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1 Councilmember Ranallo agreed, saying the Council expected no problem 2 with parking with a building next door owned by the same partnership who had promised there would be plenty of parking available for Kenzington residents' use after the offices closed evenings and weekends. He also 5 remembered that the developers had even asked permission to erect a six 6 foot fence along the back of their property against which their staff 7 and people servicing the building could park their vehicles, leaving 15 8 parking spaces in front to be used for resident overflow parking if 9 needed. 10 The Councilmember reminded the residents that negotiations with numerous 11 developers for that project had gone as far back as nineor ten years 12 and involved many modifications of the original plans before the 13 building was finally constructed. He said he perceived it would be 14 necessary to research copies of minutes of meetings which preceded 15 acceptance of the final plans for the building so the Council would be 16 better prepared to discuss the parking problems in the future. 17 Council Warned About Potential Collapse of Garage Floor 18 Ms. Krajna and Mr. Mitchell then reported leakage between the first and 19 second floors of the garage which they believed had resulted from 20 deficient installation of seal coating on the floor surfaces. They said 21 they had copies of letters from the contractor in which Kraus Anderson 22, had admitted the defects and referred to litigation between the ' META 23 Partnership and the contractors over those defects. The Kenzington 24 residents indicated they would be furnishing the City with copies of all apertinent correspondence they had in their possession. They also indicated they thought the City should be made aware that there was a 27 potential collapse of the second floor garage floor similar to those 28 which had occurred at several parking ramps in downtown Minneapolis. 29 Mr. Mitchell added that in view of other problems with defective windows 30 and heating in the garage area and inadequate plumbing on the first and 31 second condominium floors which had resulted in leakage problems between 32 floors, he didn't believe the inspection of the building had been 33 adequate. 34 Mayor Sundland told him the City usually has state inspection on 35 projects like the Kenzington. He also said he agreed that it was very 36 important for the Council to know just exactly what the developers had 37 agreed to related to the provision of parking for Kenzington .residents 38 on the vacant lot just in case the owners decide to sell the property 39 to another developer who would have no responsibility for providing 40 parking arrangements for Kenzington residents. The Mayor indicated the 41 purpose of Mr. Hamer's letter had been to get the vacant lot owners to 42 at least blacktop a portion of the lot for Kenzington resident parking 43 with the assumption that such a surface would be the easiest to remove 44 when the lot is developed. 45 Ms. Hedberg insisted the Kenzington residents needed 24 hour parking 46 availability because part time parking would never solve the condominium • 5