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Councilmember Elvig inquired about the possibility of including undulation to the sidewalks where building are set back and create alcoves for things like coffee shops and places for tables and congregating areas. Mr. Johnson explained ACCAP is working under a lot of constraints attempting to build a 5- story building on a small piece of property. There will be this type of look on the residential side with alcoves and balconies. For the retail portion there has been discussion of a coffee shop and small restaurant. To the extent they can mix the use of the space they want to do that, but this site is only 15,000 square feet ofland and is truly a downtown location. There will be a couple of key locations where they should have the ability to set a handful of tables, but there will not be a courtyard area. Community Development Director Trudgeon explained this will be a tight site with very limited opportunity along Sunwood Drive given the street space. Public Works Director Olson explained there is only eight feet available along Sunwood Drive. There will be benches between the tree box locations for people to congregate. R TC will be completing the streetscape and lighting plan that is planned in front of this building. He indicated there could potentially be some issues similar to the situation that occurred with the Coborn's site where encroachment easements were needed within the right-of-way. Those issues will be looked at with the final site plan. Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to adopt Resolution #06- 06-178 granting preliminary site plan approval to the ACCAP Ramsey Town Center Apartments. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Olson, Elvig, Jeffrey, and Pearson. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Strommen. Case #4: Consider Modification to Sweetbay Ridge Conditions for Final Plat Application; Case of Oakwood Land Development Ass't Community Development Dir/HRA Executive Dir. Frolik reviewed with Council that Sweetbay Ridge received preliminary plat approval on August 23, 2005. One condition of the preliminary plat approval was that the developer could not submit an application for final plat approval until MPCA issues a Certificate of Completion for the site clean-up. Site clean-up is anticipated to be complete in mid-June, with the completion report being submitted to MPCA by June 30th. Because of workload and staffing constraints, MPCA estimates that a Certificate of Completion may take up to 60 days to process. This could mean that the developer could not even submit the application for final plat until the end of August. Ms. Frolik explained the developer is hoping to be able to commence construction of model homes in Brookfield before the end of the year. The installation of sewer and water main improvements through Sweetbay is critical to issuance of building permits in Brookfield, since adequate fire protection would not be available in Brookfield without the watermain looping. If the developer cannot apply for final plat approval until the end of August, model home construction will not be feasible before the end of the year. The developer is requesting that City Council allow staff to accept and process the final plat application prior to receipt of MPCA' s Certificate of Completion. If so, final plat City Council/June 13,2006 Page 12 of 26