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EXHIBIT E Memorandum Datt: March 26.2004 To: Christine Valerius & Philip Fisk From: Janice Gundlach. City Planner^ RE: 2377 Shadyerood Road - CUP and Commercial Site Plan Review This memo is intended to follow up on our meeting of Wednesday. March 24*'. Below is a bulleted list of the issues that need to be resolved prio* to the April 19*' Planning Commission meeting: • Meet with Minnehaha Creek Watershed District to determine if on-site stormwater treatment would be required. • Staff would like to again stress cur position that the site cannot support a dnve-through facUKy. If you decide to rc'^ inue with a drive-through plan have your surveyor and/or engineer confirm turning raduses for the drive-through larte and its overall functionality. Any plan incorporating a drivethrough will have to be confirmed by an engineer pnor to the Planning Commission's review of it. Also, be advised that your most current drive- through plan would require a hardcover variance and a front yard parking vanance in addition to tha variances already applied for. • Submit more detailed plans by an architect for your proposed addition. A color rendering showing all existing and proposed building materials would be most helpful. Staff has also indicated that some kind of pitched roof clement should be included with the new plans. • Examine the issue of extending the grassed rear yard in an effort to gain more of your rear yard back from the existing drive isle of the parking lot. This would halp to somewhat improve the safety issues of car traffic at the rear of your sita. • Consider a paved S' sidewalk against the rear of your proposed addition to allow pedastrlana using the on-site parki^ spaces to more easily access the front door and to prevent the posaibilNy of cars bumping into your building when entering the parking apaces. • Set up a meeting with Lyle, our Building Official to ensure there are no major s.te issues involved with the conversion of residenbai struAure to commercial • Submit a revised survey which details all sidewalks, retaining walls, curbs, and which areas will be grassed and/or landscaped and which areas will be paved I'd also lika to reiterate that the Planning Commission at their March meeting indicated they would support the building setback variance, the CUP request for a coffee/bakery use. and a rear yard parking setback variance. Please submit all revisions by April 12** at 12:00 NOON in or^r to be heard at the April 19*' meeting. Thanks and ploase call with questions.