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Council Minutes of 1/6/2009 review of the Condominium documents agreement and the lot consolidation, along with Councilman Orlowski's submittal to the minutes of this evening's meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau. Roll call: Bazker, no; Gareau, no; Kearney, no; Mahoney, yes, but with comment. He is well aware that there are a lot of residents who would be affected by this, and he has carefully considered all of their comments that were reflected in the minutes of the meeting of both Planning & Design and Landmarks. He has carefully reviewed the Planning & Design report finding for Biddulph Trail cluster home development, which does contain letters and concerns expressed by the residents. He finds it fitting tonight, as he casts this particular vote, that we also have with us the members of the Safety forces. He agrees with the conclusions drawn by the Planning & Design Commission and the Landmazks Commission. This is an economic development that he believes fits this particular location. He understands it's not a popular choice or popular vote. But, when our city is looking at the economic times that we are in the next couple of yeazs and as he looks out over at the faces of our fire fighters and our police officers, he thinks we need to look at every passible avenue for income to this city. This development would provide additional income tax revenue. The folks who buy these 29 clustser homes would be eating in our restaurants, shopping in our stores. He is not suggesting that this would by any means or any stretch solve our financial crisis. But he believes it's an economic development that we should have, that he would support particularly in light of the financial condition of the city. Roll call continued: Ryan, no; Jones, no; Orlowski, no. The motion failed with six no votes and one yes vote. 2) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met Tuesday, December 23, at 7 p.m. Present .were members Barker, Gazeau and Jones; Council members Orlowski, Kearney and President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady and Planning Director Wenger; Representing Aldi's were Mr. Jeff Kerr and Mr. Stephen Schill as well as Mr. Zach Glazer of B & G Properties. The following was discussed: • COMS08-21, Aldi's grocery store, 4694 Great Northern Blvd. This proposal consists of demolishing the former Hollywood Video building in Olmsted Plaza to construct a new 16,000 square foot Aldi's grocery store and small tenant space. The new building footprint will be in line with the front and rear building line of Cort Furniture. The new building will be primarily brick matching the Value City brick, and architectural details such as the brick columns will carry over as well. An enclosed shopping cart corral is proposed adjacent to the building. Carts require a deposit, which is refunded upon the cart's return to the corral, so there is no need for additional cart corrals within the parking field. The applicant also proposes to replace the landscaping in front of Value City Furniture which did not survive the original planting. Underground storm water detention is proposed. Ali utilities will be run underground to the new building. Some changes to the existing site lighting were proposed, including the addition of several new lights. The Planning & Design Commission had felt that the change in lighting merited a stronger look at the issue of non-conforming existing lighting, especially where 10