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PLANNING REPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT: LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: • 6 May 1987 1747 First Minnesota Savings Bank West Side of Lexington Avenue, Northeasterly - of Shopping Center (see sketch) Approval of Rezoning From B-1 to B-IB and Site Plan Approval 1. The site in question is the First Minnesota Savings Bank which was originally built as a branch of the Minnesota Savings and Loan Association about 12 to 14 years ago. Behind that site (to the west) is the old Kugler Museum site which was developed in the early 1960s by William Kugler who housed an exotic and extensive collection of musical instruments in a two story concrete block building. Mr. Kugler ultimately gave the building and the collection to the Schubert Society who in turn sold the property to a private party who ultimately sold it to the First Minnesota Savings Bank people. 2. Since the days the property first became available, the staff at City Hall had been encouraging the First Minnesota people to purchase the property because of the known concern for adequate parking on the First Minnesota site and they expressed desire to expand their drive -up facilities. The good news is, of course, that the First Minnesota people have purchased the site and have now proposed a very fine plan to expand their parking capability and to build a new four lane drive-thru facility. 3. Attached is a copy of the reduced site plan, landscape plan, and plans which show the elevations of the structure labelled Al, A2, and A3 and dated March 30, 1987 as prepared by Hickey, Thorstenson, Grover, Ltd. Architects. 4. The plan of the existing property (site of the initial construction) remains basically the same maintaining the existing driveways to and from Lexington Avenue and the access drives connected to the shopping center. The site plan features development of a canopy over the drive-thru lane and a separate structure where the tellers face the customer in the vehicles rather than being on one side or the other. This is a new innovation in banking drive-thru facilities, and is being widely used around the country today. 5. The entire proposal meets or exceeds all ordinance and development regulations.