Planning Commission Minutes 2015 10 08

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 8, 2015 Page 16 of 23 doesn't allow us to do a lot of window treatments or a lot of "ins and outs". To overcome that, we have decided to go with a very unique form, something that is striking; something that is very identifiable particularly at the entry. There are two types of siding. They are both steel siding, one is a corrugated steel siding which is the lighter gray material. The other is more of a flat metal panel with vertical seams. Playing with those in the areas we can actually open up, and articulating at the areas that make the most difference, have allowed us to provide the detail where we need it and not focus on it where we don't, particularly on the east and west sides. From the parking lot view and all around the Brew Pub, there are a lot of architectural features. We think there is architectural interest to the buildings. They are contemporary in nature and that was intentional in trying to be a little more about the form rather than adding an applied decoration to the building. The site plan has two entrances, one is from Dogwood and one is from Cherry. We were specific about where we wanted pedestrian and bike traffic to come from. Dogwood is what we anticipate the main way in from bike and most likely from a car. We have requested Cherry Street addresses; however, I think Dogwood is going to become the prevalent way in. We have a sidewalk along here that provides access into the gym, and then a crosswalk that provides access into the Brew Pub. It is difficult to say what kind of foot traffic we are going to have at the CTC. This is really unprecedented because there are sidewalks there currently that are largely unused. I do think bike traffic is an important part of the project. I think car traffic is obviously an important part of the project. The sidewalk here will be the main way in for pedestrian. We anticipate bikes to use the streets and vehicle access. The proposed sidewalk on Dogwood, after discussion with Planning, could possibly connect to the outdoor seating for the Brew Pub. I think the options Staff showed in her presentation seem very reasonable. The Brew Pub and the gym are being developed by two different owners under the same PUD so we have a little more flexibility in exploring options with the sidewalk. The sidewalks along this side of the street and this one in particular as a connector to the sidewalk across Cherry generally feel like a bit of wasted effort. We don't know exactly how much they are going to get used. We do want to support that way of getting onto this property; walking and biking are important aspects. The area along the west side is where we propose for signage. This is the elevation that faces west. This is the perspective of that corner of the building. These are the proposed ideas we have in terms of branding the building with the climbing gym business. We see it more as part of the architecture rather than signage. At this time, it is probably a moot point if the association is not behind it. That is brand new information for me. I do want to mention that I think is incredibly short-sighted given the dynamic nature of the architecture and the businesses going in. We want to support the entire business association but we are willing to let it go. In terms of energy efficiency, this is something that we have discussed. We are obviously going to be meeting the IECC 20012 which has a more rigid requirement for commercial buildings than the previous predecessors to it. Our plans around the building itself is to have natural daylight in clear story windows in the main climbing area. The goal is that it will be naturally lit during the day. The light requirements will be significantly reduced. We do have a lot of south -facing windows that open into the gym area, again trying to reduce our lighting requirements. We have a very nice south -facing roof. The building was intentionally designed so it can handle a substantial amount of solar PV and it will be engineered in order to take that load, both the gravity loads as well as the wind uplift loads. In terms of the landscaping, the intention is to keep it as low water as possible. This is a seeded landscape, it is not a sodded landscape, it is not a bluegrass landscape. It is intended to be rougher and not manicured. We intend to keep the existing trees here along Cherry. There are a couple trees dotted along Dogwood. They are part of the calculations. Our intention is to be at our minimum for our trees. We anticipated some of these needing to be examined and removed; however, the City Forester did not identify any of them needing to be removed. We intend to keep those and we will look at modifying that side of the plan site slightly. Overall, we are meeting all of the requirements and everything is as low water as possible. Commission Questions of Applicant: