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Page 2 B. Sandstrom tremendous opportunity to incorporate a storm ponding facility that treats runoff better into the landscape plan. It could turn the ponding site into an aesthetic amenity to the church as well as the neighborhood. Specific Recommendations: 2a. Require fencing or landscaping to create an all-seasons screen, eighty percent J~ (80%) opaque to a height of 5 feet as required by Section 1010.09 of the City I~ Code for parking spaces in residential areas. This should apply to the north, east and south sides of the parking lot. 2b. Require the five percent landscaping criteria within the parking area be me:}as provide by 1010.05 of the City Code. (I am interpreting the code to mean the land within the parking area to be the area within the curbed area of the parking lot.) :Y 2c. Require overstory trees (preferably spruce) long the north and east sides of the parking lot as required by Sections 1010.14 A and E. of the City Code. 2d. Require landscape islands per Section 1010.14, E. 3. Storm Water Utility Calculation. With the recent additions of residential land to the ~ churches holdings and the conversion thereof to impervious surface, the storm water utility ~vv- fees should be re-calculated. Specific Recommendation: 3. Require the public works director to check the calculations fot the storm water } utility for the church property, including a verification that the actual hydrologic response from this site is consistent with the REF table in Section 803.01 of the , City Cgde. 4. Inconsistencies in the Zoning Code. Of the three most contentious land-use issues that the City has dealt with, two have dealt with the redevelopment of church properties. The Vista 2000 process resulted in policies and goals in the Comprehensive Plan that, among other things, promote the preservation and enhance neighborhoods and to improve park facilities for the portion of Roseville south of Highway 36. None of the church redevelopments have been wholly consistent with these goals and policies. The City Code and Comprehensive Plan have not properly dealt with current trends in church redevelopment. The existing policies related to church development exempt churches from many reasonable provisions that are applied to developments that affect neighborhoods. Specific Recommendation: 4. Direct the planning commission and staff to examine this issue when it reviews the upcoming ordinance revisions and make recommendations for the council to act on. Thank you for your consideration. a:church.mem