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Medtronic Review October 10, 2005 Page 6 Stormwater and Wetlands Management Page C13 of the plans illustrates the Wetland Mitigation plan and identifies all stormwater ponds to serve the development. All runoff and necessary mitigation will be contained and captured on site. Only one wetland in the project area will be impacted, that being the area labeled 1B alongside the Phase 1 parking ramp. The other area, while identified as a wetland, is the present location of Judicial Ditch #1. The ditch will be relocated away from the building alongside Highway 10 with a wider, more natural, meandering channel. (The site plan on the previous pages illustrates the new ditch location.) The Rice Creek Watershed District board of commissioners reviewed the ditch realignment at their meeting on September 28, 2005 and were supportive. Presently, there are 25 acres of wetlands and ponds on the site. Two new stormwater ponds will be created and an existing pond expanded to accommodate the run off on site. The Rice Creek Watershed District will review the full stormwater management permit at their upcoming meeting on October 26, 2005. Utilities The golf course site is presently served by the City of Blaine for water and sanitary services. For this project, as articulated in the Purchase Agreement and Contract for Private Development, the City will install a new sanitary and a looped water service under Highway 10 for Medtronic. While there had been some discussion about using Blaine’s water supply for fire suppression purposes, a utility feasibility report will be conducted to determine and ascertain (among other things) whether the Blaine services will be utilized. Regardless of the provider, the water main will be looped around the building with fire hydrants spaced per fire code regulations. The sanitary lines will run parallel to the building on the west and east elevations. Storm sewers will be constructed to serve the site with catch basins located along the fire access road and in the surface parking lot. The storm sewers will drain into the two stormwater ponds on either side of the building with all utilities installed underground. Lighting The lighting plan and photometric analysis was provided to staff on October 4, 2005. The footcandle readings fall with acceptable ranges as outlined in Section 1103.09 of the Zoning Code. The parking lots will be illuminated with a series of 250 watt and 400 watt metal halide lamps fully hooded and downcast to prevent any glare and light spillage. The parking lot light standards will have a pole height of 30 feet and the pedestrian light standards will be 14 feet tall with decorative fixtures similar to those on Edgewood Drive adjacent to City Hall and the Community Center. Signage A sign plan has not yet been submitted for review. The resolution will include a requirement that all signage be code compliant unless otherwise permitted or authorized by the PUD Document. Given the extensive frontage along Highway 10, more than one ground sign may be constructed which would be consistent with Section1008.10 of the Sign Code. The Sign Code does not place a maximum square footage on ground signs in a PUD, the code expressly defers to the PUD narrative document. Staff will work with Medtronic to allow for a gateway sign to be located on Medtronic property near 35 W and Highway 10.