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property,bringing purpose and fostering interaction between office,residential and convenience retail. Strong,attractive pedestrian linkages will help encourage office workers, residents and shoppers to walk instead of drive. Opportunities for positive interaction result. Visual pedestrian linkages,especially between the office and residential components will encourage the office workers to consider living on the property—eliminating commuting in a vehicle. Opportunities for office workers to stroll along an attractive,landscaped route through the property to convenience retail will also reduce future vehicle trips in the area This guideline would disrupt the Important linkages; we,therefore,request this 3"I bullet point be removed in Its entirety. 5) Page 18, Development Standards,A3.2: "Front setbacks should be a minimum 10 feet from back of sidewalk providing enough room for planting and privacy while still allowing a strong relationship between the units and the street". Comment: We have planned for a rich, highly visible,accessible retail plaza at the Owens Drive and Rosewood Drive intersection,for use by all retail patrons including on and offsite residential and office tenants,and the general public. To create a generous,visible,vibrant, pedestrian-friendly and accessible retail plaza,that effectively relates to our planned retail buildings,including storefronts,openings,and outside seating,we need some flexibility with retail building setbacks. We,therefore,request the existing setback from back of sidewalk be reduced from 10 feet to 5 feet for retail uses. 6) Page 18, Development Standards,A3.4: "Street trees shall be planted at least:every 25-35 feet on average depending on tree species,not to exceed 40 feet. Comment: For multiple reasons, including those mentioned within item 5)above,it is very important that the retail buildings,signage,and outdoor seating areas be highly visible to ensure a vibrant and successful mix of retailers/tenants. We,therefore,request adding"with exception of retail adjacent to a Public Street"to the beginning of the sentence. 7) Pg. 19,Development Standards,A4-3: "Parallel parking is required on at least one side of internal streets." Comment: Some segments of internal streets may be appropriate for parallel parking. Parallel parking is not as efficient as head-in parking. Meeting desired parking ratios(per City requirements and market demands)for the 35 dua residential product that the City requested for this site becomes very difficult with only parallel parking along internal streets. Further, inefficient parking along an existing internal street means that more parking and attendant drive aisle will need to be added elsewhere on the site,taking away from the amount of landscaped area on the property. We request that the phrase"where appropriate"be added to the start of the sentence. We also request that the word"preferred" replace the word "required"and that this Standard become a Guideline. 8) Page 19, Development Standards,A4.4: "Street trees shall be planted at least every 25-35 feet on average depending on tree species,not to exceed 40 feet". Comment: We request this become a Development Guideline. 9) Page 20, Design Guidelines,A4.h: "Parallel parking is encouraged on both sides of Internal streets." 3