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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 3 Mayor Grant adjourned the City Council work session meeting at 6:52 p.m. Mayor Grant reconvened the City Council Work Session meeting at 8:11 p.m. B. PC 14-023 Concept Review — 4200 Round Lake Road — Roberts Management Group City Planner Streff stated that the property being discussed tonight is situated at the northeast corner of the I-35W and 1-694 interchange with access from Round Lake Road and Gateway Boulevard. This property is commonly referred to as the Traverse Business Center site. City Planner Streff indicated that the applicant is proposing two (2) light industrial buildings at this site. Building 1 is proposed at 200,140 square feet and building 2 is proposed at 25,600 square feet for a total of 225,740 square feet. It is the applicant's vision that the larger of the two buildings would function as a multi-tenant structure with an average of 20% office and the remainder of the space would be used for manufacturing, production, retail sales and service, warehousing and other similar uses. The smaller of the two buildings would function in a very similar manner to the other building; however, this structure would be geared towards smaller production tenants with less office presence. It is the applicant's hope that the great visibility and interstate access will appeal to potential tenants. City Planner Streff stated as proposed, the buildings would be constructed with tip-up concrete panels with decorative accents that incorporate brick and metal to help offset the large facades of the structures. The applicant is also proposing to use a large amount of glass on the front of the buildings to further enhance the attractiveness of both buildings. The front facade of building 1 is positioned to face I-35W/1-694 and building 2 has its front oriented towards Gateway Boulevard. In order to provide functional space that will serve the needs of both large and small tenants, building 1 is proposed with twenty-five (25) foot to thirty (30) foot sidewalls and building 2 with twenty(20) foot to twenty-five(25) foot sidewalls. City Planner Streff explained that surface parking would be provided on the site as depicted on the site plan that has been submitted by the applicant. The plan shows that the parking needs for this development can be accommodated onsite. Preliminary figures show that 364 parking spaces are required and 382 spaces have been provided. Access to the site has been provided off of Gateway Boulevard in three locations, two of which have been designed to serve both passenger vehicles and semi-truck traffic. City Planner Streff commented that the City Council approved the Traverse Business Center Planned Unit Development (PUD) in July of 2007. This particular PUD called for three(3)phases of development. Phase I consisted of a 203,400 square foot six (6) story office building. Phase II added an additional 261,600 square foot office building with eight (8) stories. The remaining phase III consisted of a 30,000 square foot office building. Phase I and II have both Master PUD approval and Final PUD approval. Phase III only has a Master PUD approval at this time. As stated in the current PUD Permit, building permits for Phase I and Phase JI were required to be obtained on or before July 30, 2014,to keep the PUD from expiring.