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John Duffy 8/26/91 Page 2 In addition to the standards listed in Chapters 7 and 17, the design standards in Chapter 19 apply as well. These form the basis for much of the City's detailed review. I call your attention to Section 19.010, Paragraph 14, which states, in part: "All site plans, grading, and utility plans, landscape plans, building plans, and sUlveys shall be prepared for review by the City staff and shall be prepared by the appropriate professional personnel as licensed by the State of Minnesota." Taken together, these Code references clearly indicate great discretion on the City's part in reviewing a PUD, and require a developer to work closely with qualified professionals and the City staff in order to get a project approved. Many of the plans we have reviewed recently for your townhouse project did not appear to have been carefully thought out or prepared by design professionals. I do not believe this is the best use of either your time and resources or ours. You have also asked me to list all issues related to the development of the property. This would be difficult to do, especially for a PUD, where some design flexibility is assumed. I refer you again to the standards in the chapters of the City Code cited above, and to my previous correspondence to you. There were, however, several items uncovered in our latest review of the plan received in our office on 19 August. These are as follows: 1) Roadways must be at least 5' from a property line. In some places this dimension was scaled at 2', which is unacceptable. 2) The grade on an outdoor parking area, perpendicular to the cars, should be kept below 4%, preferably less than 3%. Some areas were shown at 5% on your plan, which is unacceptable. 3) There should be a sidewalk on each of the roadways accessing the property, to both Minnesota Avenue and Rice Street. The walk should be 5' minimum width, and ideally would be set back from the roadway a minimum of 5' as well. 4) The proposed grading showed steep slopes directly into the side and back of several buildings, which would cause drainage and water problems. Grading should allow for water to drain away from the building foundations. I want to emphasize again that the City is willing to consider a project such as you have proposed, and we want to work with you to achieve the best design. I hope the above information will help you to more clearly understand the City's position and approach. Please call if I can be of further assistance. Sincerely, UBAN, INC. cc: Rick JopkeV Craig Waldron Gordie Howe