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-16- 1 Commissioner Madden indicated he enthusiastically endorsed the amended project • 2 which to him was very attractive. 3 4 Commissioner Hansen indicated he intended to vote for the amendment because he 5 perceives the Kenzington ..as "a great project", said he would support all the 6 proposed changes and that he liked the new architectural design. However, he 7 reiterated his unhappi.ness at not having _more- time to consider the changes and 8 told Mr. Yurick he believed the developer .owed it to the potential buyers who 9 have suffered much .through the delays to let them know about any changes well in 10 advance. of their being put into effect. . When he asked Mr. Yurick whether he 11 really believed the project would be lost if' F & M demands were-:not met, the 12 Arkell Vice President said the bank officials had indicated they would not go 13 through with their commitment of funds for the project if the -loan to value ratios 14 were not met. Commissioner Bowerman' reminded 'Commissioner Hansen that there is still 15 a week left .before the Council takes-final action on the P.U.D. amendments,-during 16 which time Arkell should be sure to contact all of the current buyers. 17 18 The Chair Pro Tem indicated she perceived one plus side of the new proposal would 19 be the provision for more affordable housing for, residential buyers. She also 20 liked the new design for the building and was very glad to see the interior park- 21 ing areas would be enclosed and heated. She said she shared Commissioner Bjorkl-und's 22 dislike of high buildings but perceived the requested- height increase to be 23 negligible when compared to what was .originally approved by. the City and would \,-24 have no adverse effect on the appeal of the .project to prospective buyers- 25 26 Motion by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to recommend 27 the Council amend the Kenzington preliminary P. U.D. to allow the revised archi- 28 tectural 'design proposed for the .Kenzington by Arkell Development which would 29 increase.the height- of the. building to .five stories and-from 49 feet to 50 feet, 30 six inches from grade to the underside of the mansard roof, and to permit a 31 maximum of 150, rather than 134, units-'.to be'developed under a proposal which 32 would .also provide two additional parking spaces in the underground parking area 33 both levels of which would now be enclosed and heatedand four additional guest 34 parking spaces in front of the building. 35 36 Voting on the motion: 37 38 Aye: Jones, Bowerman, Madden, Franzese; and Hansen. 39 40 Nay: Bjorklund. 41 42 Motion carried. 43 44 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to designate 45 Rosemary Franzese to serve as Planning Commission Chair for. calendar year -1985. 46 47. Voting on the motion: 48 49 Aye Bjorklund, Hansen, Bowerman, Jones and Hansen. 50 51 Abstention" uFnanzese. • 52 53 Motion carried. 54 55