Mr. Crissman stated that the dealership was owned previously by another individual |
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who leased it to Ford Motor Company. Mr. Crissman had a long-term contract with |
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them in which they were allowed to exercise their option in April to purchase the |
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property. They are the 31st largest Lincoln-Mercury dealer in the country. Their |
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concern is for parking at the present time. Even before they owned the property they |
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did some expansion with a used car office and a building office. The former used car |
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office was a stand-alone building which was moved at the request of the city. They |
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intend to use the adjacent vacant property next to the Chrysler dealership for |
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additional parking. They have brought in city water to the site, which was very |
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expensive. The previous owner would not give them an easement which would have |
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enabled them to hook in to water very easily. The fire hydrant operates off city water, |
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but the building still operates off a well. They plan to close one of the existing |
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entrances and open a new one to improve traffic flow and relieve congestion. They |
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have done a wetland study and installed a detention pond. The Leader Dogs for the |
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Blind would like to expand their property and has concerns with water detention. Mr. |
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Crissman thought they have done a good job of protecting the view from the adjacent |
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Ms. Goodwin stated that a landscape cost estimate in the amount of $10,400 could |
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be a condition of revised site plan approval. Ms. Goodwin clarified the recommended |
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condition that a note should be added to the plan to specify how the plant material will |
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be watered. There is a note on the plan stating that the owner is to water the trees in |
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the detention pond area. There is irrigation noted elsewhere on the site, but there is no |
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irrigation line indicated for the area where the trees are. Mr. Crissman thought there |
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would be plenty of water flowing naturally into the area where the trees will be |
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planted; in addition, employees will be assigned to water the plant material with a hose |
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