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Proposal: *request from Lang-Nelson Development, who had entered into a • Redevelopment Agreement with the City August 4th, for amendment of the existing Development Concept Plan and Detail Plan to complete the project as proposed in the site plans prepared by Pope Associates, .Inc. and printed August 9 , 1988; *to erect three rather than the two buildings proposed by the Gaughan Companies; and *that the City acquire a small triangular parcel on the west side of the Town and Country Foods Store which would allow the developers to increase the individual unit size by about 100 square feet to meet a perceived senior market demand. Staff Report- *Childs' reiteration of information contained in his August 12th memorandum as well as in the Notice of Hearing in the Commission's agenda packet; *his report that Lang-Nelson's proposal had been accepted after the Gaughan Companies had failed to execute the Redevelopment Agreement the H.R.A. had approved for execution, October 13, 1987; *an indication that the Council perceived Lang-Nelson's proposal to construct two smaller senior units rather than the 100 unit senior • building proposed by Gaughan would better fulfill seniors' preference for shorter hallways and more than one elevator; *calculation that with the acquisition of additional land from the Town and Country Food Store property, the total land area would be increased from the Gaughan proposal of about 8 acres to 9. 34 acres which would probably more than meet the Ordinance maximum density require- ments of 24 units per acre; *conclusion that in addition to amending the P.U.D. for an extra building, the only other amendment which would be necessary would be to allow a building height of 43 feet where 42 feet had been approved for the Gaughan proposal and the Ordinance set a maximum height of 35 feet. The City Manager also reported that part of the agreement the City had signed with the developer provided for a pedestrian pathway from the adjacent Minneapolis "Stinson Triangle" neighborhood up the east side of the property behind the Northgate Office Park to the shopping areas which would remain after this development is completed. An existing City street right-of-way would become part of and be maintained as part of the project to accomplish this access. Mr. Childs also advised that 2 •