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Council Minutes of 5/16/2Q06 medical offices would be relocated from a current location in the facility into an :,:, area in the new wing. The existing medical office area is 1,174 square feet. The proposed relocated medical office area is 1,146 square feet. Mr. Meserini explained that the service included use by non-residents about four hours a day, three days a week, by a very limited number of people-three or four people a day in each one of those times. The balance of the time would be used by residents who live in the facility. The services provided include occupational and physical therapy services. Mr. Meserini explained it was his opinion that the use had remained the same throughout the time that Wellington had been in business. The committee had considerable discussion on this particular issue. Wellington proposes to construct parking which was previously approved as landbanked parking on the east side of the building and also construct new parking and landbanked parking on the north and west sides of the building. The code requires 144 parking spaces, and the applicant has met the requirement through 109 spaces that will be constructed and 35 spaces that will be landbaa~ked. At that point the matter was held in committee to address the issue of the light, to address the issue of the mounding and screening, drainage issues and to touch on the issue of the medical offices. 2) The committee met on May 9 to continue discussion of the Wellington Place project. • Mr. Meserini presented revised glans showing the recommendations of the City Forester on the plan. He also presented a revised photometric study. Engineer Raig presented to the committee his concerns with respect to the drainage situation. It appears that the current drains which are on the property near the property of the adjacent residential homes have silted over and in essence there is no water running through them. Additionally, alterations to the draine system and ditch have been made which, according to our engineer, serve na legitiate engineering purpose but they do constrict flaw. Finally, the original proposal for the homes that were built an Mastick installed two drains and then had left .open two other drains to be installed later. Those two drains were never installed. There is at least a right of some residential properties to install additional drains on their property to try to help with that situation. Mr. Raig indicated he would advise as best as possible those property owners of that option. To the extent that it is a city issue, the committee is asking that the functionality of the storm system be determined by further study and that it be cleaned and cleared if possible and that any alterations that have been made to that drainage system should be removed according to engineering principles. With respect to lighting, a revised photometric study had been completed. The lights that were set forth and have been completed and submitted to the Building Dept. meet code in teams of height, design and appropriate lumens and spill-over. The lights have been configured to shield visible light from the adjacent residential property. This included changing the type of light fixture that is used to what is known as the recessed shoebox-type style where the light is contained within an area and spills down as opposed to more of a street light approach where a large field of area; is lit. The light would be shielded away from the southern residential side. Councilmen Orlowski and Miller continued to express concern about the medical office use within the 6