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6 “Frenchman Village” Sketch Plan have also stated the amount of commercial uses that they are showing is what the market can support. This proposed sketch plan significantly reduces the amount of commercial land use that would be developed along CSAH 8/Frenchman Road. However, it does show commercial uses at the intersection of Oneka Parkway and CSAH 8/Frenchman Road and at the corner of Highway 61 and CSAH 8/Frenchman Road. If there was a change in land use, these areas are where commercial development makes sense from a visibility and accessibility standpoint. The sketch plan shows an extension of the existing townhomes to the west and single family homes east of Oneka Parkway to the proposed Fenway Boulevard extension. Any residential development directly along CSAH 8/Frenchman Road should be heavily screened with a mix of ponding, berms, and landscaping. The applicant is proposing a club house and pool as a neighborhood amenity. The location is directly adjacent to the Met Council sanitary sewer lift station (east of Oneka Parkway) that is connected to the sanitary sewer interceptor that serves the City. The lift station gets regular maintenance by the Met Council. The lift station can have a bad smell coming from it from time to time. Staff recommends that the homes shown on the sketch plan be further pulled back and buffered from the lift station. Alternatively, a commercial use could be located there as a buffer from the lift station. The applicant is not proposing to change the areas guided as Mixed-Use (MIX). The areas that are guided mixed-use are within the boundaries of the downtown plan and are subject to the downtown design guidelines. The areas that are guided mixed-use are in highly visible areas of Medium Density Residential Commercial Low Density Residential Mixed- Use/Downtown Public Park Stormwater Ponds/ Floodplain