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~~iT, f~~lUT~ S Cii,y Council Dec. 10, 1!%~?6 Sen~ior "~ir. Johnson renortcd tha1; or the ov2r 3,540 s~arveys tf~at ~~i~re r:?ailed Ci t'i zen out, ~~9 qual i~Pi e<l resuonses ~:~~re rec2i v^d. 1'h~se s~.trve.y , t~;ere Housinq returned ni~the,r on bePial f of a r~la~iv~ that H~ias age 50 or older, Surv~ v or ;;~ere rel;tirnE>d directly from a perss>n ane 50 or ol der. Cont.) ( . Johnson rep~?rted that his off~ice receiv2d calls ~ror;~ only ~~ peopln ~.aho had responded to i:he si.irvcy and 4~,iio ~;.~ere as!:inn a.l>ou~t a.c~;ual occtanancy of ~Ch2i r aoar~t~,ient bu~ 1 di nr. Igr. Jo'nnsc~n r~nor~Ced. 1;hsit he ha~> a pro,jer.ted da~tt~~ of ~Ahr«ary 1, iS`?I ~ c~ oi' i~~odel units as svcll as an on-site ren1:a1 office. for the opnnin Joiinson furttier reported tha't tne majority of sen'ior citizens 1rE~ i n terc~st~~*tl 9 n't or 7_ bedroorn uni ts. 7t~~re s;~~re son~e 'i ndi c~ti ons ~CPi<Zt the rE~nt:s v!ern too high. Jonnson reoorted tha~t the firs?; f'loors of his apari;ments buildinc!s ha.ve baen p~r•tiall~~ alloca~ted for handicapoed imits. Thare +~~as sorne interest on t'ne part of seniors ,urv2yed in i~anc'icapned units. tihe Council ancl '+ir. Johnson h;iv~ d~iscuss~d th~ tYiird floor iloaaever , of ~>n~ of t~ie buildings b~~~inn ~~esianatecl for seniors. F':r. Johnsor~ indicated ~tnat t.h:~ survey did no~t idenf:ifY "l_`i senior c~tizens interested in 1:hc allor,at~on oP a tloor of one of ~the apartmcnt buildinqs axclu,ivel,y for sFninrs. Johnson renorted ~that ~,h~ se~ond buildin9 is sched!i1~d to open up 45 tl<1ys after the first. hu~i1dinq is coei~~let.e~~. Johnson st.irgest~c: t4iai, he benin rei~tiny the f~irst building on i"ebruary 1 and ~if th^re is adequa~te interest shoo~m, the thi rJohnson subnri ttecS to the "ouncil a r_opy of a letter he subnri~t;ted ~t:o Johann~~ (~,allaeher, cYie City's senior c~i~tizen c,oorc!inator. Johnson ~lso p~inted out t'siat ttie tnird ~P1oors of ~ach bu~i1d9ng have ~~ ,',-be~iroon ~plrt:nents ~n<! 'tt~at all the tot~~ ~Floor <~,~~art~;~^nts )1t7VE? VdU~ ~P,G CF~'1 ~ l P1C?$ ~ Si1c~~C1Il<! 'Gitk'.:"!i UY'9llll U111-Y'°Tlt dbdY'~':11E!ill`S. ~CH~ 7.F` O~UBS~:l011f?C) +.°/}ly L`~l@ l`}1l Y'C~ ~'~ OOP ~~~10U~ f) ~:)f;? S°j; ~S1 C~° i DY' $P'Y110P$ ~ ±,lil('YI f'.tl@SP! ~lp1t"tI,^`ItS 4`;OU7C~ ~>E` 1:~'1t? 1:105~ 8X`12YtS1VE. Johnson uo'intect out that he ~ia~l discussed t~ie.~ tHird floor va'ii;h the ~ouncil as tharF ~,voi~ld 'or-_ a private lo~,~nge on the t:~~rd floor as ~~aell as tti~ abilit.v i:o !~ey-ofi' t,ie '~hircl floor so that it ;~~as on~ly ~ccessibl? 'to i;iie ~t.l~ird-~floqr• r~sidents. ~'~Zney noiri~:ed out that tV~~ere :,!ould be han~~licapn.~d access t~ tne t'ni r:7o`;'inson aqr22cl, ~~i.~t poini~d out t'~a~r tiie true '~antlicapned unii:s ~,rould he locatetl on t'ne ~first f1oor. Pacle -5-