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Mounds View City Council April 25, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 from home at the apartment complex. She recommended the basketball courts be fixed up for the 2 dads and kids that use the courts versus installing a community garden. 3 4 Sheri Lee, 2658 Scotland Court — Apartment 308, indicated she appreciated the proposed upgrades 5 and investments the new owners were making in the facility. However, she also works from home 6 and was concerned about the noise that would be generated by the proposed projects. 7 8 Dana Slimmer, 2655 Scotland Court — Apartment 308, stated she found out about this public 9 hearing today. She expressed frustration with the fact the new owner has been working in her to building on three different occasions and she too works from home parttime. She indicated she has [ 1 heard her rent was going to go up. She expressed frustration with the fact these new amenities 12 were being brought in, whether they were wanted or not, and now rents were going to go up. She 13 discussed how her building had flooding and dirt coming in through the sewage when construction [4 occurred across the street. She recommended this be looked into by the City and the developer. 15 16 Amanda Riser, 2677 Scotland Court, stated she lives on the third floor above the basketball court [ 7 area. She indicated she wanted to speak on behalf of the children in the apartment complex, noting 18 there were a lot of kids that used the basketball court. She explained the children in this complex 19 need areas to play. 20 2 I Leo Riser, 2677 Scotland Court, reported he would like the dog park and community garden shifted 22 in order to allow the basketball court to remain in place. 23 24 Sean Walther, 5272 Sunnyside Road, thanked staff for laying out the code requirements for this 25 project. He indicated he was concerned about the past maintenance of this property and how it 26 could be impacting the tenants. He discussed how greenspace would be lost with the clubhouse 27 and recommended further landscaping be considered for the site. He suggested the high value 28 trees be saved and asked that the parking situation be further considered in order to preserve more 29 greenspace. He hoped that the rents for the current residents would not be increased so substantially 30 that they would not be able to stay in their units. He requested the lighting in the rear parking lot 31 be adjusted to have it directed down instead of out. 32 33 Hearing no further public input, Mayor Mueller closed the public hearing at 7:11 p.m. 34 35 Council Member Bergeron indicated the new clubhouse would have a shared work space for 36 residents that work from home. He inquired how many work spaces would be included in this area 37 of the clubhouse. Community Development Director Sevald deferred this question to the applicant. 38 Paul Humiston, project architect with Paul Myer Architects, discussed the layout of the coworking 39 space. 40 41 Council Member Meehlhause asked if the elimination of the basketball court was tied to the CUP. 42 Community Development Director Sevald explained the CUP was for the use and the 43 Development Review was for the appearance of the building and the property. He indicated the 44 focus of the discussion was on the clubhouse and the conditions were for the intended use. He 45 stated if the owners wanted to remove the sports courts a permit was not required. 46