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� • specific design for sidewalk or other public area improvements. Those were considered public improvements for which we would be assessed a cost. 9. Checklist 3— Frontages: The current street frontage is Cleveland Avenue with no other streets providing service to the property. I addressed your desire to provide access to Twin Lakes Parkway in the event it is constructed as currently envisioned. This significantly impacted our site planning options and solidified the building position. Our early discussions with Staff did not reveal any latitude in the reduction of current setback requirements under the B-6 guidance. I have always indicated we would desire a sidewalk along Cleveland that provided a continuous walk surface beyond our location. I have expressed concem about any sidewalk that terminates within our property or boundary, o� built interior to the street without further connection or exit such as a dead end sidewalk along the proposed Twin Lakes Parkway. That could create a hazard which should be avoided. If the City would provide a design for a sidewalk along Cleveland Avenue we would be happy to incorporate that in to our design. It is my experience that the City delivers sidewalk improvements (being on public property) at a cost to the property owner. This site is a single development and we have positioned the hotel and restaurant to address the combined commercial viability and public safety. The Cleveland Avenue access currently used by the property is at the intersection and undesirable by staff. I proposed a repositioned entrance with restricted left turn privileges. Staff's recent mention of its desire to have the hotel along the street frontage is not compatible with the type of hotel we've proposed and would limit visual access to the remainder of the site which is economically harmful to the viability of a restaurant. This was addressed at our earliest meeting (see above). The restaurant and the hotel are mutually beneficial if properly positioned. Further we feel that the visual restriction created by placing the hotel along Cleveland Avenue might decrease traffic safety at the access point and for future pedestrians. 10. Checklist 4— Buildings (private realm): The items listed being 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 have all been detailed in the submission drawings. The standards we applied are of the highest quality and durability with attention to mixing natural light and vertical zones, and are beautiful. We too desire screening of inechanical systems and have detailed this and Page 4 of 5 5/23/2007