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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION / COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 4, 2004 Councilmember Larson stated that hc thought Planned Unit Developments CPUD's) were more of a ncgotiation, The developers always know what they want from the City when they make an application, so thc City should know what they want from the developer as well. Hc stated that the City needs to ask morc of the developers when the makc applications for development. Councilmember Larson offered the following examples of building design: Cub Foods, with additional dcsign requirements requested by the Council the building was made to look much better; Concrete tip-up buildings in Round Lake Park, the developer said that was thc best thcy could do and they are very unattractive buildings; D and Cleveland, the building looks very cheap and should have used brick instead of the block and looked more like the Cox Insurance building, Councilmember Larson also stated that PUD process should include some reasonable expectations built into the process about the developers' intent to perform development within a reasonably short period oftime, Community Development Director Clark stated that one of the things that the City could do is have an architect review plans on an escrow basis, similar to what the City Engineer does now, to review the design aspects of a development. Planning Commission Chair Sand said that there had been some discussion about design guidelincs before, Design guidelincs will need to be done for TCAAP development. He suggested that perhaps the Visual Preference Survey performed by DSU could be a first baseline for design guidelines in the City, 4. Current Council Discussions: Community Development Director Clark summarized some recent Council discussions for the group: . Redevelopment Objectives i. Indy property - a gas station / c-store typc use would be an acceptable development 11. City Hall site - should be developed for some limited retail, clinic but not townhouses, 111, Chesapeake - will return do the Council in September for an extension on their PUD, . Time Extensions i. Council discussed a way to cap time extensions. 11. The City Attorney would draft for applicants to sign which stated that certain aspects of a development would be reviewed at the time on an extension, . TCAAP 1. Centex withdrew for the development team, 11. The development team currently is working on amending the interim agreement. . 4 . . .