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� MINUTES OF T�IE <br /> ORONO PLANIVING COMMISSION � <br /> Tuesday,January 16,2007 � <br /> G:00 o'ctock p.iv. . <br /> (#07-3250 Philip Carlson,Continued) . � <br /> Shopek stated the 1V1��/DOT permit was for essentially the southeast corner near Brown Road and <br /> � I3ighway 12 for the holding ponds. A permit was also necessary to connect the sanitary sewer iii the <br /> Mn/DOT right-of-way near Highway 12. � <br /> � Ralui stated he does not remember a service road Ueing talked about in the prior discussions. <br /> Sho�ek stated there was not a service road proposed�reviously, and ihat 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 Ue carved into the hillside. . <br /> Shopek stated the elevation for the buildings niight 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 tlie retaining wall tapers up and would be approxirnately five feet at its highest point. <br /> Shopek stated they would Ue willing to put some slu-ubs in the five-foot area to help buffer tliat wall. <br /> Zttllo noted there is sonte lighting proposed for the front of the buildings Uut that she did not see a <br /> lighting plan iiicluded in their�acket. 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�roposing lighting on the <br /> buildings as well as in the parkuig lot. <br /> Gaffron stated Sheet L2-1 depicts the lighting plan. <br /> Zullo inquired whether the lighting in the parlcing lot and buildings would Ue on sensors. <br /> Carlson stated the lighting does get softer as it extends out from the site ai�d that tlie lighting is desi�tled � <br /> not to shiue onto the adjoining properties. � <br /> • . PAGE 10 <br />