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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—MAY 27, 2014 9 under garage noting that his pipes froze this past winter and his bedrooms were quite cold. He commented that the three-car garage was requested to allow for a staircase to get from the garage into the home. Mayor Grant commented that the Council was concerned about the proposed extent of the encroachment into the required setback. He stated that the Council may be willing to consider some level of encroachment, but did not support the present request. He suggested that the applicant consider a deep two-car garage as this would lessen the encroachment. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Holmes seconded a motion to table action on this item. The motion carried (5-0). B. Planning Case 14-018—PUD Amendment—Arden Plaza Associate Planner Bachler stated that in June 2009, the City Council approved a Master Planned Unit Development for the Arden Plaza retail center on the southwest corner of County Road E and Lexington Avenue. The approved Master PUD included the demolition of an existing office building, the subdivision of the parcel, and construction of four buildings to be completed over three phases. As part of this application, approval was also granted for a Final PUD for Phase I of the project. Associate Planner Bachler reported that the City Council later approved an amendment to the Final PUD for Phase I and an updated Preliminary and Final Plat in August 2011. In addition to revising the number of lots and reducing the number of buildings to be constructed as part of the Master PUD, the amendment also allowed for a new timeline for the completion of the three project phases. Associate Planner Bachler explained that under the current development agreement between the City and Arden Hills, LLC, the submittal deadline for the Final PUD — Phase II application was June 1, 2013. The submittal deadline for the Final PUD — Phase III application is June 1, 2014. Due to the slow economic recovery, Arden Plaza, LLC has been unable to successfully market the two pad sites on the property that would allow for the completion of Phase II and III as outlined in the Master PUD plan. The property owner is therefore requesting a PUD Amendment to extend the submittal deadlines for the future phases of the project. Staff is currently working with the City Attorney and the Arden Plaza property owners on an Amended and Restated Development Agreement for the site. This effort was initiated so that the development agreements pertaining to the City approvals granted for the project can be properly recorded with Ramsey County. The Amended and Restated Development Agreement will encompass all previous development agreements and amendments, and going forward will be the principal regulatory document for the parcels within the PUD. Associate Planner Bachler stated that he presented a draft version of the Amended and Restated Development Agreement to the City Council at a work session on April 21, 2014. The draft document included two substantive changes from what was originally approved by the City. One of these changes was the extension now being reviewed in Planning Case 14-018. Following its