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-15-. 1 Commissioner� Hansen .apologized for not attending the discussion which proceded 2 the Commission meeting, but expressed his chagrin that he had not been alerted 3 sooner that these changes were in the offing.- Mr. Childs stated his reasons for 4 not - discussing the project earlier,, 'Which were basically- that until Arkell demon- 5 strated good faith by initiating. construction, he felt that any consideration of. 6 changes was out of the question. ' The Commissioner was especially concerned that 7 all the potential. buyers who had suffered much from the delay in construction 8 had been informed about the building*.design change and been given the opportunity 9 of changing their location if they chose. Mr.- Yurick told him he was certain at 10 least 90% of those persons knew -about the changes but could not guarantee 100% 11 notification, since. he couldn't get in touch with one of the salesmen whose 12 responsibility it had been to notify the prospective buyers that the changes were 13 being contemplated. 14 15 Commiss-ioner Bjorklund was .told the nearest neighbors had not been informed about 16 the change in building height, which .Commissioner Jones perceived would not really 17 adversely -affect -them since the sun shadow cast by the building is not perceived 18 to fall further -than the alley separating this project from .the neighbors to the 19 west. 20 21 Commissioner Bjorklund responded to this by saying he was nevertheless concerned 22 with those neighbors reaction to a higher building, recalling that when the first 23 building of this type was proposed, a building much shorter than this one had 24 generated a great deal of opposition from the- neighbors who would be most affected. 25 The Commissioner indicated he personally had reached the limits of acceptance for 26 this project and would be voting against any further amendments of the P.U.D. ® 27 Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he perceived himself as representing those City 28 residents,:whoemoved-- to St'.-Ant honyi-,because•theypwahtedwto-.li,.ve-1in ;a,commun tya. .. 29 of spacious yards which are not overshadowed by high rise buildings. He said he 30 personally doesn 't want such "a monstrosity in my community" and would prefer to 31 see the building not constructed at all rather than to accept the higher density 32 proposed in the amendment. 33 34 Mr. Yurick responded by reiterating that acceptance of the K bedroom plan by more 35 prospective buyers could cut down th.e' number of units which would be necessary 36 to as few as 138 rather than the maximum 1.50. 37 38 When the Commission poll was continued, Commissioner Jones indicated that he 39 perceived the addition of the..fifth. floor`only involved the roof line since most 40 of the interior changes would be accomplished in almost the same amount of space 41 as had been dedicated for. -the loft units. He could not see any adverse impact 42 on the neighbors from the height increase- and' said it appeared to him that there 43 was a good chance only four units would need to be added to the project. The 44 Commissioner indicated he perceives there is a tremendous acceptance of the 45 Kenzington in the community as evidenced by the fact that it had been estimated 46 that 55% of the potential buyers were -from the Village and he pointed out the 47 fact that .there had been unanimous support for the changes from the Council . 48 49 Commissioner. Bowerman indicated he still perceives this to be a very viable 50 concept which- had not changed substantially from the proposal which had been 51 approved by the City. He said he could certainly understand the economic realities 52 which had been presented as justification for the plan change and he agreed with ® 53 Commissioner Jones that.-.there had' been very little change in the interior square 54 footage. 55