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Duck Pond Limited Partnership(continued) • Height violates zoning by-laws. • Can't alter grade in calculation;must go by existing grade. • Mary recommended they do a better job on buffer; Walter added that this Committee has never allowed cutting of natural 10-foot buffer. • Mr: Bornstein commented that this is an industrial zone and to do what you want the cost is prohibitive. Mary responded that all we're asking is you not clear the buffer so we have not caused any costs. • Walter pointed out that the proposed buildings are not all industrial use; it is mixed usage. • Walter asked whether or not they have new grading plan. They did not! • Mary made several suggestions: stagger plantings rather than just lining plantings up; moving shrubs where they'll do more good; look for more drought tolerant trees; spend money putting plantings where they do most good. • Building: Difference between first set of drawings presented for review and second set of drawings, the building size increased by 40%. • Mr. Bornstein said he does not feel Cape Cod Commission will have any concern with building height: • Walter explained that one of the things Design Review does is try to work with aesthetics. One issue is that it looks like a train. It is over-powering on this size lot. •. Mr. Bornstein said they would address breaking up the building,but that the height is the height. • Tom commented that it is a big building, but it has to be attractive. Mr. Bornstein said he would talk to designers and see what they can do to make it more attractive. . • Design Review Committee unanimously voted they would not approve what was presented. • Lee stated that her major concern is that the project is so different from what was reviewed by Cape Cod Commission. She said this proposal is substantial difference from what was approved. Conclusion: Not approved. Need Grading Plan and Landscape Plan,which can be on one Plan. Applicant will bring another set of Site and Building Plans. Plans to be reviewed must be submitted one week before meeting date. Approval of Minutes Minutes of February 9, 2006 as presented were approved by all Committee members, except Mary LeBlanc. Adiournment...Meeting was adjourned at 10:45 a.m. Respectfully submitted, ie Gilrding Secretary