Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2015 06 11

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 13 of 19 get refined as we get to final but at preliminary, there is an order of magnitude that we have to start working in. Rice asks if we should be considering prairie dogs with respect to the agenda tonight? Russ says the Open Space Division of the Parks and Recreation Department will have clear concerns on a management plan. This has been noted and we will forward it to the Parks Department to address at final. We don't have the specific grading plan and building locations. Those are details that influence how we plan things out. Russell asks the applicant about what drove the placement of senior housing and where it is located? Is the concentration of senior housing typical in this type of development or might it be more distributed throughout the property? Boyd says we have learned a lot from previous building projects. The Lafayette project included 74 units of senior housing, 70 in a three story walk-up, and four duplexes that are disabled accessible. I misspoke earlier; the 70 unit senior housing building will include elevator access. It is fully accessible. It is the multi -family units that are scattered throughout the site, including ground floor, one bedroom, and two bedroom units. They will include a lot of accessible one bedroom, ground floor units. The senior housing building has a porte cochere. We have learned that VIA van service is awesome and comes frequently to our existing facility in Lafayette. It seems to serve seniors and family members coming to the site to visit. There will also be underground parking. The senior housing location on the site is the prime spot since it looks into a wooded area and has a peaceful area suitable for an outdoor courtyard and garden. It is easily accessed by the van service. We are calling it an alley loop but it is beautiful and will have artwork on it. Boyd speaks about prairie dogs. Some people have noted the posting on the property and are concerned about the prairie dogs. We have completed our prairie dog study and it is part of our habitat analysis which is done to make sure we have no endangered species on the site such as plants, butterflies, and the like. We did find that there are many prairie dogs. We have an environmental consultant coming up with prairie dog plan. They are recounting the dogs so we have an accurate count and can relocate them. We are not terminating the prairie dogs. We are following two different permits from the State to relocate them. Delmage speaks about accessibility around senior housing. There will be a circular driving access to bring you to the underground parking and continue out of the parking area in a circular way. There are two entrances to the area around the senior building. Its location has a couple factors such as its compatibility with the adjacent development. The building makes "sense" there in terms of relationships with the adjacent buildings to the west and south. It is the shortest walking distance to grocery stores and the bus. Erramouspe talks about drainage concern on the north end of the property. While the grading has not been finalized at this point, the drainage study anticipates that we will capture all drainage, or as much as we can, on the site and put it into the detention ponds, and ultimately into the Goodhue Ditch. Since the grading has not been finalized, I picture some sort of berm up at the top on the north side to keep runoff generated within the Kestrel property on the property. This will be fine-tuned during the FDP. We will submit a final drainage report at that point. Moline is concerned about zero setback on parks and open space properties. When I look at the northern part of this site, I see the lot comes close to where the regional trail will be. I have concern about a large building that may shade and create winter maintenance problems on the regional trail.