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• AGENDA ITEM 6.A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson MEETING DATE: October 23, 2006 TOPIC: Resolution 06 -177 Amendment to the Planned Unit Development - Final Plan Lakewood Apartments BACKGROUND On October 24, 2005 the City Council approved Resolution 05 -161 (attached, with exhibits) which approved the PUD Final Plan for the Lakewood Apartments. Lakewood Apartments is a mixed use building consisting of first floor commercial with apartments also on a portion of the first floor, and the floors above. Hartford Group Inc. has requested to make some changes to the Lakewood Apartments project to address some issues that have come up while creating construction documents for the project. They are proposing the following changes: • Alter the elevations by removing the balconies and `balconettes' in favor of slider windows. • Add a third color to the palette • A revised central element to address the condition of approval requiring such. They have submitted revised elevations, and revised architectural renderings of the elevation. ANALYSIS Balconies: While staff is disappointed to lose the balcony elements which we had hoped would create visual interest and some opportunity to further portray activity. We recognize that these opportunities are probably equaled if not outweighed by the potential for negative impacts on the visual appearance of the building. The balconies would allow residents of the apartment building to store or display materials on the balconies that might detract from the overall aesthetic appearance being created within the Legacy at Woods Edge project area. Balconies are not required by the design standards so the removal of them could be approved without any need to revise the design standards. Color Palette: The third color being added to the palette does help to further accentuate the `bay' approach which is intended to create the look of multiple buildings built with zero lot lines. Staff supports the use of this third color. Central Element: The central element of the building has been differentiated from the other elements of the •building and therefore staff feels this proposal meets the intent of the condition of approval recommended by staff and approved by the City Council.