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Mounds View Planning Commission June 21, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 7 ________________________________________________________________________ Johnson to put a project together, but this did not work out. With respect to developing retail or commercial projects, this consolidation was not able to occur on the parcel. In reference to the right-in and right-out traffic issue, there is more impact from a business than from a residential development. The impact is diminished on residential project. Chair Stevenson asked, in reading minutes and comments from residents in the past, they stated they were not approached to purchase their property. Mr. Ron Lillestrand, Integra Homes, addressed the Planning Commission to answer this question. He did ask Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Schnor if they would be willing to sell and they said no. About a month ago he met with Mrs. Johnson where she stated she was interested and was supposed to get back to them. Mrs. Johnson suggested a selling price that Mr. Lillestrand said would preclude them from developing anything viable. Mr. Bourassa addressed Mrs. Johnson’s access concerns. They would have to work with the City and County to make sure not to detract from her property. In reference to Mr. Waldoch’s concern about breaking up a PUD, Integra did consolidation with the three properties. Integra plans to market the townhomes as owner-occupied units. Integra did meet with the Fire Marshall to address safety concerns. In conclusion, Mr. Bourassa stressed that everyone has been patient and have been here a lot. They are trying to listen to the concerns of everyone. He does not feel the project precludes or hinders redevelopment of the area. They are providing utility connections for looping and street access that would allow potential development access to the west and the east. Hopefully as the project moves forward they will work with and meet with everyone to eliminate the concerns. Their market research indicates townhomes would be good for this area. Commissioner Scotch asked Mr. Bourassa what type of businesses he feels cannot go into this area. She still believes a Senior Citizen facility could go here. Mr. Lillestrand stated he did not think about this before but was talking with a company building assisted living units in Forest Lake. He thought this would be wonderful for this site and would be interested in this option. He did not know how the City would feel about this or how this works. He has not done any research on this option as he thought they were too far into the townhome project. Commissioner Scotch is very interested in this, feeling it would stay consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Director Ericson stated this type of development is either an R-3 or R-4 but in a business type operation. A discussion between the Commissioners ensued. Mr. Waldoch pointed out this is what he is referring to when looking at different options for this property. He believes Integra did not do their homework. This is why the whole project needs to be re-looked at.