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Mounds View City Council August 25, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />Mr. Guck said that he does not mind the senior housing, but feels this is being squeezed in and 1 <br />will be obtrusive. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mr. Guck said that this is one of the few areas left in the City with low crime and he is not sure 4 <br />that the city needs this much housing, because he fears that existing residents will sell out and 5 <br />that will increase crime. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Planner Heller explained that the Planning Commission has recommended limiting deliveries to 8 <br />6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for deliveries. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Jerry Bankston of 8025 Groveland Road, which would be straight across from 8020 Groveland 11 <br />Road. He then said that he would have the removal of trees and the addition of a 50 foot 12 <br />building that he would have to look at. He further said that the driveway concerns him and he 13 <br />would like the deliveries to come in the front door. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Mr. Bankston said that he feels the building is too big for this lot. Mr. Bankston said that he 16 <br />feels that going from single family to high density concerns him, and he is worried about his 17 <br />property value. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Mayor Marty said that for this type of facility there is usually a waiting list, so he does not feel 20 <br />that there would be an issue with not being able to fill the units. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Kathy Guck of 8045 Groveland Road said that she is against the rezoning of this because back in 23 <br />1965 her parents bought the property. and she has purchased it from them. They have built a new 24 <br />house and they would not have done that if they had known there would be a three story building 25 <br />next to them. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mrs. Guck said that part of the beauty of living in Mounds View is the big lots and mature trees 28 <br />and adding this three story building will greatly detract from that. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Greg Baldof of 8030 Groveland Road said that he does not want to rehash the things already 31 <br />brought up. He then said that his wife and he share the same concerns about this project and 32 <br />further, that this seems rushed to get it in the ground before anyone realizes this is a bad idea. He 33 <br />further said that the lot is too small for the proposal and that is evidenced by the requested 34 <br />variances. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Mr. Baldof asked whether the fence could be higher to protect them and whether the fence would 37 <br />be maintained. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Mark Schnor of 2949 Highway 10 said that this is a PUD and that is what residents were told a 40 <br />few years ago. He then said that some Council Members were worried about the developer going 41 <br />away but he failed to come through. He further said that this building is too big for this area, 42 <br />with the traffic and deliveries. 43 <br /> 44