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Attachment D
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<br />From: Bryan Lloyd
<br />Sent: We�dn�e�sday, June 01, 2011 11:16 AM
<br />To: 'Eugene Anderson'
<br />Subject: RE: Plan n�iin File 11-013,
<br />Hi., Mr. Anderson. Thanks, for taking the time to review the proposal and ask for further
<br />clarification. I'll number the answers, below to corres,pond to the numbering of your
<br />questions,.
<br />1,) So far., the fenced area only appears, on the site plan as a thin- lined rectangle on the
<br />south side of the building It's, certainly not very obvious, and there is,n't any greater
<br />description in the present application materials,, but these folks, have been in periodic
<br />communication with me for the past few years, and the secure, fenced area has been a staple of
<br />their plans,. I wouldn't know about it either if not for past Conversations,.
<br />2) Nothing has yet been shown in the present plans, to describe what the plans, are for the
<br />area between the proposed parking area and the northern property line. Similar to the
<br />previous, answer, though, my past convers,ations, with the applicants, give me some assurance
<br />that they intend to use some combination of privacy fence (made of wood or some synthetic
<br />material, but not chain link with slats,) and evergreen trees, and s,hrubs,. Although this sort
<br />of buffering would be required of any development on that corner., we're recommendin that the
<br />applicants, be required submit plans, for review during this proces,s, so that we don't have to
<br />rely on my personal impression of what the buffer will consist of Incidentally, such a
<br />landscape plan would also identify the plantings, and other elements, that would be installed
<br />to buffer the fenced area from the hubbub of Larpenteur Avenue.
<br />3) 1 believe that bus,ines,s,es, are not restricted to the sane Thursdays -only schedule for trash
<br />pickup, but I'm still trying to confirm that I can ima ine, though, that some land us,es,
<br />produce the kind and quantity of waste that nobody wants, sitting, around in a dumps,ter all
<br />week. As annoying as a garbage truck can be, that annoyance may be preferable to the odors,
<br />coming from (and the potential pests, attracted to a trash container of food and medical
<br />waste created by an assisted living facility—or by a restaurant or medical office, for that
<br />matter, neither of which would require any special approvals, at that location.
<br />4) 1 can't say for sure how new lighting will compare to what exists, today because I don't
<br />know much about the current lighting The zoning code es,tablis,hes, very specific requirements,.,
<br />however, to prevent glare and spill -over lighting on adjacent properties,. Light fixtures,
<br />thems,elves, must conceal the lamp bulbs, so that the source of the light cannot be seen from
<br />outside the property, and the requested photometric plan will allow us, to confirm that the
<br />level of illumination near the property boundary does,n't exceed the 1,/2 foot-candle maximum.
<br />5a) My own expectation is that people turning left into the property acros,s, a lane of
<br />(potentially) oncoming traffic is that the drivers, would treat this particular left turn the
<br />sane as any other and that they would yield to all oncoming traffic. The Public Works, staff
<br />members, who have reviewed the plans, expressed an interest in making, sure that the turning
<br />radius,es, (radii?) aren't so tight as to caus,e traffic conflicts,, but their silence about the
<br />conduct of left-turning drivers, leads, me to believe that it wasn't a source of concern for
<br />them.
<br />5b) I gather that there are only 3-4 employees, on any given shift, meaning a maximum of 8
<br />during a shift change. The code certainly does, require a development to provide enough off-
<br />street parking s,paces, for employees,, but the City can't *compel* employees, to use those off-
<br />street s,paces, when parking is allowed on the adjacent public street. I don't imagine that
<br />employees, actually might park on the street; I just can't promise that it won't happen.
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