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L'P-141 Page #2 Winfield Developments, Inc., applicant, is a subsidiary af Winfield Companies af Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winfield Developments has been in the Twin Cities since 1978. Winfield Developments currently has prajects in Edina and also. in the Riverview Park area af St. Paul. The current prapasa1 is to. build three buildings in a , phased appraach with the first building being the middle of the three buildins andc wau1d be af a tatal size af 54,220 square feet. Winfield is propasin9 to. being canstructian af this Phase I building in July, 1983. On March 22, 1983 the City Cauncil will be cansidering an application af Winfield Developments for industrial revenue bands and also. will have befare it a develapment agreement far cansideratian. The site itself is advantageausly lacated at the intersectian af Caunty Raad "D" and 1-35W. The site has appraximately 14,000 feet af frantage alang 35W and is appraximately 300+ feet in depth. The site has same unique prab1ems as far as easements far utility lines, starm sewer lines, gas lines and NSP lines that impact develapment af this site. The Phase 1 building wau1d be 1acated immed1ately north af a sanitary sewer line that crasses the praperty in a east-west fashian. Canstructian af the Phase I building can praceed while the re1acatian af the existing tenants is taking place and while the demalitian af the existing buildings is camp1eted. All three buildings will have their best edges to. the street sides which are the east tawards 35W and to. the sauth tawards Caunty Raad "DII. It is prapased that the buildings will be used far affice warehause and affice showraom type activities. PLAN REQUIREMENTS The building sizes, parking spac~~~,setbacks and required landscaped areas shawn an the enc1ased site and landscape plans are all within City site plan appraval standards. I wau1d nate that the plan shaws same dimensions that are slightly under ar aver City dimensians far parking lanes and parking spaces, hawever, the actual area is sufficient sa that all City standards can be met. The applicant has made an applicatian to. the Rice Creek Watershed District far Watershed appraval and that meeting will be held an March 23, 1983. Access to the site will be anly ane driveway fram Caunty Raad "DII which will line itself with the existing semiphare an Caunty Raad "DII. It is nated that the number af parking spaces shawn an the plans is cansiderably abave what is narma11y required far industrial districts which is ane space per 1,000 square feet af grass flaar area. Hawever, it is anticipated that upwards af 40% af the actual building area will be al1acated far affice use. The applicant an their plans have indicated that in figuring the affice space at the affice requirement af 1 space per 200 square feet af grass floar area there wauld still be sufficient parking spaces to. meet the city standards. One cancern that daes arise in Phases 2 and 3 and the re1atianship to. Phase 1 far purpases af parking, landscaping and cur5rin~.Zoning requires that cancrete curb be replaced in areas up to. the frant wall line af structures and industrial districts. When all three phases af the praject are campleted curbing wauld an1y need be placed appraximate1y 40 feet an Caunty Raad "D" into. the site. With anly Phase 1 building it could be argued that the applicant should pravide curbing all the way to. the frant wall line (sauth wall line af Phase 1 building). The Develapment agreement that is being negatiated is taking into. accaunt the ultimate develapment 6~the site including items such as building size and 1acatian and site plan standards.