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Memo to Planning Commission/Elk River Station July 24,2001 Page 3 • Issues Staff and the developer have met several times and the following issues remain unrsolved: • Access Access to and from the site is still being discussed. Because of the traffic that will be generated by this project, two full access points are needed, as opposed to the 1 3/4 proposed by the applicant.The traffic circle must also be removed.Additional information regarding traffic and access concerns are included in the City Engineer's memo. • Grading and Drainage Grading and drainage issues remain.These issues are included in the City Engineer's memo. • Building Elevations The latest town house elevations submitted to staff seem to lack the texture and architectural detail that was presented earlier. This may or may not be a result of the manner in which they were graphically represented.The earlier versions of the row homes have good detail work, personable scale and variation in materials at each unit. The latest drawings have seemed to pull back on some of the details but still maintain the personable scale and • variation in material. The apartment building is a large single building that lacks any visual interest at a massing level. The monolithic roof and continuous roofline appear overwhelming and not scaled either to the neighborhood or to the people.Earlier concepts talked of having stepped down ends, varied amount of floors and variations in rooflines. Although the massing of the building needs to be looked at more, the cornice/eave detailing and the proportion and choice of materials seems fitting to the building type. • Park and Recreation The latest version of Elk River Station that was presented to the Park and Recreation Commission included eight park areas within the 65.7-acre project. Of these eight park/green spaces,four were to be accepted,by staff,as public city parks or"active parks". The remaining green space/parks were thought of as "passive parks". The four"active parks" will total about 4.3 acres. The amenities within these four parks include landscaping with shrubs and flowerbeds,numerous picnic tables and bench seating, three (3) playground structures, bus/mail shelter structures and several barbeque areas. The largest of the four"active parks" is slightly larger than 1 acre and has enough space for an unscheduled neighborhood ball game. S:\PLANNING\SCOTT\erstation 7-24.doc