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PAGE 3 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 30, 1985 Mayor Hinkle reopened the public hearing. The City agreement reviewed requiring Administrator pertain to by the City the screening noted that the two changes in the developers landscaping - requiring the landscaping plan to be Engineer and City Council, and trash receptacles - of such receptacles. Discussion was held on whether or not the pedestrian access was necessary. Mr. Ken Barthel noted that the shopping center has changed since the original concept. and felt the pedestrian access was not necessary. It was the consensus of the City Council that the sidewalk was a hazard and was virtually useless and therefore should be eliminated from exhibit C. The City Administrator indicated that the City Engineer had reviewed the plat and the utilities plan and found no problems with either. rne City Administrator noted that the location of the fire hydrants was reviewed with the Building Inspector and the Fire Chief. He noted there was no hydrant anywhere in front of the building and felt it was important that one be located somewhere in the vicinity. The City Administrator further noted that final approval for the utilities will have to be given by the City Engineer before a certificate of occupancy was issued. He further noted that this would be looked at more closely before the building permit issuance. The Building Inspector reviewed the parking requirements for the Pamida Store with the City Council. He noted that according to a similar use for retail store 103 parking spaces are required. He indicated that if you go by the 5.5 parking spaces per 1.000 square feet of floor area, which would be in accordance with the rest of the shopping center. then 220 parking stalls would be required. the plan shows 249 spaces which far exceeds the required 103 or 249 parking spaces. The Building Inspector discussed future parking expansion of the shopping Center. He noted that there are currently 28 excess parking spaces in the original shopping center parking lot. He further noted that between the existing parking lot and Freeport Avenue some of the green space would be made into parking spaces for future expansion which would bring the number of spaces to the required 121. The Building Inspector noted that Barthel had indicated they would like to use some of the excess parking stalls which Pamida has for Dore future expansion. rne City staff indicated that the lot would be owned by Pamida and some type of agreement would have to be entered into with Barthel and Pamida in order to do this. Steve Rohlf, the City's Building Inspector noted that the fire lane on the Highway 169 side should be left open and the connection to the sprinkler system be left in the fire lane.