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10-13-11 Site Review MinutesSITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY Thursday, October 13, 2011 Lower Level Main Conference Room 201 First Avenue East ATTENDING: Jeff Clawson, Building Official Sean Conrad, Senior Planner Mark Crowley, Construction Manager Dwain Elkins, Plans Examiner Chad Fincher, Parks Superintendent Tom Jentz, Planning & Building Director P.J. Sorensen, Chairman Kathy Kuhlin, Recording Secretary GUESTS: James Freyholtz, MDT and Mark Johnson, Architect HEAR THE PUBLIC: None. PERFORMANCE BOND REMINDERS: Spring Creek — Tim Birk is planning on extending his Letter of Credit for another year for his park. OLD BUSINESS: Spring Prairie Phase 3/Kohl's — Hwy 93 N — No updates for this week. NEW BUSINESS: Serious JuJu — 1896 Airport Road; structural expansion of the building. They want to put in a new covered entryway over the existing concrete landing. The covering is the same size as the landing, which is located on the south side of the building. Fincher stated that on the south side, the property line is five feet from the side of the building, and their fenced area is encroaching in the City's parkland. The Parks Dept. planned to address this the next time it came through Site Review. Fincher was advised that he can request them to move their fence, but this issue cannot be tied into this entryway addition. The addition is approved through Site Review. PLANNING OFFICE ITEMS: Montana Academy — 527 — 2nd Avenue West - A proposed Group Home in a single family home. This is west of the large elderly housing apartment complex between 5th and 6th Streets on the west side. OTHER REPORTS: Sykes's — Preliminary comments requested on the Barber Shop on the south of the parking lot. Jungle Rama has moved out. They would like to maintain this as a commercial rental. They will keep the barber shop area as is, and remodel the remainder. They want to upgrade the exterior facade, put in some interior partitions, and complete some plumbing work. They have checked the roof structure and there is some bad concrete in there that will be taken out and replaced. Johnson showed the early concept of their plan. They plan on taking out all the existing windows and rearranging the doorway situation. The general plan is to have the barber shop stay where it is, a larger tenant space will be in the middle, and then potentially a smaller tenant space in the back. Each tenant space, including the barber shop, would have its own bathroom. The front will be demolished and renovated. The building is 1,434 sq. ft. There are no changes to the parking lot around this building. Johnson stated they have been making "great strides in getting the permanently installed landscaping" completed. They will need to have their permanent landscaping completed before they receive their C of O. The building does not encroach into the City street as shown on their drawing. Their second project is related to the apartments. In the parking lot west of the alley, on the north side of that parking lot where the little house was, they plan to put in garages. There is an existing utility area where they removed all of the overhead power lines and put everything underground. There is a bank of transformers, etc. that are there. They plan to reserve a spot for all that, leaving enough room for the power company to have access. Right on the alley there will be a dumpster area. They are proposing one garage with six vehicle spaces, and a second garage with four vehicle spaces along with mechanical and maintenance space. There is a proposed future apartment or two to go over the second garage. It may or may not put in the apartments, but they will design it structurally for the apartments. There will be a covered breezeway between the two garages. Regarding the mechanical and storage area, they will run the infrastructure from the ground source heat pump system which main system is in the basement of that SW entry. There will be radiant heating of the slabs. There is an existing sewer line that they can stub into if the apartments get built. They will need to bind the three lots together with a cross easement. The parking is at a 60 degree angle. Clawson mentioned that their travel distance from a second floor exit could be 75 or 100 feet total travel distance to get to the outside, unless they sprinkler the building or have a second exit. The garage is an IBC building (with or without the apartment). Their light poles are 20' from ground to the light fixtures. They have a 3' sidewalk that will come out to the City's 5' sidewalk. Johnson believes they are over on their 5% landscaping. The old sewer and water residential services stop in the basement. They will find a way to bring them over to the new area. They will have to bring another line in if they decide to sprinkler the garage/apartment building. Johnson will have everything together for Architectural Review next week. They will take all the roof drains over to tie into their catch basin. The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.