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forefi'ont thai I)oso a serious chall~ ngc to the project. Staff has been asked clarification in two <br />gencr;tl t~rcas that would lend ~.tssis, tatl(ze to the marketing of the Town Center. One question is <br />¢onccr~it~g thc po:~si[Mc devclopmr'llt cC "super big boxes", or grocery stores attached to a large <br />conlmcrcial retail center. TDe otl'~cr quest/on deals with the transportation policy sun'ounding <br />Arn]stro~g Bo[~lev[~rd and thc: cven~ttal extension of Bunker Lake Boulevard to Highway #10. <br /> <br />(~ity /Xd~linistratoJ' Norma~ explai}~ed staff has discussed the matter of the large retail grocery <br />with lhe Tecl~nic~l Advisory Com~ittee ('['AC) and the Committee agreed that restrictions in the <br />zoning ordill~tnces would be ill-advised, atxd the restriction may not fit into the Development <br />Guidelines either. The rccomme~dation of the TAC suggested that City Council adopt, by <br />sim01e nlotion, dir'oction to staff to discourage a large grocery complex west of Armstrong <br />goulcwtrd. 'l'llc recommended mot ioJ~ would be as follows: <br /> <br />INircct (~'it5' staf'C to (l~'velo0 l.:tnguage to the extent possible which would discourage <br />g~'ocery users west o f' Ar~nst~'ong Boulevard in TC-2 Zoning District of the Ramsey Town <br />Center co~ts;istent with C:ity Ordinances, Development Guidelines and State law. <br /> <br />C. ity Administr~tto~ Norman i~dicat,,;d the other issue relates to the transportation policy. Future <br />plans leer li'o(~way standards on T H.¢,,~-10 call for grade separated interchanges in Ramsey at <br />Ran~sey |3oulevar¢i and the eventu~l extension of Bunker Lake Boulevard (CR #116) to provide <br />highway access t(o the Ran~sey T~w~q Center. Since the future grade separated interchange <br />located itt Flt~nlccr l,nkc ~3oulovarc!/T.IJ.#10 would have significant impact on the Armstrong <br />Boulevard acczcss t~) [Iighxwty ~)10, it ll~ts been suggested that marketing efforts will be hampered. <br />The Town Center clevolopcrs desir~3 t() assure potential users and tenants that there will be no <br />chatlgcs it] tra~['t'io 19a~ttorn l'or more titan ten years. Once the marketplace has been established, the <br />changes el' tl'~l'[ic ~tcccss can be ch:tng~xt with little to no significant impact on the marketplace. <br />Stal'l' has work~xl with Tile 'l'inkle~be~g Group to develop a framework of policies that would <br />eventually be uscci iii :['[llu~'c amenclnlents and drafts to the City's Comprehensive Plan. The <br />C, oml,rehe~sivc Plzt~ sets ottt a visi~m ibr the future community. It contains goals that define the <br />vision in public policy that is desigtled to help realize the vision. The proposed policy (Official <br />Transl)orlattio~ l'olicy Statements) timt: would be included as part of the transportation element in <br />the COml, rchc~lsivt: l)lan has; l>con ir~(zluded in the Council's packet. <br /> <br />Mayor (-~anlec asRcd it' Shingobe( h~ts looked at this and also sent it on to their potential <br />custonlers. <br /> <br />City Achninistr~ttor Norman ~'eplied tt~c:y have not sent it on to Coburns or the other companies <br />they will be wo~-ki~g with. <br /> <br />Cot~ncilnlember St~'ommen comme~tc(t the language suggested in the direction sounds vague, <br />and could mett~ a col~vel~ie~qce store as well as big box. <br /> <br />Coutlcilnletnhcr 151'~ig sttggoste(! "la ~'gte retail" be inserted between "discourage" and "grocery" in <br /> <br />City Council/May 25, 2004 <br /> Page 24 of 27 <br /> <br /> <br />