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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Page 7 Commissioner Wozniak noted that he didn’t see anything in the preliminary plans to accommodate mass transit use by employees using the corporate campus, or alternative transit opportunities, and asked McGough to consider those options. Commissioner Gottfried concurred with Commissioner Wozniak's mass transit observations and his request to McGough. Commissioner Gottfried also observed the need for McGough to consider traffic flow and access in their design principles, with bringing things closer to the street to make them more pedestrian friendly; and spoke in opposition to the large parking lot in front of the building as proposed on the concept plans, opining that such a positioning of the buildings and their configuration did not enhance pedestrian friendly parking or access. Commissioner Gottfried suggested that, given today’s and future projected fuel costs, McGough consider reviewing the proposed parking structures, their projected use over a 30-40 year span, and how to incorporate discussion of Twin Lakes Parkview in those projections and related to connectivity and pedestrian friendly uses. c. PLANNING FILE 08-005 Request by Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. for approval of a REZONING AND GENERAL CONCEPT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT to redevelop the Rainbow Foods store on the property at 1201 – 1215 Larpenteur Avenue Chair Bakeman opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 08-005. Mr. Paschke reviewed the request of Roundy’s for REZONING, and GENERAL CONCEPT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT to redevelop 1201 – 1211, and 1215 Larpenteur Avenue into a 60,000 plus square foot Rainbow grocery store, open market and small café/coffee restaurant/structure. Mr. Paschke advised that Roundy’s desired to redevelop the 7.7 acre mixed commercial property at 1201 – 1211, and 1215 Larpenteur Avenue into a 60,000 plus square foot Rainbow Foods grocery store that would ultimately include a drive-thru pharmacy, an open market structure (on the southwest corner), and a small coffee/café type structure/use (on the southeast corner). Mr. Paschke further advised that the site includes three (3) parcels of land: two (2) owned by the Reinhart Real Estate Group, Inc., and one owned by the City of Roseville (lift station location). Mr. Paschke noted that the proposal sought to raze the existing grocery store, former craft store and Roseville 4 Theater and replace them with a new Rainbow Foods store. The proposal also sought to raze the former Little Caesar’s Pizza Store in the southwest corner of the site, replacing it with a storm water management pond and open market, and creation of an additional café/coffee shop use in the southeast corner of the subject parcel that could support a drive-thru. Mr. Paschke noted the extreme topography of the lot with the parcel currently rising approximately sixteen feet (16’) from south to north and creating difficult navigation due to this slope. Mr. Paschke noted that one of the benefits of the proposal was in designing a gentler slope by lowering the north and south portions of the parcel by an approximate three feet (3’), with a retaining wall designed at the rear of the parcel to account for this flattening. Mr. Paschke noted that both landscaping, based on conformity to the Larpenteur Avenue Streetscape Master Plan, and dramatic storm water management, based on current engineering standards, would be greatly improved. Mr. Paschke noted that this parcel was part of the Gottfried Pit Subwatershed District, a major problem area in the City’s storm water management system. Mr. Paschke advised that staff was in general support of the proposal, given some pre-existing site difficulties as addressed in the staff report. Mr. Paschke further noted that the PUD process allowed for some flexibility for mitigation and negotiation.