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Case #7: Order 2002 Street Maintenance Program City Engineer Jankowski stated that the 2002 Street Maintenance Program consists of eight individual improvement projects. Six projects include sealcoating, proceeded by a crack filling operation. A total of 10.38 miles of street are scheduled for this type of maintenance, including 4.89 miles of Municipal State Aid (MSA) roadways. Two projects will involve placing a one and one-half inch bituminous overlay over the existing bituminous roadways. Improvement Project #02-10 involves bituminous overlay on 3.98 miles of City street while #02-11 proposes overlays on 2.05 miles of MSA streets. All of the projects, except for project #02-01, will have 50 percent of the project costs special assessed under MN Statute 429. Project #02-01 will be financed fi'om the developer escrows set aside for the first sealcoating. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to accept plans and specifications and direct staff to solicit bids for the 2002 Street Maintenance Program (IP 02- 01, 02-06, 02-07, 02-08, 02-09, 02-10, 02-11, and 02-12). Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Anderson, Hendriksen, and Kurak. Voting No: None. Case #8: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Allow for Outdoor Storage in the BW Business Warehouse District; Case of Tom Sauter Community Development Director Frolik stated that Tom Sauter is requesting a conditional use permit to exceed outdoor storage restrictions established in the BW - Business Warehouse District on the property located at 6651 141st Avenue also known as Lot 1, Block 1, Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5. Tom Sauter constructed a 55,140 square foot multi-tenant building in the year 2001 on the subject il-acre parcel. City Code states that in the BW - Business Warehouse District, outdoor storage is restricted to 10% of the site area; in this case, outdoor storage is restricted to 1.12 acres. Tom Sauter operates his excavating business, T&G Land Company, from his multi-tenant building and utilizes a significant amount of the 1.12 acres of outside storage area. The company, H&L Mesabi, is interested in locating in the City of Ramsey and occupying one of Tom Sauter's remaining vacant units. H&L Mesabi Company is a distributor and seiwicer for large equipment (i.e. snow plow blades, cutting edges) and, therefore, will require a significant amount of outside storage area. In order to provide enough outside storage space for both Mr. Sauter's excavating activities and H&L Mesabi's storage needs, Mr. Sauter is requesting to utilize 31% of the subject property for outside storage purposes, which equates to approximately 3.5 acres of the total 11-acre site. Staff recommended that additional landscaping be added along the northern boundary line in order to provide additional screening of the outside storage area from the neighboring property. The Planning Commission held a public hearing and reviewed the request on May 2, 2002. There was no public input during the public hearing. The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the conditional use permit request by Tom Sauter. City Council/May 14, 2002 Page 22 of 36