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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 29, 2004 7 . 11. The applicant shall obtain all necessary permits from the Rice Creek Watershed District, MPCA, and other governmental entities. Copies of such permits should be provided to the City. Bruce Kunkel, Bethel Vice President Student Services, stated this was an important project for Bethel and was consistent with the Master Plan. He noted they had received approval from the Rice Creek Watershed District, even though they impacted a small area of the wetland area. He indicated the building was placed where it was to save a forest of trees. He noted, while there would be some trees removed, the majority of the trees would remain. With respect to parking, they would manage the number of spaces given to sophomores to around 150 vehicles. They would manage that number to the existing parking they had on campus and not pave the entire campus. He indicated they did not see an impact to traffic or parking with this development. Councilmember Larson asked how many additional students did they anticipate with this development. Mr. Kunkel replied he assumed it would bring the enrollment somewhere to 2,850 students, which would be approximately 200 additional students. He indicated in the foreseeable future, their goal was to keep the enrollment under 3,000 students. . Councilmember Grant thanked them for minimizing the amount of traffic coming into campus with this proposed development. He asked if there would be signage on the building. Mr. Kunkel replied they would not have signage on the building, but the building would be seen from Ham1ine Avenue. However, it was still a heavily wooded area. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to approve Planning Case 04-02: Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, Special Use Permit (SUP) Master Plan Amendment and site plan subject to the eleven conditions of approval as listed on staffs report to the City Council dated March 29, 2001. Also, approve the height variances of 8 feet for the overall mass of the building height, 1.5 feet for the elevator penthouse, and 17 feet for the architectural feature. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). D. RESOLUTION NO. 04-29, APPROVING SIGN LOCATION ON NORTH SNELLING Mr. Moore stated in the fall of 2003, the Operations and Maintenance staff installed a "Local Traffic Only" sign on the west side of North Snelling Avenue, 25 feet south of the North Heights Lutheran Church entrance. The purpose of this sign was to help reduce the flow of traffic on North Snelling Avenue after events/services held at North Heights Lutheran Church. . Mr. Moore indicated that the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department had notified the City that they will not enforce this signage until the City Council approves its placement/installation. Mayor Aplikowski asked what "Local Traffic Only" means. Mr. Parrish replied only residents or visitors to a resident were allowed to drive through the neighborhood.