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Property: Jones, Duchesneau, Demeules, Emmel (located south and east of Win Insurance) Input received at a variety of forums and meetings indicated that senior housing is successful in the area at Silver Lake Point Apartments and that more is not only appropriate but is needed • within Section 9. The Preferred Alternative recommends the siting of a higher-density senior residential facility just to the northwest of the wetland. Silver Lake Road would be accessible by an access drive dedicated to this residential use, as a through connection to TH 10 would encourage cut-through traffic, thereby detracting from the residential setting. This development would benefit from surrounding commercial developments as well as from the proximity of the public parkland across County Road I and the walking trails around and extending beyond the wetland area. The wetland itself serves this residential community as an amenity, and the building should be designed to maximize views of and exposure to the wetland. Commercial Property: Western Bank It appears that there is adequate room in the northwest corner of the Western Bank site on which to construct a professional office building of some 2,000 to 3,000 square feet as bank officials have indicated they may wish to pursue. From a land use standpoint, such a use would not be inappropriate for the site and would create a better sense of scale for this property. The size, configuration and location for the office structure is largely dependent upon platting. parking, and setback arrangements to be addressed with the Community Development Department at the time permit application. • The location contemplated on the Preferred Alternative graphic suggests that several mature trees may have to be removed to accommodate such a structure. The existing trees serve to create a park-like setting within this corner of the bank property and also serve to create a buffer between residential properties and the bank. The City and land owner should work together to incorporate as many of these mature trees as possible into the site design for the new structure if it is found that the trees do not significantly compromise the site's development potential. Property: Win Insurance, Jones, Duchesneau, Demeules, Emmel (located south and east of Win Insurance) The properties at the southeast corner of TH 10 and Silver Lake Road, one the site of Win Insurance and the other vacant, are identified together in the market overview by Towle Real Estate as a prime site for convenience commercial or other uses that would rely upon exposure and ready access to TH 10. This corner is not a destination corner but represents an opportunity to establish a highway oriented use that offers goods and services to the motoring public. In light of Towle's recommendation and in consideration of zoning patterns along TH 10. it is recommended that this property be rezoned to accommodate such a use. As an alternative, the corner lots can be incorporated into a Planned Unit Development (PUD) that would encompass all properties within Section 9 that lie north and west of the wetland. The • intent here would be to minimize the segregation of sites into distinct building pads with distinct and separate traffic circulation systems, landscaping and architectural character. It is importani. that this greatest of all opportunities within Section 9 be optimized and that steps be taken to 27