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J Council Minutes of 5/6/2008 considered was a significant improvement to the children's area-re-laying out the children's area and enhancing the area quite a bit. This legislation is brought forward simply to proceed with advertising for bids and construction. The committee did decide, and the library recommended, that the city not proceed with the construction of adrive-through window which was originally brought forward in November/December of last year. The original thought was to proceed with that because we might be able to service a senior population that perhaps couldn't get out of a vehicle or those who might have small children in the car. But it just simply was not able to be done as it was not something that the library felt they could staff. It would require a considerable expenditure of operating funds to fully utilize that window. So, the window was removed. The committee unanimously recommended approval with the following amendment: "Except as provided below, the bid documents shall in addition include a notice of all bidders that prices for construction of the drive-through window and the detached structure for storage shall be bid separately as alternates for the project. The Board of Control shall not award, and the Mayor shall not enter into a contract including the said alternates without further expressed authorization by Council." Councilman Gazeau made a motion to amend Resolution 2008-53 to include the noted amendment. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Resolution No. 2008-53 amended. Councilman Gareau noted the committee had recommended passage under suspension of the rule. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning & Development Committee met Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 7 p.m. In attendance were members Barker, Gareau and Dailey Jones; Council Members Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski, and President Kennedy; Law Director Dubelko, Planning Director Wenger; guests. Discussed were Ordinances 2008-18, 2008-36, 2008-37, 2008-44, which were reported out on April 15, 2008. Also discussed that evening were development plans for BF Products North America Inc., which will be renamed to "am pm", located at 29131 Lorain Road; the T- Mobile cell tower installation, located at 29708 Lorain Road: • The BF Products North America proposal (CQ,,, , fiifl7~ consists of demolishing existing structures in the development azea and constructing a new gasoline service station. Representatives were Nathan Reid and Andrew Barnett from WD Partners and Rick Turner and Brian Lindley from BP America. The development area includes three parcels: two parcels fronting Lorain Road are zoned General Retail Business and the third parcel fronting Stearns Road is zoned Single Residence. Rezoning of the residential property is required, and the rezoning is covered under Ordinance 2008-18. This facility will be a 24 hour 7 day a week operation. Ordinance 2008-1$ will rezone 5764 Stearns Road from Single Residence to General Retail Business. Rezoning and redevelopment of the Stearns Road corridor is supported by the 2005 Master Plan, and more specifically the Crocker Stearns Corridor Plan, which were both approved by City Council. The two commercially zoned parcels encompass approximately 22,500 squaze feet, which is below the minimum lot size requirement for commercial lots of 40,000 square feet. The addition of the residential lot makes the total development area less non-conforming. The 2,900 square foot building is mostly red brick, with a stone veneer base, an EIFS sign band and canopy. The building entry will face Lorain Road and all commercial activity will take place to the north of the building. There is no vehicular access to the rear of the building. There will be no outdoor sales at this site. Propane and ice storage is to the west of the building and will be accessed by employees only. The dumpster enclosure is brick with a stone coping to match the building. New landscaping is proposed around the perimeter of the site. A 2-foot mound with dense evergreen screening is proposed to 5