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RECOMMENDATIONS - DESIGN REVIEW <br />Staff recommends approval of the Design Review application with the following conditions that <br />shall be reviewed and approved administratively by the Director as part of the building permit <br />review process: <br />1. The east parking lot shall be designed as a forecourt or a plaza to complement adjacent <br />activities and improve visual character in relationship with Andover Park East. This could be <br />accomplished by detailing the parking surface with a different material such as stamped <br />concrete or pavers and enhancing the landscaping. <br />2. Preserve the existing perimeter trees along the north and south side to the maximum extent <br />possible by realigning the parking stalls to 60 degree angled parking and designating them as <br />compact parking stalls leaving at least 5'8" wide landscape perimeter along the south property <br />line. In order to save the trees the Board is authorizing elimination of interior landscaping <br />islands in lieu of the perimeter landscaping and also authorizing the percentage of compact <br />stalls to exceed 30% of the total parking count. <br />3. The quality of the back side of the building shall be improved to match the quality along the <br />front side by including any combination of techniques such as different window sizes, <br />materials /color variations, modulation and articulation with a goal to add visual interest by <br />differentiating the hotel and the residential towers and to provide equal importance to the <br />tower element from all four sides. <br />4. Details related to the street frontage improvement such as light fixtures, benches, curb cut <br />details and details of the transition between the proposed new sidewalk and the existing <br />narrow sidewalks to the north and the south shall be reviewed and approved by staff as part of <br />the building permit review process. <br />5. At least one of the metal panel colors (Sandstone or Surrey Beige) shall be replaced to ensure <br />sufficient differentiation between the two colors. <br />6. Detailed design and specification of the site furnishings such as benches; planters; screening of <br />trash enclosure; window details to introduce more depth and shadow on the upper floors; <br />location of above ground utility apparatus shall be reviewed administratively by staff as part of <br />the building permit review process. <br />7. Additional light fixtures in the northwest corner of the parking lot shall be provided to avoid <br />areas of extremely low lighting levels. <br />8. The vertical concrete columns on the parking garage structure shall be faced with the base <br />brick material to make the parking structure architecturally consistent with the main building. <br />Also, some architectural interest in the form of pattern/color in the metal screen shall be added <br />to the north facade to improve the pedestrian experience. Also, the details related to metal <br />screen, roof top trellis and planters shall be reviewed as part of the building permit. <br />Page 19 of 19 <br />23 <br />