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MINUTES City Council Septo 25, 19II5 Cardinal Property (Cont.) Pahey telt that this was the opini.on of a11 the Iona Lane residentso Mr. Winters stated that they wo~ld be agreeable to selling the back end of their property and this could be used as a buffer. Pahey f.elt that concept approval couLd be granted on the rezonin~ and the Council could indicate that they wanted a solution to this particular propertye The Ci.ty does not want to end up with a landlocked pi.ece of property. Mr. Winters asked if his property could be rezoned commercial, rahey replied that it would require Gouncil action> Mr, Rutzick indicated that he was coilling to speak to Mr., Rutzick. Pahey stated that he knows that the 7ona Lane people would like the property to remain R-1, but this is not fair Lo Lhe property oconers. Mr. Boss stated that he had a concer.n with the ingress and e~ress for this property being Little Canada Road. Fahey did not feel the City could turn down the development of this propercy because it did not have access to Rice Street. Mr. Rutzick stated that in their preliminlry studies the two accesses that they will have are more than sufficient. Ms. Nardini asked the estimated number of cars per apartment unit. Rutzick replied that 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cars are estimated per unit. Mr> Do^ 0'Tremba stated that when the Schrier's development was considered, it was three times the size of this one, and no one voiced concern with the traffic. 0'Tremba pointed out that the Little Canada Mal1 is 70% vacant. 0'Tremba felt that the apartments would be good for the business community in the Cil'y, Mr. Milo [dolf disagreed that when the Schrier development went in there was a lot of discussion about traffic on County Road C. Scalze stated that she knows people in the City do not want any more apartments> Scalze stated that she can see that businesses in the City want more bodies to fill their businesses. Scalze felt that there were too many housing units in the proposed development. Scalze stated that she would Like to see a nice office complex on the property9 or a town- house development. Fahey pointed out that a downzoni.ng is i.nvolved, Pahey stated that there are commercial uses that would impact more adversely than the proposal being considered> Pahey felt that apartments would generate additional traf.fic and use of the malls in the City, Fahey felt that the development was good for the business areas in the City and fe1C Chat the proposal can be laid out with buffering. rahey stated that he cvas willing to give concept approval tonight> Page -5-