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was going to "trap all that property in there?" . Mr. Hoium said all 2 entrances to this project would empty out on Silver Lane with good - '3 access to both Silver Lake Road and north to County Road E. He told 4 Mr. Reid with his lot extending from Fordham to the railroad track, his 5 back land was landlocked now and that wouldn't change with this 6 development, but that he did have ' access to Fordham. Relative to 7 parking, Mr. Hoium said each unit would have a two car garage with two 8 parking places beyond that. He said there would be a fair amount of 9 green area left over, but he doubted whether the neighbors wanted to 10 see that blacktopped. He said the 25 foot wide streets should be wide 11 enough to accommodate cars parking at least on one side. 12 Mr. Hoium told the neighbors the developers would be glad to make 13 adjustments like moving the building on Silver Lane Further east as 14 requested by the neighbor. He pointed out that 37 units was a 15 comparatively low density for the property and he perceived the project 16 was a good and attractive utilization of this land which was too nice 17 not to be utilized for the benefit of the City. The Evergreen 18 President added that he perceived these -units, with a market from 19 $90,000 to $120,000 , were commensurate with the housing in St. 20 Anthony Village, which the average home value in the City. 21 Mr. Hoium told Commissioner London they would hope to blend the grades on the west side right in with the adjoining properties and said with 300 foot lots there would be at least a 100 foot buffer provided on those yards only one of which has a garage to the rear. Mr. Hill said the existing grades would probably be maintained in Silver Lane with ,-.'26 walkout (or walkup) entrances where the grade- is steep, thereby 27 . maintaining the existing drainage flow. -28 Chair Wagner commented that the Planning Commission was only interested 29 in a concept plan for the project at this point, but the developer 30 would have to provide both detailed landscaping and drainage plans 31 before the final reading was given to the rezoning ordinance if that 32 was the way the Council went. He also reiterated that the Rice Creek 33 Watershed District would see to it that the drainage wasn' t 34 detrimental to any adjoining properties. 35 The hearing was closed at 10 : 35 P.M. , for consideration of a Commission 36 recommendation to the Council. Commissioner London agreed that this 37 would be a much nicer project than the one on Old Highway 8 and he 38 said he was surprised at the value of the units considering they would 39 be next to a railroad track. 40 Mr. Childs commented that as a practical matter, townhomes this 41 expensive were unlikely to be rented out. Ms. Sheehy said most 42 townhome association bylaws forbade renting except under very special 43 conditions. The Commission reaction to the plan was quite favorable as long as safeguards were built into it later in the process. There was little r 14