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-2- • 1 far exceed the City's requirement for one parking 'space for every three units 2 of elderly housing. 3 4 Mr. Miller said planning input had. been sought- from about a dozen representatives 5 from four different senior organizations in St. Anthony-as well as from nine 6 affiliated churches who provide vol.unteer services for- the nursing home and many 7 of their suggestions had .been incorporated- into the policy developed for the new 8 building. The Health Center representative later told the Commissioners that none 9 of these had indicated they had any -probl,em with the rate structure suggested for 10 the new project. 11 12 Commissioner Jones arrived at 7:50 .P.M: , in time to participate in the discussion 13 with the project architect. Mr. Hinrichs distributed revised site plans and 14 demonstrated on' the colored sketches of'-the project how- the four story height 15 would be retained along 37th where .the 'building would have the greatest visual ' 16 impact on the neighbors, with- a -sunken parking floor on the north where the grade 17 sloped away from .the street. The open community areas, the glassed-in linkage 18 way between the. nursing home and the apartment building; and the greenhouse/atrium 19 on the southwest corner where a gift and card shop might be located, would all be 20 located along .the street ,side of the-.bui'lding,. according to the-architect, who 21 said the parking area plans and those for a -walkway around the retaining pond to 22 the rear would, of course, have to be worked out with the Rice Creek Watershed 23 District. He also reported the plans for the service area off 37th Avenue had 24 been approved by the Ramsey County Engineer. 25 26 The architect said hi.s firm would be ,involved in most facets of'the building plan- 27 lan- 27 ning and would be attempting- to fulfill Mrs. Post's desire that the overall 28 impression of the new building should be one of ' "quiet elegance". He indicated the 29 building would be. very sturdy and constructed with optimum of sound control . The 30 exterior walls would be aesthetically handled with some brick to match the nursing 31 home facade. All materials would be low maintenance with no stucco on the bottom 32 level . Even though some land would be' lost across the front with the reconstruc- 33 tion of 37th, the architect indicated thirty foot setbacks would be retained and 34 the final landscaping plans would probably include low bushes and perhaps, bus 35 seats, along the street, designed to not interfere with the visual sighting of 36 drivers along that roadway. 37 38 The interi,or halls would be either seven or eight feet wide and jogged to prevent 39 the perception of long uninteresting expanses of'wall . The new rental units would 40 be strictly market rate and not subsidized, Mr. Hinrichs said, and their anticipated 41 size and rent per month would be: . 91 one bedroom units, 606 square feet in size, 42 which would rent for around -$850 a month; 22 two bedroom, 874 square foot units 43 for .which around $1 ,050 would be asked; three 535 square foot efficiencies (junior 44 one bedroom, with bedroom alcoves) at $750; and perhaps, four deluxe two bedroom 45 units., 'well over 1 ,000 square feet in size, which would rent for about $1 ,200. All 46 these could be provided. in almost the same size building shell as had been approved 47 in July, he. added. 48 49 Even witha $1 ,000 deposit fee, Mr. Hinrichs told Commissioner Jones, he did not 50 consider. these rents to be excessive considering the health and security services 51 which would be offered the residents, most of whom would be in their 80's, live 52 alone,. and might require housekeeping and nursing services as well as congregate 53 meals, none of which are normally provided in the usual apartment complex. Con- 54 sideration is .also being given to providing a guest room for families of residents 55 - of either facility from out of town.