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200! <br /> <br />May 3, 2001 <br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />Attn: Mr. Scott Harlicker <br /> Senior Planner <br /> <br />2145 Ford Parkway, Suite 201 <br />Saint Paul, Minnesota 55116 <br />Phone 651.690.5525 <br /> Fax 651.690.5545 <br /> www.finn-daniels.com <br /> <br />Re: Precision Tune Auto Care <br /> Elk River, MN <br /> <br />Dear Members of the City & Mr. Harlicker, <br /> <br />it has recently been Drought to our attention that tl~ere may have been a procedural oversight, or <br />error in the motion for approval of this project. The final requirements necessary to develop this <br />property were developed through discussion at the City Council Meeting on March 26th, 2001 of <br />which staff has a tape recording. <br /> <br />The potential problem came when everything was basically agreed to, in group discussion, but <br />got confused when the final motion for approval was made. While the new requirements of the <br />City Councils were added to the Planning Commission's comments and apparently a reference <br />was made to accept the comments of the City Staff. I have not seen the complete final minutes <br />from this meeting, but I believe the following is the issue that Mr. Harlicker has identified as the <br />problem: <br /> <br />· The motion was to accept the plan with some additional conditions and the "City Staff's <br /> recommendations." <br /> <br />I am positive that the issue of the parking shortage (based on some occupancies) was discussed <br />thoroughly at the Planning Commission, and the City Council meeting, and it was decided by the <br />Council to accept the shared parking agreement as noted in Item #9 of the Planning <br />Commission's Memo to the City Council. A number of ideas were discussed in regards to <br />accessing the parking to the North in case certain tenant's were found for the building. The entire <br />issue about the parking and the size of the building was resolved with a shared parking <br />agreement between County Inn and Suites and the Precision Tune. We then moved forward to <br />other items such as the color and materials of the building. <br /> <br />While I do not believe that we should have to return to a public hearing to confirm what was <br />agreed upon (and confirmed in the audio tape), please use this letter as a request to be heard by <br />the City Council at it's next available meeting (May 21st, 2001), so that we can take care of this <br />technicality and proceed with the construction on the site as soon as possible. <br /> <br /> <br />