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2 Section 7.3 – Page 77 Façade Composition (b) (ii), Delete crossed out wording: Attached townhouse facades shall have variation in architectural features and paint/siding between adjacent units. (b) (iv), Delete crossed out wording: No home shall have the same design or style, or painting/siding as the homes immediately adjacent or across the street. 1. Roofing materials visible from any public right-of-way shall vary materials in each design. 3. In an effort to decrease monotony of design, changing the paint color or material type will not be considered a different design or style. The crossed out wording is confusing. One house could have oil based paint and the next latex and still qualify. We all want quality construction. The variation of paint, siding or materials does not assure quality, maybe even the opposite. The quality of materials and good architectural design provide quality. Jackson Meadows at Marine on the St. Croix received the highest national urban design award by the AIA and has all white houses and standing steel metal roofs. This was chosen by their City Council. Several people have told me that they wish a part or sub-development of RCC could have a housing development similar to Jackson Meadows. Changing the roofing materials from tile, asphalt, metal, or flat from one unit to the next would substantially raise building construction cost and not sustainable cost effective or add to architectural quality. The same is true with changing the building materials and colors between attached multi-unit residential units. See attachments for examples. Section 7.6 Page 80, Gateway Overlay District – Add underlined qualifications: (a) (i) Corner buildings located at a street intersection must may incorporate a distinctive architectural feature as part of the building such as a tower, cupola, turret, or rotunda, and should be added if they provide an economic, heating, ventilating, air conditioning or daylighting benefit to the structure, (see Section 6.1 (b)(ii) for specifications and restrictions). Section 10.8 – Utilities The JDA, City and County have approved the TCAAP/RCC Energy Integration Resiliency Framework (EIRF) for the implementation of an Energy Sustainable Community. The EIRF should be noted as the potential energy framework for the TCAAP/RCC project and added as an appendix to the TRC.