2009/03/25 Council Agenda Packet

Planning Commission September 2, 2008 Pg.4 Meeting Minutes site area. 100 feet is proposed for the hotel, residential, and other buildings. The Eclipse Mill site has a 65 foot height limit and the Simpson site is proposed at 35 feet. He asked Commissioners if there were any questions. 7:06:31 PM Commissioner Trautman asked if Commission had been provided a graphic on heights. Mr. Koenig responded that the graphic would be provided prior to the public hearing. 7:06:51 PM Commissioner Hale asked if the number of structures were limited by the landfill. Mr. Ducox responded no because all the structures would be constructed on piles and structural concrete. 7:07:27 PM Bob Mueller, Oliver McMillan, stated that there are subsidence challenges building on landfill. Currently, the City is surcharging the landfill site which takes care of the compression of the garbage and peat below that. However, the challenge is biodegradation and settlement for the next 30 to 50 years. They have to design ahead of time for that. The other challenge is for landscaping. The Consent Decree restricts infiltration of water. In the case of the landfill, the stormwater needs to be collected below ground and none of that can go into the actual trash area. They are proposing more landscaping that is less deep rooted. Parking lots will have areas towards the outside areas of parking lot to collect stormwater and precipitation. Those areas are going to settle and they will be adding soil over time. Water collected does not go into the landfill and will go out to the stormwater system. Every area will have a methane collection system. He presented a graphic that showed the overall landscaped areas which will have a lot of green areas, parking lots with perimeter landscaping, common areas, buffer between buildings, and buffer plantings along main street, along walkways, and the streetscape. Pat Farley, Mulvanny G2, stated that the area was unique and that they already know that buildings will have to be constructed on piles. They have collected quite a few images of other projects to conceptually show what the site may look like. 7:18:21 PM Main Street is the typical two way street with narrow sidewalks and parallel parking. There will be a transition between road and sidewalk and he presented some photos and sketches of what that may look like. 7:22:17 PM Commissioner Hale asked about areas that are not being piled and whether or not Mr. Farley anticipated some irregularities in the settling. Mr. Farley responded that the preload is expected to alleviate some of that. Mr. Mueller added that with the bigger parking lots, there will be more irregularity and those areas will be filled in so there will be more capping of the asphalt over time. Commissioner Hale asked who was responsible to maintain those areas. Mr. Mueller added that Oliver McMillan is responsible. Mr. Koenig stated that Oliver McMillan will maintain the landscaping throughout the entire development. Mr. Farley responded that was part of the reason for the parking lot management zones because they already know that there will be long-term maintenance of the parking areas.