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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MAY 3, 2006 10 Vice Chair Zimmcrman stated Mr. Davidson's prcvious development was a vcry nice . dcvclopmcnt. He askcd if thc institution Mr. Davidson was considcring was an accrcdited institution, or was it a busincss to provide adult opportunitics. Mr. Davidson rcsponded thc institution was accrcditcd, but they would providc adult opportunitics also. He indicated he was not trying to hide who the tenant would bc, but that potential tcnant had requcstcd thcir namcs not bc disclosed at this timc. Vicc Chair Zimmerman askcd if Mr. Davidson would bc amcnablc that this application be a spccial usc instcad of a permittcd use. He stated if this was a special use, any othcr highcr education facility would need to obtain City permission. Mr. Davidson stated a permitted usc would bc more favorablc, but given the conccrns hc had hcard he undcrstood that a special usc was probably thc vchicle to get this pcrmitted, so he was not in objection to this rcquest. Gary Lidstonc, 1624 Plott Place, Eagan, statcd hc was thc manager of onc of thc adjaccnt propcrtics, 1275 Rcd Fox Road. He notcd with a school situation there was a lot of transient parking and hc had a conccrn about overflow parking cxtcnding into their lot. Hc stated in schools there was also studcnts "hanging around" outsidc the school, which he did not bclieve was appropriatc for an officc arca. Hc askcd how this would be controllcd. Mr. Davidson rcplicd with rcspcct to thc parking issue, he could not imagine thc students would walk down to the 1275 building and thcy did havc enough parking for thc entire building. Hc noted the day timc tcnant would bc gonc at 5:00 p.m., which would free up thc parking in his lot. He stated thcrc would bc a lunchfbrcak room in the . facility where students could socializc. Hc notcd thc studcnts coming to this building would bc professional adults and this would not bc a school where there would bc a lot of young adults who had a tcndcncy to socialize in parking lots. Vicc Chair Zimmerman closed thc public hcaring at 8:52 p.m. Cornmissioner Larson stated currently in a multi-tcnant building thcy had different levels of parking critcria. He askcd if a use is pcrmittcd was thcrc an evaluation done of that building? Hc noted if thcy madc this an entire use, the entire space could bc converted and ovcnvhelm thc parking. Mr. Lehnhoff responded that was a possibility. Commissioncr McClung stated Mr. Davidson's Anchor Bank facility was a nice dcvelopment. Hc stated he had major conccrns about cxpanding a permitted usc that potentially might take any land off thc tax base. Hc expressed conccrn with the B-4 zoning not fitting what busincsscs havc migrated to at this stretch of land. He statcd he was concerncd about drawing peoplc into this arca that might crcatc "mischicf" in an area where thcrc werc no people aftcr 6:00 p.m. and on thc wcckcnds right now. Hc statcd he was opposcd to doing anything in a scction that would opcn the City to more institutional land. Vice Chair Zimmcrman not cd sincc onc of thcir options was to allow this as a spccial use, it would allow the City somc control over what would be devcloped in this B-4 DRAFT .