felt the project would be a "conflicting use" of the office park land and the following motion was made: