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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/P 96-4 July 15, 1996 Page 2 Street Improvements One of the issues that was discussed at length during the prehminary plat review centered on whether street improvements to Jarvis and 165th Avenue need to be done now or at a later date. The City Council's recommendation was to defer specific action on the improvement to Jarvis Street and 165th Avenue until the time of final plat approval. Since the City Council meeting, staff has had a chance to meet with Roger Rennet, John Weicht and Larry Hickman. After discussing the issues the apphcant has agreed to construct 165th Avenue west of Jarvis Street as part of the development in order to define the entrance into the proposed furniture store and into Rennet Well Drilling. Staff envisions this road improvement to be an urban section with a width of 36 feet and increased at Jarvis allowing for three lanes. However, the position on upgrading Jarvis has not changed in that this improvement should be deferred until a later date. Staff still beheves that upgrading of Jarvis from Highway 10 to 165th Avenue should be done at this time and made part of this plat. This has typically been done with other commercial developments and this proposed development is essentially no diffferent. Please refer to the attached memo from Terry Maurer regarding this issue. Driveway Access of off Jarvis As illustrated on the concept plan for the commercial development, an access would be provided off of Jarvis directly into the customer parking lot. Once again, staff had recommended that this access be eliminated and the development's access be provided off of 165th Avenue. During the review of the preliminary plat, the City Council agreed to temporarily allow the access point until a later date when Jarvis is upgraded and the city will review the safety of that access point at that time. Certainly, there is a concern with trying to remove an access point once it is established. Proposed use for Property Staff would encourage the Council to review this plat and associated improvements based on the property's current zoning of C-3 (Highway Commercial). In other words, once the property is platted it can be developed with any use listed in the C-3 zoning district. This includes a laundry list of permitted uses which the City Council would not have an opportunity to review. At this time, the proposed use for the property is a 90,000 square feet commercial building for retail purposes. Retail is a permitted use which requires the development plans to be reviewed at staff level. It is staff's understanding the three businesses include: s:\councfl\p96-4x.doc