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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2019 Page 3 1 situation. Certainly, if parking cannot be provided then there will be trouble trying to lease the 2 units out and he was sure there was a lot of thought put into that process. He indicated he liked 3 that there is some green space there. 4 5 Councilmember Stille stated it does increase green space through this process compared to where 6 it was. City Planner Grittman explained raw impervious is about seven percent better and does 7 not include the interior courtyard, which is technically pervious but there will be a lot of green 8 space in the courtyard as well. 9 10 Councilmember Stille asked about the access to Salo Park and the walkability from the 11 development through there to connect to the trails in order to get connectivity and he wondered 12 about the south project and if there is access from phase two through the middle of the building 13 into the retail, north building, so people do not need to walk all the way around in order to get to 14 the retail. He noted he was searching for a vibrant retail and wanted to make sure that is well 15 connected. 16 17 Mr. Kelly Dorn, Dorn Companies, showed the City Council additional renderings of the project 18 and explained connectivity and access to the buildings. 19 20 Councilmember Randle explained parking is still a concern for him. He thought 1.5 seemed 21 adequate but not every resident is going to abide by that number and the business parking does 22 not seem to be taken into account along with visitors. Mr. Dorn explained his experience with 23 parking is with similar projects that have been built and are currently operating, such as the 610 24 projects in Brooklyn Park. He indicated this has a very similar parking ratio and the parking that 25 is under the building versus that which is on the surface. He noted the parking is working at the 26 Brooklyn Park project which is 480 units. He also noted a building in Maple Grove with 375 27 units and stated the parking is also working there. He thought it boils down to not what the 28 parking ratio is per unit, the better way to look at it is what is the parking ratio per bedroom and 29 with this development the parking ratio is 1.17 per bedroom which is a healthy parking ratio for 30 this kind of a project. Mr. Dorn noted people are using alternate forms of transportation as well. 31 He explained if there are parking problems, they would go to a car sharing program which his 32 company would implement and run and currently is being done in another of their buildings in 33 Edina. He indicated his company is very comfortable with the amount of parking being 34 provided. 35 36 Councilmember Stille asked what will become of the two outlots from the first phase. Mr. Dorn 37 explained the one outlot along Silver Lake Road, between the gas station and Starbucks will be 38 retained by the shopping center and it is his understanding and based upon all of the documents 39 drafted so far is that their plan is to develop that and that they would be coming forth with a plan 40 to put a building on that property. 41 42 Mayor Faust thought over the last fifteen years a lot of things have changed along with driving 43 habits and use of vehicles and there were also people who have asked for there to be less parking 44 in that area. There is also the opportunity to add more parking if needed. He thought this was a 45 great project and appreciated all the hard work. 46