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<br />~ <br />~LLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />October l2, 2004 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 7.A <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Peter Hellegers, City Planne~ <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Planning Case #04-01 <br />Extension for Addition "J" (also referred to as "E" North Addition) <br />Guidant Corporation <br />4100 North Hamline Avenue <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The applicant has requested a one-year extension for the start of construction on Addition J. The <br />extension would be a one-year extension to currently permitted one-year time period between <br />approval of the Final Plan PUD and issuance ofthe Building Permit. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Backl!round <br /> <br />At the City Council meeting on February 23, 2004 the City Council unanimously approved a <br />Master Plan PUD Amendment and Final Plan PUD for Addition J on the Guidant Campus, <br />Originally, Addition J had been contemplated for the second phase of development at the <br />Guidant Campus. However, Guidant requested an amendment to the Master Plan to allow <br />Addition J to be moved up to the first phase of development and the plans showed a facility that <br />was about 10,000 square feet larger than anticipated in the original Master Plan PUD. Due to the <br />increased development in the first phase of development, the approval was contingent on fifteen <br />(15) conditions. Condition fourteen (14) stated that the traffic study previously approved for the <br />end of phase one could instead be required (at the City's option) as part of the review process for <br />Building K (the eight-story office building). <br /> <br />On September 13, 2004 City staff received a letter from Dan Riehle, Facilities Manager for <br />Guidant Corporation requesting an extension of one-year for the construction of Addition J. <br />Addition J would house research and development functions and include offices and <br />workstations for research and development employees. Mr. Riehle has indicated that Addition J <br />is a project that Guidant is committed to building and anticipates that construction would likely <br />begin sometime between late spring and early fall of 2005. An extension of one-year would <br /> <br />\\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\2004\04-0t Guidant Master Plan PUD Amendment and Final PUD fOT Addition J (APPROYED)\10-12-04 CC <br />Report Extension for Addition J.doc <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />. <br />