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Planning&ZoningBoard <br />October11,2006 <br />Page 7 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr.P ogalz askedifthereare anyareasnearbyleftfordevelopmentthatwouldaffect <br />drainage .Staff repliedno,addingthatthec ityhasnoplansforthiswetlandarea. <br />F.AmendmenttothePlannedUnitDevelopmentFinalPlanforLakewood <br />ApartmentstoAltertheApprovedElevations,LegacyatWoodsEdge <br />Mr.Bengtsonpresentedthestaffreport.Mr.Bengtsonstatedthattheapplicantmaybe <br />preparedtostatesomerevisionsthiseveningtotheconcernslistedinthestaffreport. <br />Mr.Raffer ty statedthathe wouldliketoseeavisualofwhatwaspreviouslyapprovedto <br />compareto the changes that arebringpresentedtoday. <br />Theboardtooka 10minuterecessat7:59inorderforstafftomakecopiesofprevious <br />submittedrenditionsforthe board’sreview.TheBoardreconvenedat8:09p.m. <br />Mr.BengtsondistributedthepreviouslyapprovedplanstotheBoardmembers.Mr. <br />Bengtsondescribedthechangesbeingproposedwithtonight’samendmentrequest. <br />Mr.Ladenaskedifthedesignstandar dsrequirebalco n ies.Mr.Bengtsonst atedthatthese <br />arerequirementsintheresidentialareas,butare not requiredinthe commercialormixed <br />use areas. <br />Shawn Knoth ,HartfordGroup,applicant waspresentforquestions . <br />Mr.Tralleaskedif a proposed windowtreatmentwasadded.Mr.Knothrepliedthey <br />werethesameasin previousplans. <br />Mr.Ladenaskedwhatthereason is forremovingthebalconies.FrankJanes,Hartford <br />Group ,explainedthattheb alconetteswere1.6inchunusablebalconies .Headde dthat <br />theyw eretoldthattheywerebetteroffnothavingthemastheywerenotafullbalcony. <br />MHFA(MinnesotaHousingFinanceAgency)advisedremovingthem.Mr.Ladenasked <br />whattheissueswere.Mr.Janes respondedthattherewereconcernsaboutwhat people <br />wouldusethebalconiesfor,and thatthey couldpotentiallybeusedforstorage. <br />Mr.Knoth statedthathehas workedhardtomaintaintheintegrityofthebuilding. <br />Mr.Pogalzaskedif somethingcouldbeadded,suchasadditionalbrick,tocom pensate <br />forthe moneythatw ould besavedfrom removingthebalconies.Mr.Knoth statedthat <br />theydidenhancethe cornerelement.He expressedthattheyare tryingtocreatethebest <br />lookingbuildingtheycanprovide whilet ryingtoworkwiththeobstacl estheyhavecome <br />upagainst. <br />Mr.Knothexplained thattheperceivedvalueofthebalconieshaschangedfromwhat <br />wasconsideredavaluetowhatisnowconsideredadetriment . <br />Mr.Raffertyaskedabouttheremovalofthe2”reveals.Shawnstatedthatthe 2”recess <br />wasthoughttobeachievablewiththeoriginalplan ,butaddedthatthe revealhasbeena <br />verydifficulttasktoachieve.Henotedthatimproperinstallationcouldresultinw ater