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-4- Presenting -the goals. and. objectives :as well as the land use plan establishedto date by the Kenzie Terrace Task Force were members of • the Task Force, including .Art .Kuross, Manager of J.C. Penney in Apache; Dick Krier, planning consultant; ° resident- representatives Rosemary Franzese, Roman Hentges and .William Zawislak; .Councilmembers Marks. and Ranallo and Commission.members. Makowske. and Enrooth. The Economical Development goals had .been revised to eliminate the proposed K-Mart store because Mr.. Kuross said the Task Force had concluded .such a development mi,ght . conflict with the housing proposals for the area and was probably not economically essential because the 450 housing units should generate enough .traffic to support the retail development planned for th& northern segment of the redevelopment plan. Mary and Eugene Chulik, .3003' Rankin Road, .were present to discuss the revitalization plans and. Mr.s. Chulik had expressed some of her concerns in a .letter which had been distributed to the Commission. Although their primary. concern. was ,the. discarded K-Mart proposal, Mrs.... Chulik said she differed with the Westwood figures in that she saw the 55 year old . segment .of the population in St. Anthony as a major force for. the City and provision for this market essential .to .the success of the plan: This prompted an extensive discussion of the semantics involved in theconsideration of the "elderly and- senior" citizens, . and what ..is meant .by the reference to "wide range incomes". for which housing- is to be- provided. Mr. Krier said he believes it would. be "a fallacy to assume. elderly housing would be only subsidized housing- because many structures built for the elderly have purchase prices from .$100 ,000 to $300 ,000 per unit" . Councilman Marks pointed out .that the- housing proposed • for the western side of Kenzie Terrace has been developed .by consortium of St. Anthony and. Northeast'.Minneapolis ,churches with anticipated tenancy, by persons .in St. Anthony who .want to substitute maintenance free housing for their larger homes once their children have left home. He said the school district sees this as a .distinct advantage because this housing will be freed up for. young, growing families . Mr. Krier added thehousing contemplated will be of "quality con- struction with different .amenities developed to meet the needs of the elderly and the young professionals who will provide the market for such units" . Mrs. Makowske _complimented the Chulik' s on their interest in the plan and asked whether;.'Mrs. Chulik' s suggestion that the City liquor store be relocated and condominiums constructed on the site would be viable. The general consensus was that .such .a proposal would not be practical because of. space limitations., .traffic congestion at that corner and possibleloss of economic incentive for businessmen to locate in the retail area. The Commission- reacted to the plan specifically on a page by page basis. Referring to Page 9 of' the. Physical Appearance and Layout objectives_, . Mr. Jones suggested under A3-7 "Central Park design with perhaps ponding should be provided for the housing. segment presented in the illustrated plan" and -under A4-6 wanted "owner occupied units to be encouraged where feasible in the commercial_ sector" , and under A2-5 wanted "underground parking to be encouraged wherever possible" . • On Page 5 , under Transportation and Parking., Mrs. Makowske suggested A2-1 should be modified to "encourage a parking layout that minimizes