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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—APRIL 21, 2014 2 • Planning Case 11-016: PUD Amendment to revise the number of lots, reduce the number of buildings to be constructed on the lots, and approve a revised preliminary and final plat. • Planning Case 13-010: PUD Amendment to permit additional wall and window signage for the Walgreens building on Lot 1. Associate Planner Bachler explained that in April 2013, staff was notified by the City Attorney that the development agreements pertaining to Planning Case 09-011, Planning Case 10-008, and Planning Case 11-016 were not properly recorded with Ramsey County. Subsequently, staff began working with the City Attorney to update the documents to reflect changes in ownership so the documents could be recorded. However, because of the substantive changes that occurred in the lot configuration and site plan following the approval of the Master PUD in 2009, there were several inconsistencies between the redevelopment plans as outlined in the Master PUD Agreement and what the stated plans were in the ensuing documents. This resulted in uncertainty in terms of what phases and buildings had actually been approved by the City. In order to address this issue, staff has been working with the City Attorney and the property owners within Arden Plaza to draft an Amended and Revised Development Agreement that accurately establishes the approvals and conditions for the redevelopment of the three lots on the site. This single document encompasses all previous development agreements and amendments, and going forward will be the principle regulatory document for the property. The conditions approved in Planning Case 13-010 regarding the additional signage for the Walgreens building have also been incorporated into the revised document. Associate Planner Bachler reported that the Amended and Revised Development Agreement includes two substantive changes from what was originally approved by the City Council in the previous agreements. Staff supports these requests. 1. Arden Plaza, LLC has requested to include an extension for the Phase II and Phase III application deadlines. The following chart outlines the existing requirements for the submittals for these two phases and the change proposed by Arden Plaza, LLC: Existing Proposed Requirements Changes Submittal of PUD—Final No later than June 1, 2013 No later than June 1, 2015 Plan for Phase lI Submittal of PUD—Final No later than June 1, 2014 No later than June 1, 2016 Plan for Phase III 2. The Pamela Couch Trust and the JGC Trust jointly own Lot 1 where the Walgreens building is located. The trustee has requested to remove the condition that waives their right to appeal assessments levied against Lot 1 related to the B-2 District streetscape improvements. Since the development agreement between the City and NLD Arden Hills, LLC, the developer for Walgreens, was not properly recorded this agreement would not have shown up on the title report when the property was purchased by the Trusts in October 2012.