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CITY OF FRIDLEY TEL : 612-571-1287 Rug 6 ,92 9 : 22 No .001 P .05/06 MEMO Regional Senior Center Design Review Meeting Meeting Date: July 29, 1992 Memo Date: July 30, 1992 From: Jim O'Brien, Williams/O'Brien Associates. Conceptual site and building plans were presented end discussed: Sites: Shopping Center Site: A building addition is proposed to the west. The building will be connected to the park with new landscaping. The existing parking and service drive west of the building are eliminated. Access to the Senior Center is at the southeast corner of the building where grade elevation is approximately at floor level and a canopy can be provided. Parking Is east of the building. Landscaping will be provided in the parking area as well as to the west of the building. The parking area may be modified to slope uniformly up to the floor on the east side. Anoka County Park Site: Two site plans were presented: General: There are five lots tangent to the north properly line of the park and some are now very well screened from the park by plant materials. Additional plantings will provide screening for all. Four of the five lots are quite deep, approximately 250 feet deep as compared to the 135 to 150 foot depths of many home sites, therefore those houses are a bit farther from the park than might be expected. Plan 1. Locates the building toward the east side of the site with parking to the east and west of the building. This location works well as a building location, provides good access, parking on both sides of the building, but significantly disturbs the wadded area lying east of the existing access road. It also requires an extension and realignment of the existing access road and relocation of the park parking lot and revised approach to the trail and lavatory building. New plant materials are proposed to continue the natural screening along the north property line. Plant. Locates the building toward thewestwith parking northeast,, east and southeastof the building. This location leaves the existing wooded areas and the road and park parking area Intact, except a portion of the planting screen to the northwest of the existing lavatory building. The new building and parking area is located in an area of the site that is not wooded with the exception of single trees spaced fairly far apart. The existing playground equipment will need to be relocated. New plant materials are proposed to continue the natural screening along the north property line. Additional comment not discussed at the meeting', It would seem that a new senior center building in the park would make the park much more safe. It Is very secluded and there is very little activity at present. It Is difficult to supervise and a new senior facility will bring activity and therefore supervision. It would be safer for neighborhood children.