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South Cape Village (continued) • Storm water management had been addressed by Matt Eddy. • Landscaping Plan prepared by Mary LeBlanc was presented by Mr. Megathlin and he and Mary LeBlanc explained trees and plantings to be placed at the site. • Mr. Megathlin pointed out that Article 37 allows any land acquired or donated to be included for purposes of set-back required and he said they comply with that including land that Talanian donated. He said the canopy on the building extends over the set-back line, but they are in compliance. • Dumpster is in loading bay area at Walgreens and complies with Board of Health regulations. • Transformer near 28 will be landscaped so that landscaping will screen the transformer. Tom Fudala said the transformer right on the corner is ugly and asked whether they could move it perhaps by the loading dock area. The response was "no" because they didn't want to damage the crabapple tree. NStar did allow them to put the transformer where they've placed it. • Mr. Megathlin stated that all signage sizes for Walgreens and F-1 building meet requirements, and he pointed out the Walgreens sign displayed on the building plan. • Applicant will submit lighting fixture plan to the Building Department before they get an occupancy permit. Committee Comments Loading Dock/Traffic Issues • Rich Stevens questioned loading dock access. Don Megathlin pointed out the loading dock and said Walgreens trailer to come once a week and they indicated the delivery would be early morning. Walter Yarosh commented that the location of the loading dock is not good. He said that corner will be a safety issue; it is a busy intersection. • Following discussion of safety concerns raised by the Committee, Tom O'Hara suggested that perhaps they can slow traffic coming off Route 28 by installing raised brick crosswalks. • Paul Bryant commented that there is a big problem with people taking an illegal left at that entrance. • Don Megathlin said based on the discussion and concerns raised, they will look at the design and try to come back with some other proposals to try and do something about the traffic issues. • Joe Clifford noted the over-all length of delivery truck for the loading dock is 40 feet. Matt Eddy said that is correct that is the size truck Walgreens uses. Buildinq • Wafter said that corner is gateway to South Cape Village. He suggested Applicants look at the elevation of the building close to Donna's Lane and put in false windows so that it doesn't give the appearance of being a back end of a building. David Coughlan said unfortunately false windows don't get maintained and don't look great then. Walter suggested they work on the corner elevation to make it feel more part of the building, rather than the back-end of a building. • Walter said the shape of the building is great; false windows would add to the look. 2