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Council Minutes of 8/19/2008 Orlowski; Assistant Law Director O'Malley, Planning Director Wenger and City Engineer Collins; Rorn DeLorenzo of Butternut Ridge Properties, Thomas Liggett of The Arcus Group Inc. for Biddulph Trail Development, Mike Dawes owner of Slam Jams, and John Crook representing Carnegie Management for the construction of an outdoor patio to Slam Jams; guests. Agenda items included: • Biddulph Trail Development. Thanks to Planning Director Wenger and her staff for putting together the informational binder concerning the development. It was very helpful in referencing information from all of the meetings and reports from all with interest in this project. Mr. Liggett gave a presentation showing the proposed development of 29 homes on approximately 10.82 acres of ground running north to south on the south side of Butternut Ridge Road located at 25747 Butternut Ridge Rd. The Landmarks Commission was deeply involved in this proposal because it is in the Historic District. There is also a re-zoning issue from "Single Family Residential" to "Residential Cluster District." The proposed cluster development clearly is designed as a coordinated architectural and site entity that allows for greater flexibility and use of available space. In addition, it not only encompasses an area of vacant, underutilized backland along a major collector (Butternut Ridge) but also is adjacent to an open space area (Springvale). Finally, it helps segue from higher intensity uses on nearby great Northern Blvd. (Moen Headquarters and the Madison at Butternut Ridge apartments) to the single-family homes on Butternut Ridge Rd. and the streets adjacent to it (Fitch, and Revere, etc). For reasons stated above, the proposed rezoning to Residential Cluster District meets or exceeds the intent and provisions of the 2005 Master Plan. The subdivision is designed with three options far housing. The squaze footage of the three options are 1.965 square feet, 2,275 square feet, and 2,345 square feet. The designs were revised per comments from the Planning & Design Commission and Landmark Commission. The style of the homes is based on the Arts and Crafts movement that occurred in the late 19a' and early years of the 20th century. There is also one house that will be relocated and maintain its original style. The Bradford home will have an addition added to the rear of the house. No modf cations to the house will be visible from the street. There was considerable amount of time spent on sanitary and storm water issues. Mr. Collins gave a lengthy report concerning these issues. It is important to note that it is his opinion that the sanitary issue should not be significant and that with the preliminary drawings regazding storm water this also should not be an issue. It would seem that with this land having housing and storm water retention that the water that may run downhill would not be a factor as with the land wide open. There were residents present who felt that storm water would be a problem, and they would get more runoff from the development. There were residents present who felt this project would hamper their property from receiving enough rain water. Mr. Collins stated that until the project is approved and permits aze applied for with detailed reports and prints some modifications may have to be changed. But until it starts through the process, the preliminary drawings look good. The bolted down manhole was brought up by Mr. Gareau, but Mr. Collins isn't in full agreement with that situation. He believes that the WWTP improvements that are 11