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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION � <br /> Tuesday,January 16,2007 <br /> ' 6:00 o'clock p.m. . <br /> (#07-3250 Philip Carlson,Continued) , . ' <br /> Shopek stated the Mn/DOT permit was for essentially the southeast corner near Brown Road and <br /> Highway 12 for the holding ponds. A permit was also necessary to connect the sanitary sewer in the• <br /> Mn/DOT right-of-way near Highway 12. <br /> Rahn stated he does not remember a service road being talked about in the prior discussions. <br /> Shopek stated there was not a service road proposed previously, and that if the intersection is <br /> ' reconfigured in this area, a left-in turn could be accomplished. Shopek stated they would still have access <br /> off of Brown Road if the intersection were not reconfigured. <br /> Carlson stated the service road came up after the Planning Commission had initially heard their <br /> application. <br /> Rahn inquired whether the proposed level of screening with the revised plan has remained the same as <br /> well as the proposed elevation of the buildings. , <br /> Carlson stated the landscaping is basically the same and that it is in keeping with the neighborhood. <br /> Carlson noted the units would be walk-outs and would be carved into the hillside. <br /> Shopek stated the elevation for the buildings might change slightly and actually be one foot less. <br /> Kempf inquired whether there is a five foot green space between the parking level and the retaining wall. <br /> Shopek stated there is. • <br /> Kempf stated he would like to see some low plantings on top of the retaining wall. <br /> Shopek stated the retaining wall tapers up and would be approximately five feet at its highest point. <br /> Shopek stated they would be willing to put some shrubs in the five-foot area to help buffer that wall. <br /> Zullo noted there is some lighting proposed for the front of the buildings but that she did not see a <br /> lighting plan included in their packet. Zullo stated she would like to see adequate lighting to help ensure <br /> the safety of the people in the parking lot. _ <br /> Carlson stated they do have a lighting plan for the site and that they are proposing lighting on the <br /> buildings as well as in the parking lot. � <br /> Gaffron stated Sheet L2-1 depicts the lighting plan. <br /> Zullo inquired whether the lighting in the parking lot and buildings would be on sensors. , <br /> Carlson stated the lighting does get softer as it extends out from the site and that the lighting is designed <br /> not to shine onto the adjoining properties. . <br /> PAGE 10 <br />