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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 -� •�. b. PLANNING FILE 07-053 Request by Emmes Realty Services LLC (Gateway Washington Inc., property ow�er) for an AMENDED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT at Har Mar Mall, 2100 Snelling Avenue; pertaining to the redevelopment of the Firestone building and surrounding area. Chair Bakeman opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 07-053. City Planner Paschke reviewed the request of Emmes Realty Services LLC (Emmes) to AMEND the PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT established in January of 2000, to relocate the northeastern outlot (currently Firestone) to a location adjacent to County Road B, and northerly access into the site. Mr. Paschke reviewed the history of the shopping center district moratorium; heightened requirements for 24-hour uses within 300' of residentially-zoned property as a base plan to work with Shopping Center Districts for inclusion of more detailed site development standards by use of Planned Unit Development (PUD) processes. Mr. Paschke clarified that proposed improvements that are components of this application include: razing the Firestone building and constructing an additional parking lot in its place; creating a new outloUstructure adjacent to County Road B; modifying the entry road at the signalized intersection with County Road B; and modifying the drive land ring road that intersects with the signalized access to County Road B. Mr. Paschke reviewed specifics of each of those components, as detailed in the staff report. Staff recommended APPROVAL of the requested PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT for Har Mar Mall to redevelop the Firestone site with a new outloUstructure adjacent to County Road B; based on comments in Section 6 and numerous conditions of Section 7 of the project report dated November 7, 2007. Mr. Paschke advised that the traffic mitigation condition recommendation in the staff report be modKied to include, rather than full closure as previously recommended by staH, and following discussion and compromise by staff and the applicant earlier this afternoon, that the aoplicant. at a minimum. close ihe eliminated at that access noint. City Engineer Debra Bloom provided a detailed review of current traffic issues at that intersection, with lunch time patrons taking a right-out and u-turning at that specific intersection, creating substantial issues and concerns for the Police Department during this busy time of day, particularly with larger vehicles unable to successfully complete the u-turn radius. Ms. Bloom noted access changes made during reconstruction of Target One for access to the Midas and Car Wash properties; posting of "No U-Turn" signs during certain hours at the intersection to no avail; and additional trips projected in the traffic study with Har Mar Mall improvements as proposed. Discussion included other components of the City's Traffic Engineer, SRF, detailed by Ms. Bloom, regarding this application, including internal traffic flow and intersection locations and parking lot configuration (i.e., 90-degree parking and angled parking designations); identification in 1999of the intersection of Snelling Avenue and County Road B as one of the ten (10) most dangerous intersections in Minnesota; and work by the State, County and City to mitigate those safety issues whenever possible, including proposed Mn/DOT construction in 2008 of Snelling Avenue, and the addition