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Preliminary Planned Residential Development <br />Planning Commission Report; 2-19-19 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 11 <br />Future parcel <br />development: <br /> The proposed plat and development would fully divide the land. <br /> <br />Adjacent parcel <br />dev: <br /> All surrounding land is current developed. The proposed additions will not impact <br />further redevelopment of surrounding areas. <br /> <br />Easements:  Drainage and utility easements (or others), as required by the City Engineer, shall be <br />provided on the future final plat application. <br /> <br />Resident <br />Concerns & <br />Feedback: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Benedictine Health Center held a well-attended neighborhood meeting in late <br />November, and City staff was present to listen. The overall proposal was well <br />received by neighbors who recognized Benedictine as a long-time good neighbor, <br />and a provider of housing they would like to be available in the community. People <br />also really liked the continuum-of-care model, noting that it’d be great to have <br />partners living under (literally) the same roof regardless of the care they needed. <br /> The main complaint staff heard at the neighborhood meeting focused on traffic and <br />on-street parking. Vehicles currently tend to go down Linden Drive and park on <br />Black Oak Drive as the main facility entrance is located on the western side of the <br />building. The current parking lot on that side of the building is rather small, so on- <br />street parking then becomes the visitor fallback option. People generally don’t know <br />about or don’t want to park at the internal parking lot as it’s not user friendly as there <br />isn’t a good/main entrance from that side of the building. <br />The new plan intends to address these concerns as follows: <br />1. A new main entrance will be constructed on the central portion of the <br />property off of the internal lot, and the current entrance on the western side of <br />the building will be de-emphasized through design and signage. <br />2. Because the new entrance and the convenient visitor parking will be on the <br />eastern side of the building, traffic will naturally flow down 27th Avenue <br />NW to the I-694 Service Drive as that will be the quickest route to the main <br />entrance and parking. <br />3. New signage (as needed) will be required to guide visitors and deliveries to <br />the proper location. <br /> Paulo Telles, neighbor at 2734 Lindsey Court, is concerned that the parking lot will <br />be extended up to the limit of the existing pond where today there is a green lawn <br />and trees. He does not want to see his view disrupted, and would like more detail on <br />the landscaping plan as to how neighbors to the east will be impacted. He is also <br />concerned about the level of traffic that will use the parking lot, and the general <br />number of cars and people that will be circulating in the neighborhood.