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City Council meeting of February 20, 2007 Page 5 4) conservation easements; and 5) ordinance title. Granger made motion, Haas seconded, to amend the motion that the revised draft ordinance be submitted to Council by its meeting on May 7, 2007. VOTE ON AMENDMENT: All aye. Motion Carried. VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION: All aye. Motion Carried. DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR ONEKA SQUARE AT TH61/120TH STREET At its December 8, 2006 meeting, Council listened to a presentation from developers looking to construct a retail building on the southeast corner of TH61 and 12e Street. A concept plan, which had been presented to Council, highlighted a rectangular building, in front of which would be a large parking lot designed to provide for necessary onsite parking. The developers solicited comments from Council and would like another opportunity to present their concept plan for further discussion by Council. CD Director Bryan Bear provided a PowerPoint presentation outlining the background of the project, focusing on concerns with TH61 right-of-way and serving the property with sanitary sewer. Council asked developers Jason Brown and Terry Thompson a number of questions and addressed issues. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to continue to work with the developer, with the following directives: 1) protect 40' right-of-way for TH61; and 2) develop an agreement to allow sanitary sewer hookup from White Bear Township but at the time of City of Hugo sewer extension, share in the cost of improvement. All aye. Motion Carried. DISCUSSION ON CONCEPT PLAN FOR GUSSETT DESIGN AT 15587 FOREST BLVD. (RICK BURR) Rick Burr requested a concept plan review for an addition to an existing building located at 15587 Forest Boulevard North, zoned General Business (C-2). The current use is an industrial legal non -conforming use. In order to build the addition, the applicant will have to apply for a conditional use permit to expand the legal non -conforming use during the site plan review and must comply with the related performance standards. Associate Planner Rachel Simone provided a detailed PowerPoint presentation outlining the concept plan, as well as visuals of the property. The current building totals 5,740 square feet and is used for office, manufacturing, and warehousing on a lot that is 50,483 square feet. The building addition totals 12,060 square feet and will be used for warehousing equipment utilized by the business and will provide space inside of the building to store materials that are currently outdoors. The applicant is also applying for two variances: 1) variance from the side yard set back requirements to allow the addition of the building to be one foot from the property line where thirty feet is required; and 2) variance from the commercial/industrial construction standards to build an addition with metal panels, which is prohibited by the ordinance. Council discussed the request and agreed to allow a one foot setback and the new addition may be constructed of metal panels, including a minimum 20% coverage of brick columns matching the existing building.