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Planning & Zoning Board June 8, 2005 Page 4 Mr. Grochala stated one of the issues was that Kohl's owned their property, so Ryan did not have the ability to put in a sidewalk in as well as there are maintenance agreements on the property as to the restrictions on Kohl's parking use. Mr. Root stated he liked this plan, but he still wanted pedestrian access. Mr. Laden asked if they could stripe the road, instead of putting in sidewalks. Mr. Grochala stated if they were going to make an official crossing, this would affect the curb -cut, but it would possibly be feasible to adding a sidewalk to the road from Building D. Mr. Root stated he liked the way the landscape was laid out except for the east side of Building C and D. He asked if the landscaping could be improved in that area. Mr. Laden stated he liked the buildings, but the rear was so close to the road and he did not believe there was a lot of opportunity to add landscaping, he suggested they upgrade the rear of the building area with brick, instead of concrete block. Mr. Bengtson responded what was now being proposed was an improvement over what was previously approved on the site, but the Board has the discretion to make this recommendation. Mr. Pogalz stated he did not personally see anything wrong with the elevations and they were breaking this up quite a bit in the back with the doors and the different colors. Chair Rafferty invited applicant to make comment. Steve Broyer, Ryan Companies representative, stated with respect to the sidewalk, he agreed with their discussions, but there was an agreement with Kohl's to not have a sidewalk connection and the property had been sold to Kohl's. However, with respect to the sidewalk to the trash containers, he agreed sidewalks should be added, as well as the sidewalks being proposed by Mr. Root and Ryan Companies would investigate this request. He stated the elevations did not represent what was exactly was going in, but staff had been given the information. He stated the rear exits to the building were for emergency exits only with a concrete stoop. He indicated they would be adding landscaping there also. Mr. Tralle asked if the deliveries would be made to the front of the buildings. Mr. Broyer replied that was correct. Chair Rafferty asked as a recommendation that they bump out the ends of the two buildings by 3.5 feet on both ends to accent the corners. Mr. Broyer replied that was a good suggestion and that was something they would explore. Chair Rafferty suggested they stay with the indentations in the back. Mr. Broyer replied that would not change. Chair Rafferty asked them to add lighting to the middle of the buildings also and consider matching the adjacent brick with the brackets, but not have painted brackets. He suggested they have these as wrapped plastic or wrapped metal to make them maintenance free. DRAFT MINUTES • •