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MINUTES City Council Mar•ch 9, 1988 Recess At this point in the meeting, 9:00 P.P4., Council took a shor•t r•ecess. The meeting was r•econvened at 9:09 P.P1. Planner's The City Planner reported that proposed planning legislation to be Repor~t consi der•ed by the State Legi sl atur~e has been 1 ai d over• unti 1 next Planning year•. The Planner• suogested, however~, that the Council r~eview his Legi sl ati on repor•t r•egar~di ng thi s pr•oposed 1 egi sl ati on. Agenda Item No. 11 Elder•ly The Planner• r•epor~ted that Dan Wilson fr•om his office has talked with Housing the Ar•chdiocese r•egar•ding senior~ citizen housing, and ther•e is some inter•est on the par•t of the Ar•chdiocese in an addition to their• existing Agenda senior• citizen facility in Little Canada. An addition of 20 units has Item Mo. 11 been discussed and may be pr•esented to the Council next year~. The Ar~chdiocese would be seeking City backed Section 202 financing for~ the addition. Fahey suggested that the City should discuss with the Ar•chdiocese obtaining an option agr~eement on the cur•r•ent senior~ facility as well as any new addition or~ facility to ensur~e that once the financing is paid, the buildings ~vould r~emain as subsidized senior• housing. Fahey suggested that the City send the Ar•chdiocese a letter• of inter•est encour~aging them in their• plans for• an addition to the senior~ apar•tment facility and also mentioning the City's thoughts with r•egar~d to an option agr•eement. Blesener~ suggested that if an addition is pr~esented for~ appr•oval, the City should look at the par~king situation at both the cur•r~ent facility as well as the addition. Blesener~ pointed out that cur~r•ently par•king is inadequate. Scalze also pointed out that the Ar•chdiocese may not be awar•e that ther•e is additional land adjacent to their• pr~esent site that could be acqui r•ed for~ another• faci 1 i ty or~ an addi ti on i f need be. Lake View The City Planner• r•epor~ted that Gor•dy Howe, developer• of the Lake View Addition Addition, contacted him with the suggestion that the dr~iveway for~ Lot 1, Block 1 of that addition have access off the r~oad easement to the Agenda nor~th of that l ot r•ather~ than di r•ectly on Edger•ton. The Pl anner• asked Item No. 11 the Council's feelings on this suggestion. The Planner• r•epor~ted that the only pr~oblem he sees is that the r•oad easement would not be a fully impr•oved City str•eet and asked if the City would accept a dr~iveway to a gr~avel r~oad that may be impr•oved for~ a futur~e addition. The Planner~ r~epor•ted that the house on Lot l, Block 1 would face Edger•ton. Blesener• asked how wide the r~oad easement was. Page -10-