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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes September 20, 2005 Page 1 I 1 2 Chair Stromgren opened the public hearing at 7:59 p.m. 3 4 Ms. Moore-Sykes reviewed the listed properties with the Commission noting that these are all 5 properties the City has acquired for redevelopment over the years that have been held by the City 6 until a buyer or project could be identified. She stated that in 1996, as part of their 7 redevelopment plan for this area, the City Council met with the owners to discuss the prospect of 8 acquiring these properties. She stated that by 2000 the City had acquired all of the properties and 9 that on October 29, 2004 the City sold all of the lots to Autumn Woods Partners, LLP. She 10 stated that as part of the agreement, the City agreed to combine these lots into one parcel and 11 record it with Hennepin County. 12 13 Paul Brewer, LaNel Properties, confirmed that the lots along Kenzie are all properties that they 14 purchased from the City and reviewed with the Commission. He stated that as part of Autumn 15 Woods they have a triangular parcel titled Parcel A and has been deeded and recorded with the 16 County. He stated that now, in order to prepare the parcel for development, they want to convey 17 Parcel A to a partnership that owns the parcels that would be eventually developed. He stated 18 that until they get a solid plan together for this area they do not want to apply for a subdivision of 19 the parcels and they are asking the City to waive the subdivision requirements so they can record 20 Parcel A as a separate parcel from the lots they purchased from the City. He stated that without 21 the City waiver they would have to subdivide the property. He stated that at this time they are 22 requesting that the Planning Commission waive the subdivision requirements allowing them to 23 record the deed for Parcel A and when they get to the point for a final development plan for the 24 site they would come back to present a formal subdivision plan for the site. 25 26 Chair Stromgren closed the public hearing at 8:05 p.m. 27 28 Motion by Commissioner Jensen, second by Commissioner Young, to recommend approval of 29 the proposed administrative subdivision of property located at 2534 Kenzie Terrace; 2538 Kenzie 30 Terrace; 2542 Kenzie Terrace; 2546 Kenzie Terrace and 2548 Kenzie Terrace and combine these 31 lots into one parcel and record it with Hennepin County as proposed by Staff. 32 33 Motion carried unanimously 34 35 VIII. CONCEPT REVIEW 36 37 8.1 Redevelopment of the Kenzie Terrace/Lowry Avenue Commercial Property located at 38 2520 Kenzie Terrace. 39 40 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that John Harriss, Harriss Architects, is representing a group of 41 developers that are interested in redeveloping 2520 Kenzie Terrace, which is the old KFC 42 commercial site. She stated that the parcel is currently zoned commercial and that their proposal 43 is to rezone the lot to an R-4 and construct an owner-occupied condominium with 33 units. She 44 explained that because of the size of the lot, they might also request a variance to the height 45 restriction to construct a 4-floor building. She noted that they have a similar project on Central