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Planning & Zoning Board <br />October 12, 2005 <br />Page 7 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr. Laden asked if that was ruled out for any reason in this project. Ms. Kraemer <br />responded it was not ruled out, but they knew th e City had other restaurants coming in. <br />However, they were open to this suggestion. <br /> <br />Mr. Laden noted this was a pedestrian oriented development and if he was staying in the <br />hotel, he would not like to go through the pool area. Ms. Kraemer stated she did not <br />know how many people would go through the pool area of the hotel, and she believed a <br />lot of people would use the side doors. <br /> <br />Mr. Laden asked if the hotel had elevat ors. Ms. Kraemer responded it did. <br /> <br />Mr. Laden stated it would not sit well with hi m to go through the pool to get to the main <br />part of town. <br /> <br />Mr. Tralle stated he did not lik e the shutters that had been pr eviously proposed and he did <br />not care what Country Inn and Suites had to ha ve as a corporate image. He stated the <br />citizens had to look at what was built and they knew what they wanted. He stated they <br />wanted more brick on the building and while he did not like the way the building sits, he <br />was not going to ask them to turn the buildi ng around as long as they were willing to put <br />some changes in, specifically along the gabled in and the porches also. He stated the <br />porches needed some “tweaking”. He stated just because corporate American wanted <br />something, did not mean they had to have it. He stated they were not going to skimp at <br />this point. He stated if they heard what the Board was saying and made the proposed <br />changes, this would go a long way in getting this approved. Ms. Kraem er stated they did <br />hear the recommendations and th ey would take this back and evaluate the suggestions. <br /> <br />Chair Rafferty stated he did not like the shingled roof and he wanted a standing seam roof <br />to match the rest of the buildings in the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Laden agreed the standing seam roof w ould fit nicely on the bu ilding and while the <br />rest of the building had come up on quality from last month, the roof had not. <br /> <br />Mr. Tralle stated the standing seam roof would fit better in the area. <br /> <br />Chair Rafferty noted they had looked hard at what was going on in the City and he also <br />wanted the trash enclosure to be attached to the building. He stat ed he would not agree <br />with a trash enclosure sitting in the middle of the parking lot. Mr. Tralle stated he agreed <br />and noted the Betty’s Pies had their trash encl osure inside. Frank Janes, General Counsel <br />Hartford Group, stated a couple of the ideas could be put into the development, <br />specifically adding more brick. However, with respect to the roof and trash enclosure, <br />one of the issues was the design standard as to what was allowed and not allowed. <br /> <br />Chair Rafferty noted they have design standa rds that were functioni ng and that he could <br />not see that they would drop th e idea of a standing seam roof . He stated a standing seam <br />roof and the trash enclosure did fall within the design standards. <br /> <br />Mr. Janes asked for guidance from the Board as to whether this would get approved with <br />recommendations or give them criteria as to wh at they wanted as part of the project.