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Page 8 Signage The applicant is showing on the plans a wall sign on the building and a proposed location for a monument sign. The location seems acceptable, but there are no details for what the monument sign will look like or proposed landscaping around the sign. Sign permits shall be approved for all signs that will be on the building and monument signs. All details will be reviewed and approved at the time a sign permit is applied for. Ponding and stormwater management The proposed plans are consistent with City storm water management requirements with regard to the building elevation, storage, treatment, and infiltration. Staff is working with the applicant to make a few minor modifications to the storm water management plans; however, none of the modifications will require a change in the overall site plan. Utilities Sanitary sewer service is extended from existing infrastructure located on the east side of the property with a 6" service extended into the site. Water service is available by connecting (wet tap) to the existing watermain located along the east side of Highway 61. Streets and Access There are three existing access points into the property. The applicant is showing the elimination of two access and one proposed access for the site. MnDOT has a plan to expand Highway 61 into a 4 -lane divided Highway. The plan shows a median at this access location. The short term the access into the site would be a full access, but long-term the access into the site will be right- in/right-out only. As the project moves forward MnDOT will be provided the opportunity to comment on the plan. They may require turn lanes on Highway 61 to access the site, as per the comments received from another project previously proposed on this site. It will also be required that 39 feet of right-of-way along Highway 61 be dedicated to the City for the future expansion of the highway per the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and MnDOT. Past planning efforts by the City included the coordination of access with the properties to the north and south of the site. The site plan is configured in a manner to allow for future interconnection of the adjacent properties. An easement or other agreement should be drafted to allow for the connection to the adjacent sites as they develop in the future 6. CONCLUSION: It is the Staff's opinion that the criteria for rezoning of the property have been met. Therefore, the Staff recommends approval of the rezoning of the properties. N.