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RESOLUTION NO. 07-130 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT. 'HER s, an application has been made by Cities Edge Architects on behalf of Torgerson Prop#fies, Inc. to permit construction of a 5 story, 124 unit Hilton Homewood Suites Hotel at 1801 Jold Highway 8 NW. THE s, the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. A pplications for a Site Plan and Special Use Permit were received on November 2, 2007. 2. a Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing o i November 20, 2007 and all present were given a chance to freely speak at the hearing. 3. e Planning Commission considered the request on November 20, 2007 and held a public h pring where all parties present were given the opportunity to speak. The Commission v ed unanimously to approve the requests in accordance with the staff recommendation. 4. T ae City Council considered the request on November 27, 2007. THERE AS, the Planning Commission and City Council make the following Findings of Fact with resp t to the Site Plan (LP2007-011) and Special Use Permit (SP2007-012): 1. I he property is zoned MX, Mixed Use. 2. 1 he property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for Mixed Use. 3. e property is legally described as follows: ( ertificate of Title No. 508650) at part of the North 500 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 30, Range lying West of a line described as beginning at a point on the North line of said Northwest Quarter distant 306.15 feet East from the Northwest comer thereof, said North line has an a33umed bearing of East; thence South 15 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds East 519.71 feet to t1i, South line of the North 500 feet of said Northwest Quarter and said line there 4. 1*e Planning Commission and City Council considered the Site Plan in accordance with the I�}l district standards of Section 6-520, 560, and 570. 5. Ille Planning Commission and City Council found that all MX district standards to be met. 6. r., action 6-560 (2) allows buildings to exceed 40' and three stories subject to the following cc nditions of Section 6-550 of the MX District: a., All buildings that are located on sites adjacent to Long Lake Regional Park shall take 11 advantage of the views to Long Lake and shall provide site improvements that 11 compliment the natural features of Long Lake Regional Park. All developments shall provide pedestrian linkages to Long Lake Regional Park and neighboring developments for residents, employees, and shoppers, and provide integrated I parking and transit elements whenever practical. All uses shall be complementary or integrated and buildings shall be related or connected i in accordance with the vision of the adopted Highway 8 Corridor Study. Development\11-273007\LP2007-011, SP2007-012 (Torgenon Prop) - RESOLUTION.doc 1