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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 19, 2005 Page 8 1 still in good shape. He expressed concerns stating that they are introducing an 2 extraneous use to the cemetery that is not compatible and they are asking the 3 Community to accept this incompatibility. He stated that he is not happy with the 4 changes to the green space adding that he does not see this as a hardship. He 5 questioned whether this is spot zoning noting that he has not heard anything from the 6 Sunset Group that would convince him that the funeral home intrusion justifies the 7 changes they are requesting for the zoning. He stated that this plan is not compatible 8 with some of the values expressed by the Community. 9 10 Commissioner D. Jensen stated that it would be a good idea for staff to determine and 11 address any encroachment and construction issues. 12 13 8.2 AMCON — Site Plan Review, St. Anthony Marketplace 14 15 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that this is a Concept Review for the Outlot at St. Anthony 16 Market Place. She stated that representatives from AMCON have met with Staff to 17 review their proposed development plans. She provided the Commission with an 18 update of the proposed schedule for the City's processes regarding the AMCON project 19 20 Paul Tucci, Oppidan, Inc, provided the Commission with an overview of the original 21 proposal noting that currently three bays are vacant that comprise approximately 3500 22 square feet. They are currently negotiating with a potential tenant for approximately 23 2000 square feet. He stated that the original restaurant has now elected not to go into 24 this space and reviewed the general retail areas that would provide mixed use with the 25 Commission. He stated that when this was originally approved there was a variance 26 approved for the setbacks for overall parking. He stated that 40 parking spaces were 27 allocated for the restaurant and rest for retail businesses and with the new proposal it 28 would only require half of what was originally proposed. The building was redesigned 29 and was made smaller, from 6000 square feet to 4500 square feet. He reviewed the 30 parking and traffic patterns for the hair salon and fitness center stating that they are 31 working to set up the parking to be more evenly distributed throughout the day. He 32 reviewed the coffee shop deal drive-through stating that the drive-through would take 33 2000 of the 4500 feet, leaving 2200 feet for two additional bays. He referenced the 34 design of the building stating that they plan to pick a section of the building, use that as 35 a fagade and carry it throughout the rest of the building. He assured the Commission 36 that they would work to keep the look consistent front and back and they would do their 37 best to improve the quality of the view of the back of building. He reviewed the 38 landscape plan with Commission noting that they do not own the property all the way 39 out to the street. He explained that there is a right-of-way area that would be 40 maintained by the current owner. 41 42 Commissioner Young asked Mr. Tucci to review the design of the building. Mr. Tucci 43 noted that glass is a big part of the design and reviewed the areas and locations of the 44 building where they plan to use glass. He stated that the front of the building would be 45 glass down to the grade adding that they would try to pick up the front elevation of that 46 piece.