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15 • 1 *indicated that by making each building three stories high in the 2 middle and two stories high on each side, the project could retain the 3 dormitory effect in the middle but provide separate entrances for the 4 units on the end. This would get away from the long hallway and still 5 maintain the number of units on the site necessary to provide enough tax 6 base to retire the tax increment; 7 *said they had also been able to move the mass of the buildings away 8 from the boundaries of the property which with two of the buildings 9 dropping down to two stories at the ends, would make the project more 10 pleasing to the eye from a distance; 11 *told Chair Wagner the 50 unit senior building would remain a three 12 story structure. The other senior building would have the dropped roof 13 effect and would have 75 units. The third building with the same 14 configuration would be 76 units of high quality general rental; 15 *indicated the new proposal provided one to one underground heated 16 parking in the buildings and matching 201 spaces of surface proof of 17 parking outdoors with perhaps only 144 constructed initially. 18 The Lang/Nelson representative told the Commissioners his firm perceived 19 the all and all sense of this plan was really designed with the 20 community in mind and would be a better appearing project than the one 21 they had presented before with interior parking. 102 Commission Reaction 23 Chair Wagner was concerned that the new plan hadn't provided for an 24 emergency vehicle access which the City had included in their original 25 project requirements. He was assured that would be worked into the 26 plan. The Chair also noted the interior walkway did not appear on the 27 plans. 28 Commissioner Hansen expressed what appeared to be a common Commission 29 concern, that the plan included another curb cut off Kenzie Terrace 30 which they perceived would intensify . what are already traffic flow 31 problems on that street in that particular area. The Commissioner 32 told the LaNel officials the City had already spent thousands of dollars 33 to provide a traffic signal in front of the Kenzington which was 34 designed to control traffic from this development and it was feared the 35 new entrance would only encourage drivers to make a U-turn to get into 36 the senior building. Commissioner Hansen pointed to the Nativity 37 Lutheran Church parking lot traffic as a prime example of drivers 38 ignoring traffic signs and said the same problems were being experienced 39 in front of Kentucky Fried Chicken farther south on Kenzie Terrace. 40 Chair Wagner said he was afraid another driveway in that area would 41 just create the need for another traffic light three hundred feet from 42 the one in front of the Kenzington. He said he considered this to be "a real problem."