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•04-2974 SiMttaj Martut|4ac« Fibruary 13.2004 Pi|(3ofi Comp Plan Amendment The Comp Plan Amendinent is subject to Met Council approval. Met Council proceduxes automatically subject the amendment to review andcomment by adjoining municipalities, including Long Lake. 1 ivould encourage Planning Commissioners to again read the Comp Plan amendment comments included in the January 16 memo which address the basis for this minor change, and consider w hether this change significantly alters the intent of the City in terms of commercial dcsclopmcnt along Highway 12 as indicated in CMP Pages 3B-37 thru 3B-40 (Exhibit F of that memo). Staff feels it 15 merely a minor change, in that all of the properties between Willow Drive and Old Crystal Bay Road, save for this comer Outlot. will be developed for office uses as currently guided. Commercial Site Plan Review, Conformity to B<6 Standards City EngincerTom Kellogg and the City'splanningcoiuuliant. Phil Carlson of DSU.lnc.. have pteviously comment on the engineering and planning aspects of the proposed site plan, and many of their suggestions have been incorporated in revisions to the plan . Please direct your attention to Exhibits A-1 and A*2. the most current site plan versions provided for initial review at your February 11 work session Staff would make the follow mg comments regarding the current sue plan (Versions 14 and IS): 1. We are in receipt of a tetter of request from John Hassler of John Terrance Hones (developer of the residential ponion of Stonebay) that the City osS le-orient the storefronts and primary parking toward Kelley Parkway, as that will have negative impacts to the Stonebay residential development. Rather, they would prefer substantial landscaping facing Kelley Parkway , which is a strong clement of the current site plans. 2. Staff has suggested that the Wolgicen's main entry be shified to the southwest side of the building, to perhaps create a focus toward the center of the site rather than the Willow/12 intersection. The doclopcr has indicated that Walgreens is adamant in oncniing the entry to the signalized intersection. There arc pro ’s and con ‘ s to a south west oncntation. Staff’s goal was to have the main vehicle ingress point to the site not be at the back of buildings. However, the addition of substantial landscaping, the re-positioningof interior driveway access locations, and the 4-sided high-quality design of the buildings should eliminate concerns that enby to the sue is the ’ugly’ side of the buildings. Additionally, it is clear that if Walgreens were to re-onent Us entry to the southwest, it will requite parking ditectly west of the building, which will cause significant traffic circulation issues directly at the Kelley Parkway access. As it is currently designed, incoming vehicles can proceed straight ahead between the Walgreens and retail building without conflicts w ;Ui parking stalls, and can alternatively turn left to go to the bank, or straight and to the right to the coffee shop drive-thru.