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City Council Minutes Page 6 <br /> June 1,2015 <br /> Mr. Leeseberg outlined the specific areas of concern for this project's building <br /> requirements to comply with business park standards: <br /> a) A secondary acceptable material needs to be 30% of the surface area of the <br /> elevations, and if the council approves, a different texture could be approved. <br /> b) The placement and color of the garage doors needs to be reviewed—this <br /> property faces road right-of-way on three sides, and at a minimum suggest that <br /> the garage doors be painted the same color of the buildings in order to minimize <br /> them if the council is ok with the doors being on three sides. <br /> c) Rooftop equipment needs to be screened from public streets or sidewalks. <br /> d) Prevent the appearance of straight,unbroken lines in the horizontal and vertical <br /> surfaces. <br /> e) A 25' parking setback is a business park standard, and the applicant is proposing <br /> 15' setback. <br /> The landscape islands were reviewed by staff and do comply with business park <br /> standards. The asphalt millings were also approved. <br /> Mr. Morrell indicated a 15' setback was needed due to the unique equipment his <br /> business transports and therefore requiring garage doors on three of its four sides. <br /> He stated the roof equipment was placed so it would not show from the roadway. <br /> Mr. Morrell indicated his frustration with trying to comply with both a former staff <br /> member's standards as well as council-directed standards as discussed at the May 18, <br /> 2015, council meeting, in which he felt he had received project approval but for <br /> some reason, the council couldn't approve it that evening. He stated he has a tight <br /> timeline for completing the project by year-end and considerable financial <br /> investment in this project. He indicated this deal was hanging on by a thread and <br /> would take this project to another community if this isn't approved. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard stated he would like to see the 25' setback maintained <br /> and felt parking could be adjusted without having to move the building. <br /> Councilmember Wagner asked the applicant if they felt this project would work with <br /> a 25' setback. <br /> Mr. Morrell stated this project, even though reviewed dozens of times,would not <br /> work with a 25' setback. He stated if employee parking was moved, truck traffic <br /> would mingle with employee parking, causing a safety hazard. <br /> Mayor Dietz stated he would approve a 15' setback. He has concerns with the <br /> building appearance and the roof equipment. <br /> Mr. Morrell requested the garage doors colors be left white and stated all other <br /> buildings in the business park have white doors and felt this made for an attractive <br /> looking building. He felt some of these same standards are not being followed on <br /> other buildings of Natures Edge. He asked why his building would be required to <br /> P O w E R E U 9 1 <br /> 1`4 f U <br />