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f) e Case No. 564~70 - 2 _ 3. On the remoinder of the land the applicant proposes to construct Q neigh- borhood $.~oppjng center oriented around on interior pedestrian moll. The applicant has hod plans prepared by the Apache Engineering Corporation and Eldrich Morrison, an architect from the White Bear crca. We hOole reviewed thc$Il plans in 50me detail, along with other $taU members flom the Village, and suggest that the development proposal would constitute a consldercble improvement in the immediate areo. You are aware of the fact thot We hove a good residential orca to the soulh of the property in question, and 0 fine junior high school across County Rcx:d B to the nerth. The proposed shopping center would incorporate the existing buildings, creating o shopping cc.nter with 0 total building area of 46,000 5q. ft. BO?:d on 0 slightly more than 60% net retail space, the applicant provides one ~rking space for 85 net sq. ft. of retcil area as required in the ordinance. The total number of parking spaces would be 334 car" placed to the east and the west of the proposed $,~oppin9 center structures. The applicant has submitted detailed topographical plans, gradir,g plans, landscape plans, and preliminary plans for the shopping center itself. These lorge scalc drawings will be available at the hearing, as prepared by I~e engineers and architects involved. 4. There is a parcel of 'and that 'n.;>vld be to the south of the proposed oil station sile (just west of Dale Street) which is to be rererved for a future medical building. We ~9gest that this will be 0 very appropriate use for the property in question, augmenting the potential for the neighborhood S.iODpinS center as proposed in the main body of the property. In general, we suggest that the development proposal is well-done, al'.d will constitute 0 malor improvement to the crea. 5. You will note that the design suggests 0 service area endosed on three sides, just off the moll in the center of the development. We wOllld wggest that this is a much more oppropdate solulion than the usual strip service orca Found behind the typic:ollineal type shopping center development. The applicant suggests a progrom of tree planting along the s:>uth Side of the property at the bose of the hill behind the homes flonting on Eldridge Street to the south. We discussed with the applicant the feasibility of planting the entlle hIllside with small evergreen seedlings. If this were done over 0 perrod of c short time, this steep hillside could be totally covered with an ever green Iree growth thot would enhance the beauty of the orca, not only in the summer, bu! in Ihe winter os well. This hill, of course, is private property owned by the occuponts of the homes fronting on Eldridge Slreet. Obviously, the approval of these persons would be neCes:;ary in p!anting the hillside as suggested. Not only would the planting progran enhcnce the general chorc~ler of t,e crea, but would, of cour!.e, tend to screen any visual iMpact the shOPPIng center might create from the top of the hill at the r':!Qr of the bad'yo:ds of the homes 0'1 Eldridge Street. The applicant has indicated hiS Willingness to plant these trees jf the owners of the property ar~ agreeable We suggest this might be well worth punueing as a meons to generally enhancing the aeSlhetlc character of this important pori of the Villoge of P.oseville ; . ~ ~. ~ , ~ ~.'~ ~~ J t .