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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for May 8, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2019\19-005 Boston Scientific - SP\Memos Reports <br /> Page 1 of 8 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: May 8, 2019 PC Agenda Item 4.B <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Mike Mrosla, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #19-005 <br /> Applicant: Boston Scientific Corporation <br />Property Location: 4100 Hamline Ave N. <br />Request: Site Plan Review <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The Boston Scientific Corporation has submitted an application for Site Plan Review. The <br />Applicant is requesting approval to reconstruct and expand the existing parking lot adjacent to <br />Lexington Avenue. The property is located at 4100 Hamline Ave North. The property is zoned I- <br />1, Limited Industrial District and is guided as I/O, Light Industrial and Office on the Land Use <br />Plan. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Boston Scientific has recently announced that the Minnetonka Boston Scientific campus will be <br />shutting down and transferring all product, processes, and employees to the Arden Hills Campus. <br />There will be approximately 400-500 employees transferring to the Arden Hills campus by 2020. <br />The relocated jobs include approximately 100-200 manufacturing jobs and 300 office staff. In <br />preparation for this move, the Applicant is requesting to reconstruct the existing parking lot <br />adjacent to Lexington Avenue and add an additional 387 additional parking stalls. The Applicant <br />is also requesting to make other pedestrian and vehicular safety improvement along existing <br />parking areas on Lexington Avenue and Cummings Park Drive. <br /> <br />1. Existing Site Conditions: <br />The Applicant is currently remodeling the existing office space in buildings 7 and 9 to <br />accommodate the relocated employees. City Code Section 1325.06 Subd. 1 (G) states that any <br />commercial or industrial buildings for a use, or uses, which is proposed to be converted, <br />remodeled, or modified to accommodate another allowable use, or uses, which has a greater off- <br />street parking requirement shall be required to apply for Site Plan Review and approval to assure <br />the adequacy of off-street parking. Boston Scientific currently has 2,653 parking spaces and has