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was started imtil the plans were reviewed and a building permit was issued. Mr. <br />Orlowski pointed out that these are not the plans that the Conunission and Council <br />approved. Mr. Neff responded that the working plans were a larger scale so that <br />they could better analyze the movements of vehicles on them. Yet, the Safety <br />De artment had no information on vehicle turni radius at the western end of the <br />development. He advised that the some foundations were moved slightly some <br />possibly several feet) because of the changes to the drives but pointed out that <br />the concept plans did not show definite foundation dimensions. Mr. Orlowski could <br />understand moving the foundations a few feet, but the whole concept is different, <br />and the building is closer to SR252, which gives them more exposure. Mr. Gavi.n <br />agreed that perhaps these should have been brought to the attention of the <br />Commission, but they were submitted to the City. Mr. Conway advised that there <br />were also some discrepancies in the parking plan some parking has been <br />eliminated. Mr. Neff stated that the original plan included 521 parki.ng spaces, <br />261 open and 260 garage units, and after the changes were made there are 525 <br />spaces, 263 in garages and 262 open. Mr. Conway pointed out that the site plan <br />the Building Department has is different from plans presented to show the <br />architectural modifications. If this is what they are reflecting, and it was made <br />clear to the City, it could be changed in-house. Mr. Skoulis questioned if the <br />detention basin would be sufficient. Mr. Neff responded that they have reviewed <br />all the calculations with the City Engineer. Mr. Furman, axchitect, then <br />presented renderings of both the approved elevations and the revised elevations, <br />which show that the major changes are to the roof plan. They believed that these <br />buildi.ngs ha.ve enough variations in the mass, since they are "U" shaped with <br />roof that step up fran one, two, and three stories. The roof elements that were <br />changed simplified the balconies, the additional roof break over the garage, and <br />the garage doors which they felt would be a maintenance problem. A sliding glass <br />door from a bedroom to a ba.lcony has been changed to a window, but the amount of <br />glass will be the same, the sliding glass door from the living room will remain. <br />The balcony has been changed from 8 feet deep to 7 feet deep, in order to fit <br />under the roof without the roof projection. An open exterior stair to the second <br />floor has been enclosed and the roof line has been lowered since it had become <br />interior spaceo He explained that in the original plan the roof had 4 breaks, and <br />this will simplify the roof line, since with the court yard and other variations <br />in the mass, the roof variations were not necessary. The garage door is to be a <br />standard colonial door, not a custom door as originally shown with an applied <br />trim which could be a maintenance problem. Mr. Orlowski believed that the <br />original plan had more character. Mr. Tallon believed that everything has been <br />flattened out and it looks more like an apartment building, he questioned why <br />they want to simplify it. Mr. Orlowski stated that there has been a runor <br />regaxding the developers trying to take off $800,000.00 from the project. Mr. <br />Fiirman stated that they did not think that they were making that much change, but <br />they should have brought the plans back in so the revisions could ha.ve been <br />approved. He maintained that if they had presented these plans origi.nally, there <br />would ha.ve been no problem. The architectural changes were shown an the plan. The <br />members agreed that they preferred the original plans, and Mr. Morgan pointed out <br />that no reason had been given for the changes. Mr. Gavin asked if they could <br />divide the two issues. Mr. Gorris questioned if the city forester had approved <br />the removal of the trees, since many of them are gonee Mr. Conway responded that <br />he has contacted the forester and he is aware that they removed some trees, but <br />it is his understancling that the developer is going to rejuvenate the 50 foot <br />buffer. Mr. Gorris stated that most of the trees behind the cemetery are gone. <br />Mr. Neff responded that the forester met them on the site and all the trees were <br />flagged. He maintained that there were few tall trees in the buffer, but since <br />5