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City Council Regular Meeting - 01/30/06 Minutes - Page 15 9. Consider a Request from Bonten, Inc. (Bonestroo Rosene Anderlik Associates) for Variances and the Vacation of Easements and PreliminarylFinal Plat at 2335 and 2361 W Highway 36 (PF 3703) City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed the request by Bonten Inc. (Bonestroo & Associates) for approval of variances, vacation of certain public easements for storm water ponds, and a Preliminary/Final Plat to combine eight existing parcels and/or lots into three new lots for the property located at 2335 and 2361 W Highway 36 for construction of a new and innovative 60,000 square foot, four story office building. City Engineer Debra Bloom reviewed the proposed actions precipitated by the applicant's desire to redesign the existing storm water pond that currently lies between the two existing office buildings; fill the narrowest portion of the pond and install two box culverts to connect the separated ponds and construct a four story office building over the box culverts, with the new office building connecting the existing structures and within the public easement. Ms. Bloom noted that the request was complicated and required a specific sequence of events to occur. Ms. Bloom further noted that the Public Works Department would not support the Vacation of Easements unless it was confident that volume of the pond would not change, as it was part of the City's Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan and was imperative to the system that the pond's existing capacity not be compromised. Ms. Bloom advised that the City hired S.E.H., Inc. to complete a review of the pond modeling and redesign provided by Bonten, Inc., and that the review concluded support for the project; pending City Council approval of specific agreements and/or contracts for improvements pertaining to the pond redesign; indemnifying the City as a result of the reconfigured pond, as well as cash surety in the infrastructure agreement, and as part of the process. Discussion included zoning of the area (Industrial and Business); why the request was not being processed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD); and the appropriateness of the land use action as requested. Resolution 10373 Vacation of Certain Public Easements 2361 and 2335 Highway 36 (PF 3703) Resolution 10374 Bonten, Inc., 2361 and 2335 Highway 36 and Owners of Property Addressed at 2357, 2363, and 2369 Fulham Street, for a Variance