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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 16 of 19 Our client needs a bigger area than the existing building which is 6,460 SF. We are proposing to add 698 SF. We want to remove the existing vestibule on the south side and create a fully accessible building on the east side with the new addition and a covered entry way. We want to create an employee entry on the north side which is already present, but with improvements. There is one way access off of Dahlia and our client requests two way access. This involves removing existing diagonal parking and some trees. We will have four accessible parking locations on the east side. We currently have 84 parking spaces and will reduce it to 73 parking spaces. We want a new monument sign in the same location. To address Ms. Graves' comments received this week, we discussed them and believe people will not speed in such a short distance on a narrow entryway. Regarding the trash location, if her apartment is located here, the trash location is right out her window. We have a new plan that proposes the trash location to the northeast side. It removes some parking. Motion made to submit drawings into the record by Brauneis, seconded by Moline. Voice vote and submitted. Matthew Lawrence, MKL Architecture. 3200 Carbon Place, Boulder, CO Regarding the mechanical screen, the current screen is on the east side where the original kitchen was. We will be moving it to the north side of the building which we believe is an aesthetic improvement, especially for the views from the apartment building to the south. They will not see a mechanical screen anymore. The reason there is so much parking is because it was the minimum required parking for a restaurant use when originally built. Commission Questions of Applicant: Russell asks if this is going to be converted office use? Single user? Regular work hours? Golobic says office use by single user. There will be reduced work hours because the current user, Street Fitness, is open in the evening. Pritchard asks about a new entrance on the east side? Golobic says there is nothing there currently. The kitchen was previously located there but it is gone. Brauneis asks the applicant about the fence. The photo shows the fence in fairly good repair. Do you know who the fence belongs to and whose responsibility it is? Trice answers the fence is part of the PUD for the townhomes. Golobic says the trees to be removed are on the north side of the entry way. The new six trees are replacing the buffer between the entry and the building. The trees on the fence will remain. Matthew says there are no changes along the north property line. The office use will serve mostly senior citizens. He does not think there will be revving engines or speeding vehicles. Public Comment: Mr. Ratchapid, 510 Ridgeview Drive, Louisville, CO. I have a few concerns on the change of plans. They mostly will be of benefit to us. I appreciate the consideration of removing the current trash location. The trash location is not only near windows. In the early morning, if there is trash collection, it definitely would have an impact on us. The current user is a gym. Sometimes, at 9:30 in the evening, we have people revving their engines, pumped up with adrenalin after a work-out. The noise has become quite an issue when we started to talk about it. Sometimes, they rev up their engines and drive out the road. It is a concern for us because the residents consist of seniors and people who walk their dogs. We are concerned about safety, noise, and pollution. We are not sure about the existing trees which are next to the Townhomes at Coal Creek. Will some of these trees get removed? Will