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• Mr. Fornell reported compliance with all conditions set for such hearings and again no one present reported not receiving the required notifica- tion. The Manager said the City had followed the established practice of notifying the planning department of any adjoining municipality (in this case, Minneapolis) of the hearing. The Board considered his September 15th assessment of the request and Mr. Johnson's September 16th letter which accompanied the petition in which he enumerated points of justification he saw for waiving the strict application of the single parking per square foot of the building re- quirement of the City Ordinance. He pointed out that one-third of the 31, 560 square foot three level building would be devoted to storage, filing and public relation/information space. The maximum of about 40 employees will only be required to staff the building if the 10 year projections are realized and the 6, 500 square feet of space on the top level will only be used for rental until the bank needs that space for its own use. Mr. Fornell said it would be up to the bank officials to seek low traffic generating tenants for that space and the architect agreed, saying it would always be to the bank 's advantage to provide enough parking spaces for its customers. He said negotiations, which up to now have been un- successful, are continuing to purchase additional adjoining land for automobile accomodations. Although the Board was concerned that there might not be enough parking • spaces if the bank should reach its projected potential , they agreed it made good business sense to assume the bank would be self limiting regarding parking of employees and tenants and felt the parking problems were far outweighed by the desirability of having the banking operation in that particular location where they might become a model for improve- ment of the entire Kenzie Terraces-area. They also saw the proposed Certificate of Occupancy as a possible vehicle for controlling parking needs. Motion by Mr. Cowan and seconded by Mr. Marks to recommend to the City Council that a variance to the City Zoning Ordinance requirements for off street parking spaces be granted to permit the construction of the pro- posed banking facility at approximately 2401 Lowry Avenue N.E. by the State Bank of St. Anthony on the conditions that (1) No on-street parking will,-be permitted on Stinson Boulevard or Kenzie Terrace and (2) There shall be no reduction in approved landscaping/green space plans to accomodate more parking spaces . �"Mo tion carried unanimously. .The meeting was recessed at 9 : 40 p.m. and reconvened at 9 : 44 p.m. to consider the basic guidelines for the Kenzie Terrace commercial area planning study as set forth by the Manager September 15th. Mr. Fornell reported that conversations with the owner of one of the shopping centers, Elliott Saliterman, led him to believe that the- owner was interested in • (3)