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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 11, 2005 6 Councilmember Holden asked if Council was comfortable with the trail being 15 feet from the residences. Councilmember Grant noted it was 15 feet from the lot line, not from the residences. Mr. Hellegers clarified the Planning Commission wanted more space between the trail and the office building. He noted the trail would stay where it was, but the distance from the trail to the office buildings would be 15 feet, so the buildings within units 1, 2, and 3 would be shifted five feet to the east. Councilmember Grant stated one other change the Planning Commission made was that there would be low lighting on the trail behind buildings 1,2, and 3. Councilmember Holden asked what percentage of caliper trees were in the parking lot areas. Mr. Hellegers responded the majority of landscaping was against the residential areas and he did not know the exact amount of landscaping in the parking lot areas. Councilmember Holden asked if there would be landscaping next to the daycare center. Mr. Hellegers replied there was no requirement to buffer space between existing commercial properties, only existing residential. He noted there was not much room to put in landscaping in this area and there was a concern that the landscaping would not stay healthy if it was put in. Councilmember Holden asked how large the proposed wall was between the daycare and this development. Mr. Hellegers replied there was a berm being proposed, not a wall. There is a wall east of the parking lot. Councilmember Larson stated they had received some commentary from people and they also had received a copy of a newspaper article from 1991 when there was apparently a significant dispute over Royal Oaks and the City. He asked for a response to this and asked for assurance that this would not happen again. Marcell Evensteiner(?sp), Royal Oaks Development, stated in 1988 he developed Keithson Addition. He stated the City's engineer had indicated they did not need an overflow for the sewer system on the west side, which he had originally proposed in this development. He stated the City redesigned the property and when everything was completed, there was an inspection and everything was fine until two years later when the pond kept rising due to a wet season and there were homes that got flooded out. He indicated at that time when the City contacted him, he told the City that they had designed the system and it was up to the City to repair the problem. He stated the City took over and fixed the problem. Mayor Aplikowski stated when she came onto the Council, this topic had come up again and it was at that time the City changed engineers. Councilmember Holden asked what the percentage oflandscaping was. She asked if they could get it up to 35 percent. Mr. Hellegers replied right now it was at 34 percent, but they could reduce the parking some to get to the 35 percent landscaping.