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e e Case No. 564~70 - 2 . 3. On the remainder of the land the appliea'lt proposes to construct a neigh- borhood shopping center oriented around an interior pedestrian mall. The applicant has hod plans ptepared by the Apache Engineering Corporation and Eldrich Morrison, on architect frOl'll the White Bear area. We have revie.....ed the~ plans in some detoil, along with other staff memben from the Villase, and suggest thot the development proposal would constitute a considerable improvement in the immediate area. You are awa.e of the fact thot we have a good residential orca to the south of the property in ql.ldicn, ond 0 fine junior high school across Coul'lr, Road B to tho north. The proposed shopping center would incOfpo,ate the existing buildings, creating a shopping center wilh a totol building area of 46,000 sq. ft. Based on a slightly more thon 6()%. net retoil space, the applicant provides one parking space for 85 net !~. ft. of retail orea os required in the ordinance. The total number of porking spoces would be 334 cor', placed to the east end the west of the propo~d shopping center structures. The G?plicant has submitted detailed topographical plans, grading plans, landscape plans, and preliminary plans for the shopping center ihe1f. These large scale drawings will be available at the hearing, as prepared by the engineers and architects involved. 4. There is a porcel of land thot would be to the south of the proposed oil station ~ite (just west of Dole Street) which is to be reserved for a future medical building. We wggest that this will be a very appropriate use for the property in question, oJugmenting the potential for the neighborhood mopping center os proposed in the moin body of the property. In general, we suggest that the development pt'oposal is well.done, and will constitute 0 maior improvement to the area. 5. You will note thot the de~ign su9ge~s 0 s.ervice area enclosed on three sides, just off the mall in the center of the development. We would suggest that this is 0 much more apjlfopdate solution than the usual strip 5efVice area found behind the typical lineal type Vlopping center de...elopment. The applicant suggests 0 program of tree planting along the south side of t~e property at the base of the hill behmd the homes fronting on Eldridge Street to the south. We discu~sed with the cpplicant the feasibility of planting the entIre hillside with small evergreen seedlIngs. If this were done over 0 period of 0 short time, this steep hillside could be totolly covered with an evergreen tree growth that would enhance the beaut)' of Ihe orca, not only in the summer, but in the winter os well. ThIS hill, of course, IS pd...ate property owned by the occupants of the homes fronting on Eldridge Streel. Obviously, the approval of these persons would be nec~mory in planting the hillside as suggested. Not only would the plonting progron enhance the general chorocter of the area, but would, of caul 50, tend to SCI een an}' "'1 sual impac.t the shoPpih9 center might create t,om the top of the hill at the real of the back)'ord~ of the homes on EldfJdge S~leel. The oppl'l;,ant has ind,c.ated hIS willingness to plant these trees if the ownel ~ of .he ptOpel!}' ole agleeoble. We suggest this might be well .....orth punueLng o~ 0 meons.o yenelolly cnhon!:;!ng the aesthetIC c.haracter of this importont part of ,he Villoge of Ros.eville, .. . - \. '1 '~I .1 ! ~ : 'I " .' ~ ~ "' .' , .