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Planning Commission Minutes — February 9, 2006 Page 4 drives except for four units. The plan complied with lot size and set back requirements. Staff was requesting revision to the landscape plan and a plan showing where snow would be stored. Staff was also of the opinion that it met the purpose and intent of the Multi -Family Guidelines. Dean Gannon, Cross Country Properties, explained that the original plan showed 34 units but had been reduced to 30 units because of wetland issues, and the floor plan provided multi -generational living with main floor bedrooms. Schumann asked about providing a brick wrap-around to comply with the multi -family guidelines or whether addition shrubbery could be planted along the sides of the homes. Gannon said they could add additional landscaping; they wanted to make the homes affordable. McRoberts asked what the selling price of the homes would be. Gannon said they would be around $200,000. Joanne, exterior designer, showed vinyl siding, brick, and shingle samples of neutral tones saying she realized it was a more rural setting and the units would blend in better with the environment. There were four different siding colors and no buildings would be the same. Different shake sidings would give each home its own personal look. White trim of wider width than normal would be used. Schumann suggested stone be used to wrap around the sides of the buildings. Schumann reconvened the public hearing. Rogers Seekins, 6130 150th Street North, said he lived in Oneka Lakeview Townhomes and asked that the name of the development be changed. Dick Keeling, 6102 150th Street North, asked if a traffic study had been done. Additional traffic would be added to an already crowed road, and he asked if it could be routed a different way. The CDD provided an update on the traffic. The City had submitted an application to MN DOT for a traffic signal on Oneka Lake Boulevard and Highway 61 but was turned down. The City would continue to pursue funding for a signal. Keeling asked how drainage would be handled and if they would be adding additional water to the pond on the Oneka Lakeview Development. Duane Bengston, 6110 1501h Street North, questioned the setbacks on the building at the SE corner and he questioned whether the landscaping would match that of the Oneka Lakeview townhomes. Gannon said the setback was 25 feet. There were no other comments, and Schumann closed the public hearing. Don, a representative of Cross Country Properties who had worked on the architecture on the project, explained they would be varying the depths on certain features on the entrances of the buildings, and the shakes and gables would provide a craftsman look. Stone would be located around the columns