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SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
JANUARY 8, 200 E
Docket •No '07030035°DP `Pro -Med Lane - Holiday. Inn
The applicant seeks site plan approval for a proposed full - service hotel. `ADLS is under another
docket no. below. The site is located at 136th Street and Pro -Med Lane, and is zoned B -6 /Business
within the US 31 /Meridian Street Overlay. Filed by Stacey of DeBoy Land Development
Services, Inc.
. Docket Ao. 07070009 ADLS: ` 'Holiday Inn at "Pro Med Ln
The applicant seeks architecture /design approval for a proposed full- service hotel.
The site is located at 136th Street and Pro Med Lane, and is zoned B6, within the US
31/Meridian Street Overlay. Filed by Dave Coots of Coots, Henke & Wheeler for Midwest
Hospitality Group, Inc.
These items have been tabled to the Feb. 5 Special Studies Committee meeting.
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b. Sustainable development /LEED should be incorporated.
c. The hotel land use vs. original medical land uses proposed with the initial rezone.
d. Noise
e. Drainage
f. Sociological factors
g. Access to site
h. School traffic
i. Number of parking spaces
j. Lot cover percentage
k. Tree preservation
1. Signage
m. Smells
Nov. 1 Committee meeting comments:
1. Concern was voiced about the underground parking garage and whether or not the height of
the water table had been tested. This could be a major problem with this project. Petitioner
should provide drainage data.
2. Concern was voiced about the traffic study date and time and whether it truly reflects the
traffic count.
3. The Committee asked that the petitioner not return to committee without Engineer and Urban
Forester approval because the committee cannot proceed.
4. Several comments were made that does not seem like the place for a hotel, and it does not
seem like the place for additional traffic.
The following are the Department's comments /concerns:
1. Department of Engineering comments: DOE still needs revised plans. Also, DOE has reviewed
the traffic study and will issue a statement soon.
2. Urban Forestry Dept: Scott Brewer, City Forester, has reviewed the updated landscape and tree
preservation plans; there are some minor changes needed. Scott still needs a response to his most
recent review comments.
3. The creation of the proposed retaining wall location may negatively affect the existing tree roots.
4. DOCS still needs a to -scale revised site plan, showing the reduced the parking lot aisle widths to
23 -ft.
5. DOCS still needs the trash dumpster enclosure elevations /materials /colors.
6. DOCS still needs an exhibit that shows how the mechanical equipment is screened.
7. Petitioner must verify that signs show green during day and shine white at night (day /nite plex).
For months and months, the Department has tried to get a complete submittal so that the
committee can make an educated vote on these petitions and forward the items to the full
Plan Commission for a final vote.... However, there are still some outstanding issues, as
noted above. The Department of Community Services recommends the committee briefly
discuss and then continue this item to the March 4 committee meeting to allow the
petitioner time to address all issues /concerns.
Note: if the Plan Commission votes to withdraw this item from the agenda, due to lack of
prosecution, any new petition for this site must comply with the current standards of the US 31
overlay, which only permits 15% of the gross floor area building to be a hotel use.
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