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1 The President of the LaNel Financial Group indicated the developers were ' proposing another entry into the site which would provide ingress and s egress and to only Building C through the existing curb cut which had 4 previously serviced the upholstery shop. He said he perceived the 5 existing median in front of this building would force drivers leaving 6 the site to go north to either access Highway 88 or St. Anthony 7 Boulevard. Mr. Brewer said he would anticipate Building C's residents 8 to develop traffic patterns which would bring them up Stinson rather 9 than trying to make a U turn in front of Kentucky Fried Chicken to reach 10 the building from the south. The developer indicated it would not be 11 advisable from a marketing standpoint to direct traffic around the 12 senior building which would have to be done if the second driveway 13 isn't allowed. He also pointed out that under such a plan those 14 seniors would be cut off from the amenities of the rest of the site and 15 there would be less green space provided in an area where green space 16 is already scarce. 17 Councilmember Ranallo reiterated that the City had promised the 18 Minneapolis neighbors that access to the project would not be provided 19 from Lowry Avenue. Mr. Childs added that traffic would have to be 20 routed over private property for an access to the east to be provided. 21 When Councilmember Ranallo wondered whether, since the City would be 22 eliminating a number of Kenzie Terrace curb cuts for this project, a cut 23 in the median itself couldn't be made to access Building C. Mr. Brewer 24 indicted he thought that might work because it was very likely only the 2.5 residents of that building would be using that driveway because the project's prospective rental activities would be carried on in Building L7 B. 28 Commissioner Werenicz indicated he had expected the developers would 29 have already done the traffic flow studies which they had promised the 30 Commissioners they would do to justify the additional curb cut. Mr. 31 Brewer told him that, given the constraints on time to get the project 32 going which wouldn't allow them to redesign the whole site, the 33 developers had instead worked on trying to solve the problem internally 34 without architectural changes. They were unable to do this however, and 35 were now hoping the Council would say they liked the new site plan and 36 then would be willing to let Lang/Nelson to work with staff on a 37 satisfactory method of directing traffic in and out of the site based 38 on the study which had recently been done for the City for the same area 39 by Short -Elliott -Hendrickson, Inc. The City Manager indicated the 40 results of their efforts could still be made at the Council's December 41 13th meeting. 42 Councilmember Makowske Adamant About Having All Brick Buildings 43 The Councilmember said she really appreciated the new villa -type concept 44 in the building design as well as the ponding and moving the project 45 away from Kenzie Terrace but perceived not having brick on the third 46 floor exteriors of Buildings B and C would be "really downgrading the A7 project".