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Attachment E <br />1 Consider Approving Request by Meritex Enterprises, Inc. for a Preliminary Plat of the <br />2 Industrially-�Zoned Property at 2285 Walnut Street <br />mm City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed the request of Meritex Enterprises to plat the <br />Southernmost triangle of the parcel at 2285 Walnut Street as a separate lot, leaving the remainder <br />5 of the parcel as an outlot until future development plans necessitate platting more of the property. <br />6 Mr. Paschke noted the Planning Commission meeting minutes, included as detailed in the RCA <br />7' dated April 11, 2011, the split vote and recommendation of the Planning Commission based on <br />8 pending technical information to be submitted by the applicant for review by the City's <br />9 Engineering Department. Mr. Paschke noted that the Planning Commission majority felt it was <br />lo appropriate for staff to review that technical information and continue working with the <br />11 developer and their consultants to finalize that information. Mr. Paschke advised that staff had <br />12 since then received the information from the developer, and supported the proposal. <br />1'3 Mr. Paschke advised that the Final Plat and Public Improvement Contract would come before the <br />14 City Council for consideration in the near future; with the Public Improvement Contract <br />15 addressing completion of utility and infrastructure work prior to development of the proposed <br />16 subdivision. <br />1 7' Councilmember McGehee expressed frustration that the agenda packet did not include <br />18 information discussed at the April Planning Commission meeting related to the ponds; and <br />19 questioned their location on the subject parcels. <br />20 Mr. Paschke clarified that the April Planning Commission discussion was a separate issue that <br />21 would come forward to the City Council in the near future; but was a separate process. <br />22 Discussion among Councilmembers and staff included the size of the overall acreage, and this <br />2'3 parcel; demolition of the existing building on the parcel; development of the property to facilitate <br />24 the proposed AirGas project as a separate and distinct land use review process; and proposed use <br />25 for this parcel for an office/warehouse use by an automotive parts distribution firm. <br />26 Councilmember McGehee noted that this was a good time to reference the size of this acreage, <br />2 7, and the need for the City to maximize its tax base rather than covering such a sizable parcel with <br />28 asphalt and single-story warehousing. <br />29 Mayor Roe recognized Councilmember McGehee's concerns. <br />'30 Councilmember Pust clarified that this was not City property,, but private property. <br />'3 Dan Williams, Chief Investment Officer with Meritex <br />' 2 At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Williams advised that the overall acreage of the parcels owned <br />'3'3 by Meritex was forty-two (42) acres; with twenty-eight (28) acres represented in the two (2) <br />'N34 parcels; and another fourteen (14�), across Walnut Street, and that development of those fourteen <br />'35 14 acres acres was the area most currently under discussion at the April Planning Commission <br />'36 meeting. Mr. Williams clarified that this request was for the southern most portion of the lot, for <br />N3 7' use by a wholesale automobile body parts firm selling to automobile repair shops; and their <br />' 8 proposal for a 60,,000 square foot office/warehouse facility on this approximate five to six (5 to <br />'39 6), acre site. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />