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General Business LP 305 Patio Enclosures Mattila outlined the case report on an application for site plan review to construct a 11,678 square foot office/warehouse building in an industrial district. In answer to a question from Baker, Mattila outlined the mechanism for the Letter of Credit. The applicant Ron Ryan of R.J. Ryan Construction represented the applicant. Ryan said Patio Enclosures built porch additions and solariums. The owner of Patio Enclosures is very anxious for the new facility to be built. Zisla said he had a general comment to make on the site plan review process. Zisla said he was becoming concerned about the Planning Commission’s site plan process. The Commission should be able to see what the final building will look like. Mattila asked if Zisla meant he would like to see a color schematic. Zisla said that would be good, but did not know if the Planning Commission could require one or simply encourage people to submit one. Mattila responded he always encourages applicants to submit a color schematic. The problem is that many applicants are working with limited budgets. Livingston said requesting a color schematic from all applicants is unreasonable. Zisla agreed. recommend approval of LP-305 subject to conditions Motion by Zisla, seconded by Livingston to . 3 Ayes - O Nays. Motion Carried. Announcements and Updates MacGillis and Gibbs Locke said he would like to update the Planning Commission on the discussion of MacGillis and Gibbs at the last Economic Development Commission meeting. The June EDC minutes refer to this item. The MPCA and the EPA representatives asked what the City’s plans were for redevelopment of the site. They said it would be useful to know about redevelopment plans because they have to invest in locating utilities to serve the cleanup process. The MPCA and the EPA would like to locate these utilities to serve New Brighton’s plans best. Locke said the EDC discussed redevelopment plans for the site at their July meeting. The EDC reviewed the Old Highway 8 Corridor Plan plan in the , which is beginning to be somewhat dated. Many issues were raised. The EDC felt New Brighton should update the Corridor Plan. The Staff will collect information for the EDC to present to them in August. The hope is to develop some goals and some preliminary alternatives for the site. The EDC plans to ask for ideas from the Planning Commission at that point before the EDC makes Old Highway 8 Corridor recommendations to the City Council. It may result in amending and updating the Plan . Locke commented some key issues the Economic Development Commission is looking at are: I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1995\07-18-95.WPD 2