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• CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: April 6, 2001 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Jennifer Chaput, City Planner SUBJECT: Case#01-02 Master PUD Amendment/Site Plan Review Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Avenue North Request The applicant is requesting an amendment to Guidant's Master Planned Unit Development for a change in the location of a parking ramp to the west of where it currently exists on the Master PUD, and the addition of Building I, a two level office building. Application has also been made for site plan review for the parking ramp in its new proposed location. Background The Planning Commission heard this case in February, tabling for additional information on the proposed parking ramp. The applicant appeared before the Planning Commission a second time with additional plans for the parking ramp and a presentation of the potential long term buildout of the campus with the addition of the newly purchased Control Data property to the east. The applicant will also make a brief presentation of this information to the City Council. The PUD for the Guidant campus was last amended with Planning Case 99-07, approving a parking ramp on the west side of the wooded wetlands, adjacent to County Road F. In the proposed Master PUD amendment, the parking ramp is located farther west of where it was approved, replacing an existing surface lot. The amendment also proposes an additional building, Building 1,between Buildings E and D,not requiring site plan review at this time. The site plan application for a parking ramp, exceeding the maximum height requirements for the I-1 District by 10'-8" (to the tallest point), is also being reviewed. The parking ramp is within a PUD application which does allow for flexibility in the underlying zoning regulations. All plans and information relating to this case were provided to the City Council as a part of the Planning Commission's packet for the April 4 Planning Commission meeting.