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. - CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM FROM: Mayor and City Council DATE: September 13, 1999 TO: SUBJECT: 99-15 Planned Unit Development and Master Plan Amendment Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., 4100 Hamline Avenue Request. First, the applicant is proposing to update their master plan to include an auditorium addition to Building E and D (Exhibit A). Secondly, the applicant is requesting approval of an amendment to their previously approved Plarmed Unit Development (plarming Case 99-07) to allow for the expansion of Building E to include an auditorium at their campus which is located at 4100 Hamline Avenue (Exhibit B). . Background. Building E is primarily used for research and development activities. The existing master plan shows future campus expansion by adding Buildings G and H. These would be primarily manufacturing facilities. The applicant proposed and was granted approval to expand onto Building E due to the growth of the research and development area of the company. At that time a smaller auditorium was plarmed inside the expansion. After further review of business needs and layout of the proposed expansion, they discovered the company, would benefit more from a larger auditorium linked to the research and development buildings. The use of the auditorium will be for internal meetings primarily conducted every month discussing product development or new products. With the construction of the previously approved addition to Building E, the campus will have a total Of 1,444 parking spaces including the 223 spaces across Fernwood Avenue. The campus will be required to have a total of 1,997 parking spaces if all the buildings shown in the master plan were constructed. The site is required to have a total of 1,473 parking spaces with the proposed expansion to Building E including the auditorium. They are proposing 1,444 parking spaces with the office, lab and auditorium addition to Building E. The proposal is short 29 parking spaces. The applicant is requesting these space be shown as proof of parking and not be constructed at this time. The applicant has stated the use ofthe auditorium to be internal only, thus extra parking spaces will not be needed. . With Plarming Case 99-07, the applicant was required to show proof of parking on campus or create a permanent easement over the separate parcel for parking. The applicant has chosen to combine the parcel they own to the north with the campus and show proof of parking on the parcel to the north, The applicant has taken steps by submitting the required paperwork to Ramsey County for the combination. They were only required to show proof of parking for 223 spaces for the addition to Building E. They are showing a total of 443 parking spaces on the north parcel as proof of parking for the 223 parking spots to be