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Mr: Rerko felt the building did not architecturally fit the neighborhood, it is very large for a residential area and too many trees are being removed. To break up the massiveness of the building, the first floor could be broken out more to a human scale. He questioned the color and building materials that would be used as they were not provided. Mr. Kopp said the base material for the first level of the building, entryway and stairwells will be masonry. The stairwell will be a through wall unit and the other areas will be a 4 inch veneer. They will use cultured stone (pre-cast concrete) for all sills, capstones and detailing on the building, and vinyl siding in the herringbone color with white trim and white windows. The roof will be a 30 year dimensional shingle and all the colors give the building a homey feeling. Mr. Rerko asked if the roof would be vented or if there would be vents around the perimeter of the building. Mr. Kopp said there would be a ridge vent along the top roofline only. Mr. Rerko questioned if the masonry material along the base of the building was actual brick or if it was a concrete system. He questioned if the water table would mimic a sandstone appearance. Mr. Kopp said it would be a colored concrete masonry unit to look lilce briclc. Mr. Rerko requested to see samples of the HVAC vent louvers and gable vents powder coated as would be used. The scale of the building is large for the area; by placing a line between the first and second floor around the building it would help lower the scale of the building. More detail is needed to break the massive size of the building up to give it depth and mask the height and size. Mr. Kopp advised that the galvanized steel railing would be power coated black to look like wrought iron. The building is L shaped and once the garages and landscaping is in place the scale of the building would be dramatically scaled down in size. As the building is an independent living facility the only loading will be residents moving in and out of the building using the elevators. Mr. Rerko suggested using cultured stone in lieu of masonry in the areas which are projected outward. The garage shingles are to be the same as the main building. Mr. Malone said the proposal did little to preserve trees on the site. The landscape plan depicting the southern area being maintained in a natural state is insufficient. A detailed landscape plan incorporating both new trees native to the area as well as the natural vegetation being maintained is to be submitted. Additional landscaping is needed to buffer abutting property owners as a single hedge line of spruce trees is insufficient for such a big project that will affect all the abutting properties. Selections and planting sizes listed are acceptable. The new tree preservation plan needs to include an overlay sheet atop the preservation sheet to accurately determine which trees need to be removed or preserved. The garages as shown along the sides of the property lines do not fit the area and will be an eyesore to the site whether they are permitted or not. Mr. Malone asked if the trees shown were accurately scaled if not the new plans are to include accurate sizes. Mr. Lasko questioned if the location of the detention area was feasible from an engineering standpoint. Mr. Collins advised that grading the site to reach the detention area was not a problem however releasing the water from the system would be a problem. Mr. Sines suggested that all engineering issues brought up in Ms. Beclcer's report of October 23 were addressed. The pond area will include a peninsula along the bottom of the basin which directs the water out, around and exits at the emergency overflow down stream. Mr. Collins noted that the newly submitted emergency access plan looked to have pulled back landscape island at the entry drive. Mr. Sines said it was moved 4 feet. As part of the conservation easement which includes phase II requirements from EPA to have a steward to maintain the conservation easement, the owner is 6