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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> MONDAY, MAY 17, 2004 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (5. #04-2974 RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,LLP,Continued) <br /> Gaffron recommended approval of the proposed Commercial Site Plan subject to the various recommendations <br /> in the text of the May 13,2004 Staff Report. Any motion to recommend approval should address the <br /> remaining issues,and provide clear direction to the applicant. Gaffron believed the application is ready to be <br /> forwarded to the City Council subject to Planning Commission recommended conditions for approval. <br /> Chair Mabusth asked the applicant if there were any questions to staff,to Shelley Johnson, Engineer or Phil <br /> Carlson, DSU. <br /> Mr. John Trautz stated they are in agreement with just about everything identified by staff as outstanding <br /> issues. He accepted the 10' wide requirement for the monument signs and the manual reader board. <br /> Mr.Trautz asked the Planning Commission to consider not identifying the space in front of Walgreens' <br /> entrance as a landscaped area but as a walkway to the building's access point. <br /> He indicated landscaping features would make it more difficult for patrons to enter the building and proposed <br /> some other treatment, such as painting. <br /> Kempf asked if this area was raised above the parking lot level. <br /> Fritzler asked if a curb is proposed. <br /> Mr. Trautz explained the area is flush to the parking lot surface and could be constructed with colored asphalt <br /> or stamped concrete. It provides an easy way for pedestrians to get to the Walgreens front doors. <br /> Fritzler asked for clarification that it would not become a space for promotional `sandwich' boards. <br /> Trautz stated that there would be no signage in this area. <br /> Jurgens stated he assumed the area is not raised because of handicapped parking requirements,but a raised <br /> area could help guide traffic. He asked for information about how the transition occurs from parking lot to <br /> pedestrian walkway. <br /> Ms. Vicki Van Dell, Landform Engineering, explained the area is flush to the ground with vertical bollards at <br /> the front. <br /> Gaffron illustrated the Walgreens' access point and the 20' x 20' area in question. <br /> Jurgens clarified the area will not be raised and will have no curb along the face of the building and questioned <br /> if there will be bollards all the way down the length of the building. <br /> Ms.Van Dell explained there would be two bollards in front of the handicapped stalls, another one on the next <br /> stall over, and transitions into a full curb along the rest of the building length. <br /> Bremer commented that she had no problem with the proposed access area. <br /> Rahn concurred stating it makes it easier to traverse into the access point for Walgreens. <br /> Mr.Trautz exhibited the finished palette of exterior colors and distributed the samples to the Planning <br /> Commission. <br /> Page 9 of 40 <br />