| Mr. DeRemer advised that they had worked with the Planning Department |
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| on the Site Plan and made a number of changes requested. They added |
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| some things the Fire Department required, and he believed they were at a |
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| point where everyone was comfortable with the Site Plan. Staff did |
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| question the larger number of parking spaces they were requesting. Mr. |
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| DeRemer explained that it was a center that would be used for recovery |
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| from hip and knee replacements and other uses that needed a fairly high |
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| level of staff. They had found through other developments that they |
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| needed about one-and-a-half cars per bed. That was substantially higher |
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| than the Ordinance required. They would like to comfortably be able to |
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| park everyone, including the employees. |
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| Regarding the sewer system on the adjacent property, Mr. DeRemer |
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| noted that they had a bit of a hiccup trying to tie into it. It was originally |
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| approved as a PUD for condominiums, and there was a tie to the |
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| adjacent Singh property. When the easements were removed from the |
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| PUD, the sewer easement was also removed. However, they came to a |
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| tentative agreement with Singh, because they had a site in Novi across |
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| the street from Singh, and Singh needed a sewer easement from the |
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| Medilodge group. They had an option of taking the sewer out the other |
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| way, but Engineering preferred it this way. He noted that they were setting |
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| the building back. He pointed out the Kindercare in the southeast corner |
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| of the site and the natural screen around it. He stated that they planned |
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| to screen it even more, and they were working with them on drainage. He |
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| referred to the renderings in the packet. The building would be a |
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| single-story, residential-looking building. It was a large building, but |
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| because it had a lot of wings, it had a nice, comfortable feel. They were |
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| asked by the Fire Department to make a connection out to the |
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| Winchester Mall for emergencies, which they had done. They added |
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| some additional hydrants at the Fire Department’s request. The building |
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| would be brick and hardy siding and easily maintained. They proposed |
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| extensive landscaping and screening all the way around the property and |
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| adding berming to the east and west. There was a large berm created to |
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| the north when Home Depot went in. He concluded that there would be a |
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| wet retention pond at the front of the site with extensive plantings. |
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