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<br />Commissioner Gengler aye <br />Commissioner Peters aye <br />Commissioner Anderson aye <br />Commissioner VanScoy aye <br />Chairperson Bauer aye <br /> <br />Motion carried. <br /> <br />Chairperson Bauer closed the public hearing closed at 7:42 p.m. <br /> <br />Commission Business <br /> <br />Commissioner Gengler asked if the resolution as proposed would require the applicant to meet the <br />full tree requirement. <br /> <br />Senior Planner McGuire Brigl confirmed that to be correct. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson stated that he is disappointed to see that the berm is only four feet high <br />as that seems like a small berm for that number of trees. He stated that he expected to see a <br />minimum of ten feet for the berm. He stated that he is not happy with the berm because of all the <br />compromise that has been done on this project. <br /> <br />City Planner Anderson commented that the plantings would occur on the berm and both sides of <br />the crown of the berm. He stated that the higher the berm gets, the wider it must be in order to <br />provide a safe slope and that would take up a larger piece of land and would press the required <br />corridor. He believed that four feet is acceptable by City Code. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson stated that he would like that issue further explored. He asked how wide <br />the berm would be. <br /> <br />Nate Hermer, ISG and engineer for the project, stated that with a four foot berm there would be a <br />four to one side slope. He stated that a four foot berm would be 32 feet wide. He stated that you <br />could not go much higher and remain within the buffer easement. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson asked if some of the trees would be going into the 80 foot lot yards in <br />order to accomplish the number of trees being planted. He stated that a focus of this project has <br />been on the density transition and the residents have made it clear that is something they want. <br /> <br />Senior Planner McGuire Brigl commented that the four foot berm does meet the City Code <br />requirements for the density transition zone with the plantings on top. She noted that the additional <br />14 trees can be required and the applicant has stated that they can make that work, but the berm <br />would meet the City requirements. <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Commission/ January 7, 2021 <br />Page 6 of 20 <br /> <br />