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. . . '() / 1G 3. 14th Street (relocated). As a part of the development of the GBD, it has been anticipated that 14th Street (aka, Butcher's Street) would be relocated to the south to provide access and act as a land use transition between the office/industrial uses to its north and the office uses to it south. Given, that rail users were not anticipated within the GBD, the City was hopeful that the existing right-of-way for the railroad spur could be used for this purpose. However, the owner of the railroad spur (MT Properties) is not currently willing to sell the right-of-way. Therefore, the relocated road is being planned to be located to the north of the railroad right-of-way. 4. Vacation of 14th Street. If 14th Street is relocated to the south edge of this project, then that portion of the existing 14th Street which is not required for this development should be vacated. 14th Street is currently is a dirt trail which currently services (Exhibit C) the Phase I building, the Pentair property (purchased by Welsh Companies), the Naegele property (being purchase by the City), the Harstad property (purchase agreement by Welsh Companies, closing mid-July), the City of Arden Hills property (closing end of July), the Truhler/Zafke parcel (Welsh Companies, closing mid-July), and the Vaughn Towers property (not part ofthis development proposal). Given, that the intent of this proposal is for Welsh Companies to purchase all of these properties, except for the Vaughn Towers property, the relocated 14th Street will work. However, the access for the Vaughn Towers property will have to replicated off of the east end of the relocated 14th Street to ensure that access to this property is maintained. The applicant is not proposing to vacate all of the existing 14th Street right-of-way, some of the right-of-way will be retained for a short cul-de-sac (Gateway Court) which will service the delivery needs of the Phase I and Phase II buildings. The cul-de-sac does not provide for boulevard or setback area for the delivery area on Phase II. The lack of this area does cause Staff concern for snowplowing and general maintenance. It is likely that the Staff and the developer could come to verbal agreement on the treatment and responsibilities for these areas. However, the Staff is concerned about the interpretation of these verbal agreements over time with either new Staff or new owners. The applicant is currently working on language to be included as a covenant on the property which may solve these issues. The applicant stated that the language for inclusion into this document will be available for review before or at the meeting. 5. Road names. The Staff would prefer that the new roads located within this development not be called either 14th Street nor Butcher's Street. If the Planning Commission has any preferences or guidance in this area, then the Staff would appreciate receiving it. Otherwise, the Staff will direct the applicant to propose a street names (relocated 14th Street) prior to City Council consideration of the final plat. 6. Parking. The Zoning Ordinance in Section VI, F, I, j, requires office users to provide one parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area and industrial users to provide one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of gross industrial space provided. The following summarizes the relationship of the required parking spaces to those that are provided: