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City Attorney Goodrich noted that the Council could review the feasibility study prior to adopting the ordinance. City Engineer Jankowski stated that since there are a handful of property owners, he suggested meeting with them to review the feasibility study prior to the public hearing. Consensus of the Council was to direct City Engineer Jankowski to meet with the affected property owners regarding the feasibility study prior to the public hearing. Mayor Gamec noted that he received a letter from Mr. Gilbertson stating he was opposed to the project. Motion by Councilmember Connolly, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman, to introduce the ordinance creating Mississippi River Stormwater Subdrainage District No. 1 and to direct City Engineer Jankowski to meet with the affected property owners prior to the next pubic hearing. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Connolly, Zimmerman, Anderson, and Hendriksen. Voting No: None. Case #2: Request for Site Plan Review; Case of Lord of Life Church Planning Consultant Scazlo stated that Lord of Life Church is proposing an expansion to their existing building at 14501 Nowthen Boulevard NW (County State Aid Highway No. 5). The site plan proposes a 35,206 square foot multi-purpose room and a 7,276 square foot alternate A-1 youth room to the current 23,194 square foot facility, for a total of 65,676 square feet. Lot coverage is restricted to 35% and the expanded building equates to a lot coverage of 4%. The new parking area is being drained to an existing detention basin adjacent to County State Aid Highway No. 5. The plan is being reviewed by the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organizatiou. The site currently has 373 parking stalls. The parking plan proposes to add 86 stalls for a total of 453 parking spaces. City Code requires one parking stall for every three seats or each five feet of pew in churches. There are currently 500 seats in the sanctuary, which requires 167 stalls. The multi-purpose room will be 17,000 square feet and the plan proposes to provide one stall for every 100 square feet. This formula is acceptable to City Staff. The overall addition was Alternative A-1 which is 42,482 square feet. At the highest formula for calculating parking, the code requires one space per 200 square feet. In this case that would require 212 additional stalls. In accordance with City Code, the parking area will be paved with bituminous and finished with B-612 concrete curb, except areas on the west and north side of the parking lot addition. In those areas the plan proposes to use bituminous curbing in anticipation of future expansion of the parking area. Also, if Alternative A-1 is not constructed at this time, the plan proposes to use bituminous curbing around that area in anticipation of future construction. Staff has determined that since there are many existing trees on the property which adequately screen the church expansion from the surrounding residential properties, no additional screening is required. City Council/November 9, 1999 Page 8 of 16