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PlanningBoard | 2016-10-10 | 9 | Board Member Mitchell said it is a beautiful site. He said he is not a fan of the 14 story building. He said he is worried that we might end up with too much inactive open space. Board Member Köster said that on the boat tour it was interesting to see these taller buildings from the water that you don't tend to notice from the streets. Staff Member Thomas said the shadow study will be very illustrative when we address the building heights. Board Member Mitchell said a 3-D perspective of different building heights and massing would be helpful. Board Member Sullivan said she likes the entrance corridor, but is concerned with the number of breaks in the parkway. She said she is not a fan of 14 stories. President Knox White said the open space is not designed for people and is mostly for pavement and cars and unusable green space. He said there is no active transportation considerations or bike lanes. He said it feels like we are just giving up with this design. He said we are building densely in order to support transit but not actually building the project to support transit, biking, and walking. He said it looks nice on a map but will not be a place that people want to be. He said everything has too much space between it. He said the shared space needs to be designed for low speeds, not just signed. He said the fire department would require 23 foot wide roads on both sides of the greenway. He said the design feels like Marina Village, which has not been successful from a business or public space point of view. Board Member Zuppan said Marina Village was hampered by landlord issues early on and that their business problems can not necessarily be blamed on design. She said that you really have to get to the edge of the site to see the water, trees or no trees. 8. MINUTES 8-A 2016-3441 Draft Meeting Minutes - May 23, 2016 Board Member Sullivan made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Mitchell seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-2 (Curtis and Köster abstained). 9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 9-A 2016-2441 Zoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions Staff Member Thomas reported on recent zoning and design review decisions. 9-B 2016-2442 Approved Minutes Page 9 of 10 Planning Board Meeting October 10, 2016 | PlanningBoard/2016-10-10.pdf |