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E 15 a yMaQ March 4. 2010 Dear Ms. Heller, Coventry Senior Living of Mounds View is a three story 95 unit senior living building with iS independent living units, 16 memory care units, 45 assisted living units and 16 units of high acuity living, a parking garage located beneath the buildilig, two elevators, central trash chute, and many amenities. Visible from Highway 10, the building's inviting grand entrance porch is designed to draw residents and guests into the building with its' comfortable living suites and many amenities. The porch's brilliant colonnade is flanked by two curving architectural form's that welcome the residences and guests entrance into the grand two story lobby. The building's architecture with its hipped roofs, and exterior finish materials, such as brick veneer, lap siding, trim, dramatic overhangs, balconies, and bay windows sharpens the building's residential flare in respect to the surrounding neighborhood and connnnrnity. The 2.2 acre site offers large green areas with new landscaping and paved walking trails. There are a total of 70 parking spaces provided, which consists of 35 open spaces on the surface and 35 spaces in the heated garage. Due to the size of the site. we will build an underground storage/treatnnent facility for rate and volume control of storm water is proposed. The soils on the site are classified as well draining silty sands, which have good infiltration rates and the ability for the designed system to exceed the standards of the watershed. The shared amenities are located in the cental core area, which is located in the middle of the building between the independent living units and the nnennory care/assisted living units. on the main floor, residents and guests are greeted by a luxurious hvo-story lobby, a stone fireplace, a grand stair case, an intimate cafe, and sitting areas with tine comfortable cozy atmosphere of a living room. The mail roonn, management office, nurses' office, and public restroonns are centrally located off of the lobby as are the central dining room and kitchen. Other shared amenities include all activity rooun with a small kitchen area and a public restroonn, a media center, the activity director's office, overnight guest rooms, and a craft room on the second floor: and a sports pub on the third floor. In addition to the heated parking, the parking level features a fitness center, an employee break room, and support spaces for the building.