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-2- ffi Page 3, ,para. 1: The senior housing program in the tenth line should be ,identified as "Kenzie Terrace" .' Motion by Mr.. Bowerman and seconded by Mr: Sopcinski to approve Ss amended the minutes for. the December 27 , 1,979 Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Bowerman to nominate Brad Bjorklund .to- ser_ve .as Chairman -of- the Planning Commission for 1980. No further nominations being offered, Mr. Sopcinski and Mr. Bowerman moved the nominations be closed, which was agreed to unanimously and Mr. Bjorklund declared Chairman. Motion by- Mr. Sopcinski and seconded by Mr. Jones to nominate Bill Bowerman to serve as Chairman Pro Tem for .1980. No further nominations being made, the motion by_Mr. Sopcinski and seconded by Mr. Jones, to close nominations, passed unanimously, and Mr. Bowerman was declared the Chairman Pro Tem.. Doug Jones will represent the Commission at the Council' s next meeting on January 22. At 7 : 47 p.m. the Public Hearing* on the rezoning application for the proposed senior .housing at .approximately 265.1 Kenzie Terrace was • opened by the Chairman who read the notice of the hearing which had gone out to all property owners within 3.50 feet of the site. Mr. Fornell confirmed that all publication requirements for such a .hearing had .been met and the application fee of $100 paid. No one present reported failure to receive the notice nor objected to its contents. Proponents for the rezoning of the property between the Legion Club building and the Lowry Grove Manor from R-.l, -Single Family Residen- tial, and C, Commercial, to R-4, Multiple Family Residential, which will permit the construction of the proposed 134-unit elderly housing, were .Archie Fjeld, President of the Northeast Minneapolis/St. Anthony Corporation (a non-profit corporation) and Jack .Boarman of Boarman Architects, Inc. Mr. Boarman presented the site plans including parking, landscaping and sidewalk plans for the project, saying the proposed building would be four stories high with eight two-bedroom 800 square foot units, and _126 one-bedroom units of 650 square feet. It would also accommodate approximately 7,000 square feet of community space for a .lobby, craft areas, a library/chapel and potential con- gregate dining space. The proposal, which calls for the acquisition of the G and G Body Shop property at 2601 Kenzie Terrace, will pro- vide 45 parking spaces, each 9 x 19 feet in size, for one-third of .the residents, a majority_. of whom are not expected..to have -automobiles. When Mr. and Mrs. George Kieffer, 2613 27th Avenue N.E., questioned whether the parking provision would be adequate, Mr. Boarman told them similar senior housing projects in Minneapolis provide parking