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Ramsey Town Center. He explained the l~amsey Town Center retail areas have been set up to have the buildings close to the right-Of-waY lines. The zoning code specifically requires most buildings to be within 0 - 5 feet of the front lot line to create a more urban look to the development. Staff is requesting that the Council direct staff to bring forward a policy with the bullet points listed on pages 201 and 202o£the Council's packet as a guideline. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to ratify the recommendation of the Public WOrks Committee in Case 8 and to direct staff to bring fmwvard a policy regarding right-of-way encroachment as recommended by staff. Motion carried. Voting Yes: 'Mayor Gamec~ Councilmembers Elvig, Cook, Jeffrey, Olson, Pearson, and Strommen. VotingNo: None. Mayor Gamec recessed the meeting was recessed at 8:45 p.m. Mayor Gamec left the meeting at 8:45 p.m: Mayor Pro Tern EIvig reconvened the meeting at 8:52 p.m. Mayor Pro Tern Elvig indicated :Shingobe~ Buil~ters would like more discussion of Case No. 3/8 regarding the encroachment procedure for buildings in Ramsey Town Center. Greg Hayes with Shingobee Builders stated the TC-2 zoning district has been a learning process with the buildings being pushed to the front, In future plans they may want to try to hold the buildings back one foot so they do not get into the setback issues. Assistant Public Works Director Olson exPlained this site plan is already approved. Shingobee Builders came to staff to inform them there would be an issue with the setbacks that should be looked at. Staff looked at St. Paul and MinneapOlis examples. It appears that the door swing of the first building will encroach approximately i foot, 3 inches into the right-of-way, and there will still be 11 feet between that and the curb line. Even with the door swing the sight distance triangle will still be inet. Staff does not see a problem with this, and they have been working well with Shingobee Builders. Mt'. Hayes stated Shingobee Builders is looking forward to proceeding with the first phase, and this will help make the next phase run smoQther. Case/44: Consider Authorization of Development/Purchase Agreement with River's Bend HOldings CO;, LLC City Administrator Norman explained this development purchase agreement dates back to January 1980, in a land exchange agreement between the City and Arthur Raudio and Rick Foster. Negotiations began on this current Development/Purchase Agreement in 1999 when the City was in the process of purchasing right-of-way agreements for the TH 47 improvement project that took place in 2001. NegotiatiOns between River's Bend Holdings and the City City CoUnCil/February 8, 2005 Page 20 of 30