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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 10, 2022 Page 8 of 13 Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. 16, Series 2022, requesting a General Development Plan Amendment, a Planned Unit Development Amendment, and a Final Plat with easement vacations for a mixed -use development consisting of 38 residential units and 40,562 square feet of commercial area at Block 11 of North End. Commissioner Questions of Staff. Hoefner asks what the key differences are from the last version that was approved. Hassan says this includes attached units versus the previous included detached units but there are different bedroom sizes. Brauneis asks if she can describe the difference with dropping the townhouse designation and moving it to what it is now. Hassan says the original plan came with townhomes and these were individually platted units. Now, these are all under one solid platting. Hoefner says regarding traffic, the public seems to be more concerned with speeding versus the traffic pattern. Has staff looked into that? Zuccaro says the concern is with the existing roadway and that would be something outside of the scope of this proposal. Hoefner says he thought there was an extension between Sweet Clover Ln into Hecla Way. Zuccaro says staff did not ask about this with the applicant but we could ask the applicant to look into it such as a speed bump. Howe asks if there is any kind of requirements with our city forester for proposals like this. Hassan says this proposal was reviewed by our parks and rec department. Howe asks that if the fee in lieu was not approved by city council and required them to do affordable housing, with this come back to the commission with a new PUD? Zuccaro says no, the affordable housing is administered outside of the PUD process. Howe asks if staff can talk about the lighting along South Boulder Rd and the pedestrian path that runs north and south. Hassan says there are pole lights and individual lights for each residential unit has mounted lighting. There are also pole lights for the residential alleyway and parking spaces. There are only entryway lights along South Boulder Rd. Moline says one public comment we got pertained the intersection of South Boulder and Blue Star. Future improvements to that intersection would fall to the city's responsibility and not be related to this proposal. Zuccaro says this roadwork was built with this density in mind. We would not recommend that capacity is needed because the land uses and density are not changing. If this were to be built out and these roadworks were not operating appropriately, it would be the city's responsibility to make the improvements. Howe asks if there are any net zero requirements for these buildings. 10