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Building support functions and a staff dining/break room will be located at the basement level of the east wing of the building. There will be an underground connection to the existing assisted living building primarily to allow for the transfer of meal preparations from the Commons to the new dementia residence. Site Planning Concept The site for the new dementia residence is bounded by Lydia Avenue to the North, Lincoln Drive to the East, "The Commons" assisted living building to the south, and the creek to the west.. The development responds to its site, surroundings, climate and orientation in design and fonn. The main entrance to the facility is located at the northeast comer of the site. All traffic, access points, and parking for the facility currently is located to the east along Lincoln Drive away from the adjacent neighborhood to the west. The facility will share the same existing access point off of Lincoln Drive as the Commons as indicated in the original PUD. The parking lot will accommodate 28 parking stalls. Move-ins will occur via the main entrance. The one-story facility is designed with four distinct houses clustered around a central commons area (Village Square), with access to a central outdoor courtyard area. The Village Square is oriented to the south and away from the main entrance to the facility to gain as much winter sun and natural light into the facility, to keep the focus of the users away from the main entrance, and to maintain a controlled and safe environment. The higher volume of the Village Square (with an 8: 12 pitch) allows natural light to penetrate deeper into the structure in order to minimize the amount of artificial lighting needed during daytime hours, and to achieve a friendlier, spacious, and intimate environment. This higher volume is surrounded by the lower one story masses of the four houses to lesson the impact of the facility on the Commons residents and the neighbors to the west across the creek. In addition, the roofs to these houses have a 6/12 pitch, which is less than that of the adjacent EagleCrest Campus, and are hipped to further bring the mass down. The majority of the commons areas within each house and the village square are oriented towards the central courtyard area to respect the neighbors privacy and to minimize the impact of the interior lighting on the neighbors. The exterior materials used will be similar to the rest of the campus to compliment and blend in with these other structures. These materials include a combination of gray vinyl shingles, white stucco, red-brown face brick, white trim and windows, and a green shingle roof. The interior air quality and environment will be partially controlled by rooftop units serving the entire facility. These units will be sunken into the roof structure of the north-central house, thereby sheltering the units from all views. This will project noise from the units to the north and away from the neighbors.