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MINUTES <br />Planning Commission <br />row March 3, 1983 <br />Senior <br />Citizen <br />Housing <br />Mr. Vitale asked how someone gets in to this housing. Mr. Rocheford <br />reported that first an interest list is compiled about two to three <br />months before the building is begun. Then there is a meeting within <br />the community to explain the program and a deadline is set for getting <br />applications in. Then a model apartment is opened up and applicants <br />invited to view it. To qualify for the housing 10% of an individual's <br />assets are considered and then the annual income, not from an asset <br />is added to this. An individual income limitation is 515,200 annually. <br />Applications are ranked by the lowest income first and then they go <br />up the ladder from there. <br />Mr. Vitale asked if the people of Little Canada will get preference. <br />Mr. Rocheford replied that with Federal funding this could not he <br />done. However, from experience at least 80 to 90% of the people are <br />from within the immediate area. Mr. Rocheford commented that people <br />tend to want to live where they grew up. <br />Mrs. Timmons stated that she did not understand why there were not <br />more units available. Mr. Rocheford replied that this is because <br />of the Federal dollars that are available. HUD allocated 409 units <br />to the entire State and only five applications were funded in the <br />Metro area. <br />Mr. Rocheford also reported that rent includes utilities, but no <br />telephone. <br />Mr. DeLonais recommended approval of the rezoning of the property in <br />question from L —I to 13 -3. <br />Motion seconded by Mrs. Timmons. <br />Motion carried 8 — 0. <br />Mr. Costa commented that he was not in favor of the project without <br />a sprinkler system. <br />Mr. DeLonais recommended approval of the conditional use permit <br />for senior citizen housing contingent upon the Planner's recommendations <br />being met and strongly requesting the City Council to look into <br />the feasibility of a sprinkler system for the building. <br />Motion seconded by Mr. Frattalcne. <br />Motion carried 7 — 1. Mr. Costa was not in favor. <br />Heather Oaks Mr. Cary MacKenzie, Architect, and Mr. Duncan McClellen, Developer, <br />appeared before the Commission on the Heather Oaks development. <br />Page —4— <br />