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AGENDA ITEM – 1A City of Arden Hills City Council Work Session for February 29, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-007 - Red Fox Business Center PUD Amendment Page 1 of 2 MEMORANDUM DATE: February 29, 2016 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner SUBJECT: Red Fox Business Center – Building 1 Façade Discussion Requested Action Staff is requesting that the City Council discuss the façade changes to Building 1 of the Red Fox Business Center and provide feedback to the developer regarding these changes. Background On February 23, 2015, the City Council approved Planning Case 14-036 for a Master and Final Planned Unit Development (PUD) and Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the Red Fox Business Center located at 1235 Red Fox Road for the construction of two multi-tenant light industrial buildings. The approved PUD included a specific plan set for the development that addressed amongst other things the façade materials to be used on the two buildings. The approved development plan set indicates where windows and doors will be located, areas where decorative metals and aluminum will be used, and where different colors and aggregate techniques will be used to reduce the monotony of large tilt-up panels and to provide architectural interest. At the City Council Work Session on June 15, 2015, the Council discussed a change in façade design for the two buildings. The discussion of this change was prompted by condition #18 of the PUD that stated “The Developer shall provide additional façade treatments on the south façade (loading dock area) of Building 2 similar to the north façade but not requiring use of the anodized aluminum materials”. The proposed façade change included a horizontal sand colored band along the top edge of the building wall and the removal of a third color along with bottom