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• • Millers Crossroads Shopping Center page 4 However, at the time of this report, we have not received a peak parking analysis to show that the shared parking lot can accommodate the peak demand. If we receive an analysis in time to review it, we can present the findings to the P & Z at the meeting. Stormwater Management: Stormwater flows through a series of ponds. A large outlot, platted as Outlot C of Millers Crossroads, includes the pond to the east of the building and the pond /wetland to the south. These facilities were designed to handle runoff from this commercial site. The drive through will cross this outlot, so an access easement is needed. The easements will grant access to the commercial site across the pond outlot. Utilities: The original Millers Crossroads approval included extensive installation of utilities (water and sanitary sewer). Part of the plan includes extending lines across the commercial site to Hodgson Road. These pipes must be constructed across the site as part of this project. This is to provide the ability to install trunks down the west side of Hodgson to provide service there. An easement must be granted to the City for these utilities. The City Engineer's report is attached. Landscaping: The new plan includes significantly more landscaping than the 2003 plan, including a berm and lilacs to screen the building from residences west of Hodgson Road. A variety of trees, shrubs, and other plantings provide screening and create an aesthetically pleasing site. The outdoor seating area would be surrounded by tree lilacs, roses, perennial flowers, and arborvitae. The drive through would be flanked by dogwood. Pine, spruce, ash, maple, and linden trees would be distributed across the site. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR DRIVE THROUGH AND OUTDOOR SEATING Drive Through: The original approval of this site included one driveway from Lakota Trail to the parking lot to the front (north) of the building. The proposal includes a second driveway to create a drive through route to a drive up window for the coffee shop. This requires some alterations of the site. As noted above, the trash enclosure is moved to the south to make way for the drive through. The stormwater system originally was designed for the upper pond to discharge into the next one to the south, then to the next one, and so on. The main driveway runs between the first and second ponds. There is a strip of land separating the second and third ponds. The newly proposed drive through lane is to be built over this strip of land. This will require the construction of a retaining wall. We do not have a structural engineer's design for the retaining wall. This is necessary because of its height and because there will be times when its base will be in water. • The drive through will cross the stormwater pond outlot, so an access easement is needed. The easement will grant access to the commercial site across the pond outlot. Though the