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Planning Commission Minutes — September 14, 2006 Page 6 The property owner, Mike Fleischhacker, showed where the fence was located and where he planned to add on to it. He said it had been installed approximately 3-4 years ago and was in good shape but needed paint. Hoffbeck had concerns about security issues for the play area. Don Rhuby, from the Dragonfly Group, explained the fence was six feet high and would be cut to be shorter in the front. The play area would be enclosed by the fence and the only access would be through the building. Rhuby also requested stone not be required along the back of the building since it would not be visible from the street or adjacent properties and would be a financial burden. He agreed to add stone to the east elevation to be consistent with the south elevation. Schumann asked what the timeline was on construction. Rhuby said they would like to be open around March, 2007. Hoffbeck asked what the age group would be. Rhuby answered it would be infants to twelve years of age. Hoffbeck asked about the vacant area to the east of the building and Rhuby said it was for storm water. A lift station was located on the parcel to the west which was owned by the City. Rhuby asked to delete the condition in the resolution requiring the applicant dedicate an access easement for the benefit of adjacent property owners. They did not want to dedicate an easement if not necessary. The CDD explained the desire for the property to the north to be able to share the access off 140th Street North. Hoffbeck pointed out the north parcel could be very busy, cause wear and tear on the parking lot, and too much traffic around the daycare children. Schumann said as long as the property owner was not ready to develop, the applicant should not be required to provide access, and there should be a cost to the north property owner if access was provided. Hoffbeck pointed out the applicant would be paying expenses and there should be some type of cost to the benefiting users. McRoberts suggested a land swap to provide room for an additional access. Weidt suggested an additional curb -cut but pointed out they would lose parking spaces. Schumann suggested staff talk to the north property owner on what his intentions were. Hoffbeck made motion, McRoberts seconded, to recommend approval of the of the site plan without the requiring the applicant dedicate an easement for adjacent parcels. The Commission agreed to the columns with the shorter brick and not putting stone around the back of the building but adding it to the east elevation.