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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 7 of 12 Reichenberg says that directly east is another retail building housing a medical imaging center and a work -out health center. O'Connell asks about the traffic flow pattern especially in light of the drive - through. It looks like a car would come off west Dillon, through the parking lot of the imaging center, and then around. Reichenberg points out an alley way between the eastern building and the new building. The alley way has trash dumpsters and utility locations for both buildings. There is a full movement intersection at Dillon and the roadway servicing the hotels, restaurants, and retail buildings. There is currently a "right in" entrance on the west. Under separate application, we are doing a "right out" for the benefit of all seven property owners. O'Connell clarifies that a vehicle going through the drive - through w : int towards McCaslin and then loop around the entire building to get out? Reichenberg says yes. It can exit any of the three access poi Russell asks about the proposed landscape plan. Reichenberg points out a wavy black line that is a wall saying City of Lo on it. Staff has communicated that it is looking tired, and signage will replace it. This wavy "•`lack line is part of four or five different tree systems that are intertw * with it. When the old signage is removed, new trees will be planted. It seems like a large -r, but it i ng expanded because the concentration of trees around the signage. Russell asks about the comparative value of the replac trees will be more distributed around the perimeter, reduc planting in the immediate proximity of t Reichenberg says there will be trees pla front of the building. of the 18 trees. It appears the t distributed, and then more to the experience at the Brauneis says between "existing" trees and " ne '` `rees, it is not a one for one. Anything new will be shorter and Tess dense than some of the existing trees out there currently. Reichenberg says these pines have grown together for 30 years so there is some dysfunction with regard to the actual landscaping working together. The arcade with trees will exist in front of four of the six units where people can converse and transact. Moline asks Staff if there is a performance standard for landscaping? So many trees per square footage of area landscaped on the lot? McCartney says it is linear feet of frontage along the street. The applicant is able to comply with that. The CDDSG was last updated in 1999 and the landscaping standards are somewhat antiquated. The PUD allows for the variations to it. Staff feels the numbers have been met and the layout is consistent with the current designs. If the PC would like to see something different, Staff can get direction. Brauneis says there is an appeal to an older tree not felt with a newer smaller tree. Particularly with retail developing fairly close to this location, they will have smaller trees, so there is a benefit to creating a sense of place that has older larger trees whether they are ingrown. I understand the desire for visibility as it is necessary. The gray area is how much, where, and when? Are we giving the City Forester enough "teeth" behind the recommendation? I don't know what his criteria are. McCartney says Staff recently has had businesses along McCaslin request the removal of mature evergreens. These are the bigger issues regarding visibility. Staff feels the condition gives enough "teeth" because we will get into details at construction drawings. Staff feels carrying forward this plan with the condition covers the sense of revisiting it at the detail level. The City Forester will primarily look at disease and decay, and what trees are healthy.