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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - AUGUST 30, ] 999 14 . reason to hold up this Planning Case and she was willing to support he request with screening to the north and additional landscaping to the south. Mayor Probst suggested a portion of the curb be removed from County Road D and replaced with a mountable curb, rather than a full apron. This would make the entrance clear without a full curb cut. Councilmember Malone noted that most new developments utilize this sort of curb. Councilmember Larson concurred with this suggestion. He stated that he had no objections with the proposed storage and ramp. He would prefer for the access to the ramp to hug the southern properlv line and for there to be no curb cut. He confirmed that the applicant would object to the access being from the main entrance due to the sharp turn at the southeast corner. Mr. Nelson stated that this was correct. He would prefer a shorter distance and the straight-in access. MOTION: I 2. , J. . 4. Councilmember Malone moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve Planning Case #99-11, Concept Planned Unit Development, subject to the following conditions: Provision of a 20-foot buffer yard from residential property to the north, and a 30-foot buffer yard from residential property to the east. The access ramp on the east side of the building use concrete paver blocks and have a surmountable curb, without an apron for the curb cut treatment. Screening from adjacent residential property includes both fencing and landscaping. The Developer's Agreement have very clear language that it was not the City Council's intent that the access ramp be utilized as a full-use driveway. The motion carried (4-1, Councilmember Rem opposed). Mayor Probst recognized that the applicant's architect is also the Chairman of the Planning Commission and asked that the message be carried back to the Chairman that he and the City should be proud oCthe building design. B. TCAAP Zoning, Review of Requests for Proposals Mr. Post explained that, as part of the TCAAP re-use planning effort conducted in 1995 and 1996, a portion of the acreage was identified for public and institutional land use. The conceptual land use vision was reinforced when the City of Arden Hills submitted its Comprehensive Plan update to the Metropolitan Council in late 1998. Future identiJied public and institutional land use areas on TCAAP are not supported by consistent zoning requirements. Recognizing both this fact and the probability of land conveyances from the Army to both the City of Arden Hills and Ramsey County for one land area occurring in the near future, the City requested proposals for planning services on June 25, 1999. .