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John Trautz March 1.2004 Page 3 d) Retain the trail and pedestrian circulation aspects of the plan which you have provided to date. Ci ty staff would strongly support an office or fast-casual restaurant use overlooking the pond, assuming a site plan that incorporates adequate parking and circulation, Wewiil suppon retai 1 use at this location if it includes food-oriented uses for which the pondcan become an amenity and which can take advantage of proximity to the pond. 2. Development Orientation . Stonebay was approved with the expectation that the office uses would visually complement the Ston^ay residential development, especially since the primary access is from Kelley Parkway. This same expectation needs to be met if the site becomes primarily retail uses. Although there may be some negative impacts by orienting retail uses directly toward Kelley Parkway, as indicated in the letter from John Hassler, there are also significant benefits and advantages to an orientation not totally focused on HighwayI2. Your site plans to date have focused on Highway 12 as the orientation, and while the building designs have incorporated attractive features and landscaping on all sides, the site layout still presents itself as 'backing up* to Kelley Parkway. We think there is a middle ground that can orient this development more toward the center of the site, providing a more inviting appearance from Kelley Parkway while not having negative impacts to the ac^oining neighborhood, and not negatively impacting the viability of retail uses. The following are key elements of this concept: a) Reorientthe Walgreens entry to the southwest comer of the building. Establish Walgreens parking on the west and south sides of the building. The pharmacy drive- thru will then be along the east side of the building, with the delivery/trash area along the north facade. b) Absent an office use or fast-casual restaurant uses for Lot 1, turn the retail strip to a north-south orientation, backing up to the west end of the site, and design the north end units for food-oriented uses that would allow some views of the pond and make use of a plaza or outdoorseating area overlooking the pond. Omit any driving lane along the west side of the building. This orientation provides excellent retailer visibility from the l2/Willow intersection. The entry to the site from Kelley Parkway will allow forcustomers to see the entries to the Walgreens and the strip center from the Kelley Parkway entrance to the site, allowing them to make easy decisions about how to reach their intended destination within the site.