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Har Mar Mall, Case No. 1754 Em staff (principally the Engineering Department), the Har Mar people, and the State over a period of the last several years. The basic change is that of the movement of the access to the Center off of Snelling Avenue somewhat to the south and the elimination of the service road configuration and right-of-ways which, at one time, were dedicated by Mrs. Slavik as a basis for the ultimate development of an interchange at County Road B and Snelling. In other words, the access drives as originally constructed (in 1960) were based on the design for a new interchange to include a grade separation at County Road B and Snelling. As you all know, the decision to construct such an interchange at B and Snelling has since been dropped. Therefore, there is at this time the adjustment to the right-of-way and the service road configurations so as to reflect that design change. 7. We feel that the proposed access plan will work very well in the sense that it provides a more positive direction and flow of traffic to the southerly. portion of the site enhancing the use of the larger parking capacity to the south and, of course, to serve the new addition on the southeast corner of the existing structure. These configurations, geometrics, and parking layout was done in conjunction with a traffic consultant hired by the Har Mar people, working in close liaison with the Engineering Department of the City. It would appear that the new layout will work well both for the existing Center and the proposed addition. 8. The original property was zoned "Shopping Center" with the southerly extension left as single-family as noted earlier in this report. However, about ten to twelve years ago there was a proposal to build an office building on the northerly portion of the land zoned single-family for which there was a special use permit for parking. to as to accommodate this office building, the land was rezoned from R-1 to B-1B. The Medical Office Building proposed was ultimately not constructed. The B-1B, however, requires a Special Use Permit for site plan approval and that is why such a Special Use Permit is part of the development approval process currently being considered. 9. Attached are a series of reductions of five drawings illustrating the proposed development plan, the survey, grading plan, landscape plan, and exterior elevations of the building. With respect to these plans, the Planning. Commission and Council should note that there will be a reduction in the setback for the parking along the south side of County Road B since additional right-of-way is being acquired by the County for future expansion of County Road B. This does not have to be processed as a variance since the Shopping Center District makes provisions for the Council to approve a site plan that may differ from the minimum setbacks required and since such a plan is subject to the Council review and approval. 10. Likewise, on the west side of the site near the southwest corner, additional parking is being proposed where the service road at one time extended northerly into the site from the south. Here, parking is proposed contiguous to the lot line. The exact location of this lot line is somewhat in doubt since the planning negotiations for the reacquisition of the land by the Har Mar people from MnDOT are not yet complete. In any case, a sidewalk should be constructed as required along the public right-of-way frontage on Snelling Avenue and County Road B.