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LP-l4l Page #2 Winfield Deve1apments, Inc., applicant, is a subsidiary af Winfield Campanies af Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winfield Developments has been in the Twin Cities since 1978. Winfield Deve1apments currently has projects in Edina and also. in the Riverview Park area af St. Paul. The current prapasal is to. build three buildings in a , phased appraach with the first building being the middle of the three buildins and' wauld be af a tata1 size af 54,220 square feet. Winfield is prapasing to. being canstructian af this Phase I building in July, 1983. On March 22, 1983 the City Cauncil will be cansidering an applicatian af Winfield Developments far industrial revenue bands and also. will have befare it a deve1apment agreement far consideratian. The site itself is advantageausly lacated at the intersectian af Caunty Raad "D" and I-35W. The site has appraximate1y 14,000 feet af frantage a1ang 35W and is appraximate1y 300+ feet in depth. The site has some 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 wauld be located immediately north af a sanitary sewer line that crasses the praperty in a east-west fashian. Canstructian af the Phase I building can proceed while the relacatian 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 County Raad "D". It is prapased that the buildings will be used far affice warehause and affice shawraam type activities. PLAN REQUIREMENTS The building sizes, parking spac~~s,setbacks and required landscaped areas shawn an the enclased site and landscape plans are all within City site plan appraval standards. I wau1d nate that the plan shaws same dimensians 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 "D" which will line itself with the existing semiphare on Caunty Raad "D". .. It is nated that the number af parking spaces shawn an the plans is cansiderab1y abave what is narmally required far industrial districts which is ane space per 1,000 square feet af grass flaar area. Hawever, it is anticipated that upwards of 40% af the actual building area will be allacated far affice use. The applicant an their plans have indicated that in figuring the affice space at the office requirement af 1 space per 200 square feet af gross 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 cur5ri~~.Zoning requires that concrete curb be replaced in areas up to. the frant wall line o.f structures and industrial districts. When all three phases af the praject are camp1eted curbing wauld anly need be placed appraximately 40 feet an Caunty Raad "D" into. the site. With anly Phase 1 building it cau1d be argued that the applicant shauld pravide curbing all the way to. the front wall line (sauth wall line af Phase 1 building). The Deve1apment agreement that is being negatiated is taking into. accaunt the ultimate develapment 6~the site including items such as building size and lacatian and site plan standards.