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Howarc R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS June 4, 1999 File: Honorable Chairman and Planning Commission City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road East Little Canada, MN 55117 -1633 RE: COUNTRY SIDE TERRACE OFFICE PARK Dear Planning Commission Members: As requested, we have reviewed the submittal for the Country side Terrace Office Park. The submittal consisted of a site plan, landscaping plan, and building layouts. The proposed project consists of two approximately 30,000- square foot office buildings located on Country Drive. It was difficult to do a meaningful review from an engineering perspective because a grading, drainage, and erosion control plan and a utility plan were not submitted. The site plan also lacked dimensions and surrounding property. Based upon our review and comments received at the staff review meeting, we offer the following comments: 1. There are watermain and sanitary sewer located in both Country Drive and Condit Street. These existing utilities should be adequate to provide service to the proposed buildings. 2. The site plan shows three access points along Country Drive and no access to the west onto Condit Street. The access points have good spacing on the project site and should be adequate to service both buildings. Without showing surrounding area it was impossible to determine how the driveways worked with other properties. 3. It appears that the overhang on the east end of Building B encroaches into the setback area. 4. The landscaping plan shows a 7 -foot high cedar fence along the west property line. The fence jogs east and west with landscaping strategically placed on the inside and outside of the fence. It is our understanding that the neighborhood to the west would prefer to see a berm landscape with no fence. There is very little room in this area for any berm of substantial height unless it uses the City right -of -way or a retaining wall to achieve a reasonable height. 5. City ordinance requires that each parking stall be 20 feet in length. Although they are not dimensioned on the site plan, it appears that the parking stalls shown are 18 feet in length. No parking lot lighting was shown. We would suggest some concrete islands in the parking lot at the middle entrance to direct traffic. These could also be used for lighting. 0: \PROJ \000175 \175- 0403.jun99.doe 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN Page 139 44 -9446 toll free 888/368 -4389