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DAI ii,c;ri:\' <br />SI L'M^I )I.()\V <br />/V\'D I 'HAN <br />iNt.tjiiroiiAf 10 <br />CONSULTING PLANNERS <br />LANDSCAPE ARCMITECIS <br />,»0U fIRST AVENUL NORTH <br />SUITE 210 <br />MINNEAPOLIS. MN SS40I <br />612 1.MH) <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATF,: May 14. 2004 <br />TO: Mike Gaffion, City of Orono <br />I'ROM: Phil Carlson, AICP; Dahlgrcn, Slraitllow, and Uban, Inc. <br />KE;Stonebay Maikctplacc, Highway 12 and Willow Drive, Oioiio <br />Introduction <br />At your request we have reviewed the latest materials submitted for the Stonebay Marketplace <br />PUD, and offer the following comments for the Planning Commission at their next meeting. <br />Recommondatlon <br />Uased on our review ol the Stonebay Marketplace plans 1 would recommend that the Planning <br />('ummission appiove the PUD with the following conditions: <br />1) Plans for the irrigation system aic to be submitted uccortling U) the /oning code and approvctl <br />by the City Plaimcr and City Engineer before building penmts arc issued. <br />2) Adejpiate perfoimaiicc bond is to be proviilcd per code bcibre building pcmuis arc issued. <br />3) riic paikiiig lot "island " at the front entry of Walgreens (see sketch below), off the southwest <br />comer ol the building, is to he a laiscd landscaped island smrouiulcd by concictc curb, not <br />simply paiiitcil and sliipctl on the pavement I.aiidsc.iping should at a niinimum include sluoibs <br />and llowcnng plants with a variety of scasunul color uiul interest. Ovcrstoiy or imiamentul trees <br />wmiltl be »lcsii.il»Ie but iml rcipiired if there are conceins by Walgreens about visibility to the <br />front entry. <br />4) A more direct sidewalk connection needs to be provided fiom the Highway 12-Willow Duse <br />iiilriseclioii to the front door of Walgreens, as suggested in the di.igram below. This will require <br />Ulc conversion of one paiking space to a peninsula for the sidewalk, and of a portion of uiiotlicr <br />island to .sidewalk