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AppUntlMDMn DMcnibcr 17,200J lahtal M-Dtx lUvkw rcrio4 EipIntiM (Siu PUn A PtD RooainO: Fcbrury IS. 2t04 M-Day Eitcaiion Notinatlaa Faicd M 2-I3-04, Ettmtiaa to: April IS. 2004 120 Day Rtvlaw EipIraHoa (SuMKltion): April 15.2004 From: Date: Chair Smith & Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator yMike Gaffron, Planning Director* ’ March 12.2004 ' Subject:#04-2974 "Stonebay Marketplace”. NW Quadrant Hwy 12AVillow Drive - Continuation of Public Hcanng for Proposed Commercial PUD Development: (CMP Amendment. PUD Rezoning, Commercial Site Plan Review, Preliminary Subdivision) Current Status of Application; This item was reviewed at the February 17 meeting, at which time Planning Commission concentrated on establishing a list ofacceptable uses for the property if it is reaoned. A summary of your conclusions is anached as Exhibit G. Plaiming Commission tabled this item pending a joint work session with the Long Lake Planning Commission, w hich was held on March 3. At that work session, the commissions exchanged information about current and pending activities along the Midway 12 corridor, and discussed whether rezoning of this site might impact redevelopment efforts in Long Lake. Each commissioner in attendance can draw his/her own conclusions regarding that discussion. The time siafThas spent reviewing this application has provided the opportunity to digest the potential impacts of the conversion from ofTice to retail, and to clarify the key role this site needs to play in this mixed-use neighborhood ifthe site is reguided from office to retail. The role ofthissi'x became clear only as we worked through the site planning process w ith the applicants, and had a chance to reflect on the basis for the office guiding in the current CMP. It has become clear that the driving reason to consider re- guiding this site from office to retail is to enable this site to benefit the surrounding neighborhood by providing uses and amenities that facilitote this area becoming a somev. hat self-contained walkable mixed- use. mini-village. Stanbelieves the currently proposed site plan cannot, through minor tweaks, enable the site to serve the role described above. This resulted in staffs March 1 letter to the applicant (attached). Staff Recommendation: At this point, our expectation is that if the Comp Plan Amendment goes forward a significantly revised site plan should be presented by the applicant To that end. staff would request that Planning Commission do the following at your March IS meeting: 1.Discuss and make a recommendation to Council as to whether the CMP should be amended to re-guide the site from primarily office to primarily retail uses. If you recommend in favor of the amendment, you should also do the following; a) Review and confirm the list of allowed uses you determined are appropriate for this property; and b) Review carefully the development goals and parameters laid out in the staff letter of March I and confirm whether these are conditions that should be incoiporaled into the text of a CMP amendment. Your recommendations will be forw arded to the City Council on March 22 for rcNiew and possible achon. 1^