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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for November 9, 2016 Page 2 of 18 1. Project Description The applicant is requesting approval of a Planned Unit Development that would include demolition of the current Bremer Bank building, to be replaced with a new 2,750 square-foot bank facility. The PUD application also proposes an 11,500 square-foot (approximate) daycare facility and a 7,500 square-foot multi-tenant commercial building. It is planned that the multi- tenant building would include office, health care, restaurant, retail and other commercial uses. Drive-up lanes are proposed for both the bank and the multi-tenant building. A total of 112 parking stalls are proposed for use between the three buildings. Phase 1 of the redevelopment would include the new bank and multi-tenant commercial buildings. The applicant expects construction on the bank to begin in June or July of 2017 and be completed by late 2017 or early 2018. Construction on the multi-tenant building would likely begin later in 2017. Phase 2 would be comprised of the daycare facility. A Final PUD application for Phase 2 is expected to be submitted in the spring of 2017. The application also includes requests for Preliminary and Final Plat approval. This process will subdivide the current parcel into three separate lots for the three proposed buildings. However, since the site is being developed as a Planned Unit Development, it would function as a whole and have a reciprocal easement agreement between the parcels to govern access, parking, maintenance, and other items. A separate outlot is also being created for stormwater management and drainage purposes. The redevelopment of a site with a bank is unique because FDIC rules do not allow for a bank to close for construction. The applicant has proposed a plan where a temporary trailer will be installed within the northern most parking stalls of the parking lot (along with leaving nine parking stalls) while the existing bank is demolished and the new bank is constructed. The temporary bank facility will use only the existing County Road F access. This temporary facility is shown on Exhibit B of the plans and the phasing of the improvements to allow the new bank to open is shown on Exhibit C. The applicant has submitted a project narrative explaining the proposed project in further detail, where flexibility is being requested, and why the overall proposal is within the public interest (Attachment A). A complete plan set has been submitted for the Preliminary Plat, Final Plat Master PUD for all three lots; Final PUD for Lot 1 and Lot 3; and a CUP for the possibility of a restaurant within the multi-tenant retail building on Lot 3 (Attachment B). The submitted plan set includes the existing conditions, preliminary plat, demolition plan, site plan, grading plan, erosion control plan, utility plans, tree inventory, tree preservation plan, landscaping plan, photometric (lighting) plan, final plat, fire truck turning exhibit, temporary bank operating exhibit, phase 1 construction exhibit, floor plans and proposed building elevations.