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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Page 4 be incorporated into the staff report to the City Council; and current status of the traffic study review and impacts to the overall system and direct impacts to the Twin Lakes Redevelopment area; as well as a short-term traffic mitigation study attempting to identify costs of infrastructure to accommodate redevelopment of the area and cost allocations based on those items addressed in the AUAR. Mr. Paschke noted that staff would be making a presentation to the City Council on those findings at their February 11, 2008 meeting. Mr. Paschke advised that to-date, staff’s review had been directed toward the general concept plan; discussing areas that may require additional discussion or study with developer (i.e., pedestrian connections; design and planning principles); and that tonight, questions and comments of Commissioners and the public were being sought, with requested continuance of the Hearing to the March Planning Commission meeting, in order for staff to provide responses and further refinement to the project, incorporating. Discussion included Section 6.3 of the staff report and the analysis to-date through the AUAR as a guiding environmental document and what mitigations may be necessary, which will be reported by staff to the Commission in their next report; estimated number of employees projected for the corporate campus at 2,000; the history of McGough construction, a Roseville firm, as a quality firm with quality projects; and if and how this development would drive additional and adjacent developments. Further discussion included the proximity to the lake and park of this proposed development; phasing of additional development in the area as driven by the market, and amount of interest being expressed by developers for the area; and how to ensure a balance of housing to commercial in today’s marketplace. rd Applicant, Mark Fabel, Project Manager, McGough Development, 8170 33 Avenue S, Bloomington, MN Mr. Fabel introduced project team members present at tonight’s meeting to respond to questions of the Commission and public, including Joe Samuel, RLK; Bake Baker, McGough’s in-house architect; and Erin Lysen, Project Manager on the Twin Lakes project. Mr. Fabel noted that McGough Construction, as part of the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area had held a strong interest in the area for years, and were interested in the development being successful as well. Mr. Fabel advised that it was the consensus at McGough that it was the right time for them to step in. Mr. Fabel advised that it was also consensus at McGough that the area adjacent to Langton Lake and Park was suited to a corporate client, and was attractive to a corporate client due to its visibility and accessibility to freeways and retail amenities, in addition to the Roseville area labor pool. Mr. Fabel noted that this was a very unique site from the commercial development perspective, and it was McGough’s belief that this type of site could attract office uses from the downtown St. Paul and/or Minneapolis business area, and would be marketed as such to that type of corporate client. Mr. Fabel advised that McGough Development had hosted a neighborhood meeting last week, with only eleven (11) people in attendance due in part to frigid temperatures; and expressed interest in hearing more public comment at tonight’s meeting to allow further development of the concept plan for the proposed project and additional cost modeling as they continued to meet with staff to meet city-wide goals as well, and seek ultimate Concept Plan approval. Discussion between the developer and Commissioners included the proposed tenant mix, with the developer anticipating a significant number of the jobs being “head of household” jobs with higher wages; discussion of the proposed laboratory, its location as a single-story, and proposed flexibility of its use; as well as utilizing green building design and construction.