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Advisory Design Panel Meeting Minutes
May 15, 2024
The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Maple Ridge Advisory Design Panel (ADP) held virtually on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 4:00 pm. PANEL MEMBERS PRESENT Sang Kim Architect AIBC Niall McGarvey, Chair Landscape Architect BCSLA Van Nguyen Architect AIBC Jennifer Wall Landscape Architect BCSLA Lindsey Salter, Vice Chair Architect AIBC
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT Kelly Hills Committee Clerk Maryam Lotfi Planner 1, Staff Liaison ABSENT
1. CALL TO ORDER – 4:08 pm 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA R/2024-ADP-010 It was moved and seconded That the agenda for the May 15, 2024, Advisory Design Panel Regular Meeting be approved as circulated. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES R/2024-ADP-011 It was moved and seconded That the minutes for the March 13, 2024, Advisory Design Panel Regular Meeting be adopted. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NIL 5. QUESTION PERIOD - NIL 6. FOR INFORMATION - NIL 7. PROJECTS
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7.1. Development Permit No: 2020-309-DP / 12297 222 ST, 22175 123 AVE, 22185 123 AVE Note: V. Nguyen recused herself from agenda item 7.1 due to a conflict of interest. The Chair welcomed the project team to the meeting. The project team presented the development plans and answered questions from the Panel. R/2024-ADP-012 It was moved and seconded That the following concerns be addressed and digital versions of revised drawings and memo be submitted to Planning staff; and further the Planning staff forward this on to the Advisory Design Panel for information and review. CITY REQUESTED COMMENTS FROM ADP Please comment on the overall form and character of this development and identify issues that the applicant should be aware of. Architectural Comments:
• Parking: Ensure parking level stairs/elevator vestibules conform to code. Some appear to meet code, and some have yet to be considered.
• Design rendering: Consider using a more realistic rendering to illustrate that the building is highly technical as described. In particular, the cladding in the renderings appear as concrete, though they are described as fully solar panel, which makes it difficult to determine whether the building fits into the local urban fabric.
• Pedestrian access: Consider better pedestrian access to the front lobby of the building residences to encourage public transportation use.
• Lighting: Consider addressing the covered area in front of the recessed lobby with better lighting and a safer cross walk with center landscape median.
• Design rendering: Consider including a sample picture of the solar panels to provide a more realistic understanding of the materials. Also, consider using a more vibrant color of solar panel.
• Vehicle charging stations: Consider installing charge stations for electric vehicles with the anticipated excess electricity generated by the solar panels. Landscape Comments:
• Overall landscape: Consider alignment of the swale/planting/and post/rail fence. Some areas of the fence cut through the swale.
• Site Permeability: Designs suggest that the ground materials are all permeable. Consider providing design to the granular pathway and a more attractive approach to the youth recreation area.
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• Overall landscape: Consider working with the City, within their restrictions, to improve the north landscape site as it is very dull and there is room for improvement.
• Youth recreation area: Consider improvements as there is very little play value there and a lot of lost opportunity.
• Front driveway entrance round-about: The spiral pattern is a little on point. Consider using different paving materials and/or including another small plant bed.
• Bike Racks: Consider whether the front entrance bike rack area is tight.
• Outdoor seating: Consider whether to use a material other than wood benches as they cannot be secured which may be a concern in a rental building.
• Pathway materials: Consider whether to use a smaller granular material such as pea gravel rather than river rock as the path will have movement and larger rocks may be difficult to walk on.
• Trees near the covenant: Once Fortis BC assigns a consultant to work with the project team, there will likely be some potential for trees outside of the 10 meter mark. Consider including trees in this area with the input of the Fortis BC consultant.
• Plant list: The size of some of the species on the plant list appear to be out of proportion to availability, such as lavender pot size 5 seems large, and red and yellow dogwoods appear to be small.
• Daycare parking: Consider denoting a walkway from the daycare parking spaces to the front door of the daycare.
• Landscape materials: Consider introducing a coil form into the landscape. CARRIED N. MCGARVEY WAS OPPOSED 8. CORRESPONDENCE - NIL 9. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:23 pm. The next regular meeting of the Advisory Design Panel would be held June 19, 2024. Niall McGarvey, Chair /kh