04-16-2018 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday,April 16,2018 6:30 o'clock p.m. the subject site. Bloom indicated they will be working with the City and the Watershed District on those items. Chair Thiesse opened the public hearing at 6:58 p.m. Mike Licht, 2670 Kelley Parkway, asked if the first elevation was in a northerly elevation and whether he can see that again. Curtis noted it is not in color. Licht asked to also see the site plan for the parking. Curtis noted all four building elevations are shown on the overhead and the first page is a rendering of the building on the site. Licht asked if the parking will be on Kelley Parkway. Thiesse noted there is no parking on Kelley Parkway. Curtis stated there are parking areas along Kelley Parkway as part of the site and then on two sides of the building. In addition,there will be underground parking. Licht asked if the above-ground and underground percentage-wise meets the City's requirements. Curtis indicated it does. Louise Kanive, 2670 Kelley Parkway, asked if they mean parking on Kelley. Curtis stated the parking would be on the property and that there will be 46 surface parking lots and 39 below ground. Kanive asked where the employees will park. Curtis stated she is not sure that has been addressed at this point. Kanive asked how many employees there will be. Curtis stated the parking assumes X number of employees based on the number of beds,which is proposed at 70 units. Curtis noted a portion of the building consists of 22 memory care units and those residents will not have vehicles. Kanive asked if a traffic study has been done on Kelley Parkway. Kanive stated with no left turn onto Kelley from Cascade or off of County Road 6,that has negatively impacted Kelley, and that people going to the school also utilize Kelley. Thiesse stated he is not aware of a study. Thiesse asked what the property is zoned at. Page 6 of 21