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PlanningBoard | 2006-11-13 | 18 | 8-A. 2245 S. Shore Center (old Walgreen's Building) Major Design Review File No. DR06- 0081; 2246 S. Shore Center (old Ross building): Major Design Review File No. DR06- 0096; 2293 South Shore Center (Petco building) Major Design Review File No. DR06- 0096. (DG). Mr. Garrison presented the staff report and recommended approval of this item. In response to an inquiry by President Lynch why the tower needed to be at its design height, Mr. Jan Taylor, project architect, noted that Building 300 in front of Walgreen's was approved and the design was changed to add a mezzanine. He noted that the building was six to eight feet higher than Trader Joe's and that the interior allowed greater flexibility. The tower was intended to establish the identity of the shopping center in a positive way, and that it was comparable to the tallest portions of the Willows. President Lynch noted that 10 speakers slips had been received M/S Cunningham/Kohlstrand and unanimous to reduce the speakers' time to three minutes. AYES - 5 (Mariani, McNamara absent); NOES - 0; ABSTAIN - 0 The public hearing was opened. Mr. Tim Erway noted that his question about the height had been answered, and believed the parking arrangement in front of Trader Joe's was unsafe. He suggested that future parking schemes not incorporate the "direct-in" parking. Mr. Michael Carr noted that he would have preferred to hear Item 8-A before 8-B. He believed it was important to keep the architectural elements intact on the topic discussed, and believed it was important to keep the discussion point of the center of the mall separate from the Target portion of the shopping center. He believed the rest of the shopping center should not be drawn into the contentiousness of the Target segment, which he also favored. Mr. Michael Krueger did not believe any part of the shopping center could be considered unimportant, and believed the last drawings showed the buildings increasing in height towards Safeway. He believed the tower on one side of the center begged the question of what element would match it on the other end. He did not support approaching the design of the shopping center in a piecemeal fashion. Ms. Holly Sellers noted that she had read the meeting minutes from 2003 that led up to Resolution PB-03-40, which showed that the Board worked long and thoughtfully to craft the resolution. She believed the Board wanted to be involved as the project progressed, and provided checks and balances so that the development would not get out of control, as she believed it was doing. She urged the Board not to approve this design review because she believed that that Resolution Page 4, only Phases 1-A, 2-B an 4-A may be constructed. She did not believe the architect's site modifications to the Park Street North Drive should be included. Planning Board Minutes Page 18 November 13, 2006 | PlanningBoard/2006-11-13.pdf |