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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 4 July 18, 2006 Page 4 1 Commissioner Jenson asked where the proposed new parking would be. Mr. O' Brien 2 indicated it would go along the east side of the current parking lot along the west side of 3 the building. They would also widen the parking lot out to within one foot of the property 4 line on the west side. 5 6 Mr. O'Brien pointed out they would like to make the entrance off Anthony Lane South a 7 one-way so customers would park in front and then exit through the drive on the 8 southeast corner onto Anthony Lane South. 9 10 Commissioner Young asked if the expansion would destroy the trees on the west side 11 and would he replace them. Mr. O'Brien stated the trees would be destroyed and he is 12 willing to replace the trees. 13 14 Chair Stromgren asked if the new trees would be in the right of way. Assistant City 15 Manager Moore-Sykes said they would need to check with Public Works to see where 16 trees could be planted. Mr. O'Brien pointed to the sketch plan to indicate where 17 additional trees could be planted. 18 19 Commissioner Jensen asked if the proposed curb would be the vertical curve rather 20 than the surmountable or curved style. Mr. O'Brian said that up against the building it 21 appears to be some type of pillar curb. 22 - 23 Chair Stromgren said it is a MNDOT standard curb. He asked why the change along the 24 building now indicates wheel stops. Mr. O'Brien said when the plan changed to up to a 25 foot of the property line they lost a foot and so moved it closer to the building. 26 27 Chair Stromgren closed the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. 28 29 Commissioner Jensen stated he was not at the last meeting for the concept review 30 where there was discussion about if the westerly curb line should be closer. He 31 understands that what the consulting engineer is proposing is that most of the City's 32 compliance stall dimension is in pavement so there is approximately a 20 foot paved 33 stall along the west line. He assumes most of the vehicle mix is pickups and therefore 34 longer. The variance goes to where the curb line is so the wheels would be somewhere 35 behind where the front of a vehicle would be. Although we are playing with small 36 numbers, it would probably still be a variance. It might not be from one foot, you might 37 gain two feet from a practical point of view and still have a variance. 38 39 Chair Stromgren stated it would be nice to get off the property line, which they did by 40 pulling off the foot, and eliminated two spaces on the north that was more of a site line 41 issue for turning vehicles onto County Road C and 29tH 42 43 Commissioner Jensen stated the site is somewhat unique in that there are three front 44 entrances. He asked if there was much distinction in the internal analysis to Anthony 45 Lane South on the south side of the building where the drive-through lane is proposed