Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/23/2018 - Jt CC Planning EDA Work Session

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CC Work Session 2. 2. Meeting Date: 05/23/2018 Information Title: Concept Proposal: 22,000 Square Foot Grocer Purpose/Background: BACKGROUND • ALDI Grocery Store • 22,000 sf store (note this is their new, larger, store concept and building design) • SE corner of Armstrong/ Sunwood Drive • About 2.59 acres • Construction 2019 • Attached is proposed site concept layout and building renderings. ALDI has generally indicated a willingness to redo their building renderings to include four-sided architecture. Attached are examples provided by staff to ALDI. • Staff is taking a position of negotiating a "market -rate" sale price. • ALDI would develop two of the three city -owned pads. The third pad would remain available for sale, and under city ownership. • To -date, ALDI has been very good to work with and responsive to staff requests. • Staff, Mayor LeTourneau, EDA Member Hardin, and Planning Commission Chair Bauer discussed this potential project with Coborn's on 05/14. Coborn's is generally opposed to this proposed use, regardless of the location. See attached Coborn's letter for details. • From a land use and zoning perspective, the grocery store proposal is an allowed use. However, additional work on building design will be necessary (especially the rear elevation that would be facing Sunwood Drive). PURPOSE • The intention of this case is a high-level and preliminary discussion centered around vision --and if this user fits the city's vision. • Is the city generally comfortable with this user being located on this city -owned site? If yes, staff will continue to negotiate with this user; and will bring back a purchase agreement and site concepts in June for more formal and detailed discussion. • The purpose of this case is NOT formal review, formal approval, or detailed analysis. Timeframe: 10-30 minutes Funding Source: NA Responsible Party(ies): Economic Development Manager Outcome: Does this proposal fit the City's vision for The COR (from the perspective of Property Owner/Master Developer)? Should staff continue to negotiate with this user on this site?