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. . . ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - FEBRUARY 2, 2005 8 Chair Sand asked how this area would would once the realignment occurred. He asked if this had been taken into account with the City. Mr. Clark replied the City had not seen a plan that talked about Highway 96 moving to the north and the most current plan was the extension of Round Lake Road continuing north and then going to the northeast and back into the TCAAP property. He stated the County would try to minimize any impact to the mobile home park because of the cost involved in that. Chair Sand stated he remembered someone from the County showing the proposed alignment of Highway 96 and he believed it was shown as going through the southern edge of the mobile home park. Mr. Clark replied that was a possibility, but the impact would be minimal. Chair Sand stated he wanted to make sure the vision for the site was taking into account any future development. Commissioner Zimmerman asked if staff had seen any footprint as to how this service station would look like and ifthere would be any variances requested, Mr. Clark replied the City had entered into a Purchase Agreement with this property, which was separate from this process. He believed it was too early to tell with this proposed development, but staff had made it very clear to them that they wanted the best building there was on this property because it was the gateway into the City. He stated he did not know if there would be any variances requested at this time. He noted staff would be going out and surveying the trees in an attempt to save as many trees as possible on this lot. He indicated they had not discussed specifics on this project. He stated this would probably be coming for a public hearing to the Commission in April. Commissioner Zimmerman asked if staff had done any analysis to see if it would meet the landscape requirements. Mr. Hellcgers replied he had explained all of the zoning regulations, but there had not been a concept plan presented yet. Mr. Clark stated this lot was slightly bigger than they usually wanted. He stated the other issue was the lot was unusual, but they were aware of the setbacks, but he believed they would still be looking at a POD. Commissioner Larson asked if the potential developer had noticed that on the other side of 35W had three vacant buildings, including a service station. Mayor Aplikowski replied she believed because New Brighton was holding that property for a possible Medtronic development, that this was not even a possibility for discussion that this development could go over there. She believed the reason this developer wanted this lot was because of visibility. Commissioner Modesette expressed concern that the City would have another gas station. Mr. Hellegers noted if a gas station was put in this area, they would need to meet the gateway business district standards, which standards were higher than in other areas. Chair Sand invited anyone for or against the variance to come forward and make comment.