HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-08-22 Planner Ltr to Applicant 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100
Anoka, MVIN 55303
Phone: 763.231 .5840
Facsimile: 763.427.0520
TPC@PlanningCo.com
August 22, 2012
Tom Smith
Xcel Energy
1103 King Plant Road
Bayport, MN 55003
RE: Oak Park Heights — King Ash Disposal Facility — CUP Application for Phil's
Club Tara /City Parking Lot
FILE NO: 236.02 — 12.07
Dear Mr. Smith:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on August 15, 2012 for the
construction of a parking lot for Phil's Club Tara and the City on the King Ash Disposal
Facility in Oak Park Heights. The application consists of a request for an Amended
Conditional Use Permit. With this letter we are notifying you that the application is not
complete. The City will deem it complete with receipt of the following items by August
29, 2012:
1. Please provide electronic copies of the plans eitherby email disc format.
2. Expand on the narrative to discuss the timing for construction of the project.
3. Provide a copy of a draft agreement between Phil's Club Tara and Xcel Energy
regarding legal right of access, use and maintenance of the lot.
4. Will the existing billboard on the property be removed as part of this project?
5. Address whether ornamental trees or bushes could be added as part of the
landscape plan.
6. Define where the parking spaces for City use will be within the lot.
7. The parking lot should contain at least three disability parking spaces.
8. The City Engineer has questions regarding the stormwater drainage for the site
and how it can be diverted away from potential ball fields as part of the park plan.
Tom Smith
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Staff reviewed the application materials at a meeting on August 22, 2012. We would
invite you and your representatives to a staff meeting on August 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM
at City Hall to discuss these issues and address any questions you may have.
If all of the application materials are submitted as requested, the Planning Commission
would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for September 13, 2012 at 7:00
in the City Hall Council chambers.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(0, the City of Oak Park Heights is
herewith extending the period of time for agency /city review of the application for an
additional 60 day period (for a total of 120 days from the date of a complete application)
inasmuch as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff
relative to the complexity of the project as proposed will be required.
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
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Sco •. `ic ards, AICP — City Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights
The Planning Company LLC
c: Eric Johnson
Julie Hultman
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