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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES December 2, 1985 1 The meeting was called to order by Chair Franzese at 7:30 P.M. 2 3 Present for roll call : Franzese, Bowerman, Hansen, Bjorklund, Wagner and Madden. 4 5 Absent: Jones. 6 7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager, and, as observers, Councilmembers 8 Ranallo and Marks. 9 10 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to approve the 11 minutes of the Commission meeting held November 19, 1985 with the following 12 changes: 13 14 Page 9, Line 30: Substitute "west" for "south" . 15 16 Page 9, Line 39: Substitute "north" for "west" . 17 18 Motion carried unanimously. 19 20 Commissioner Bjorklund indicated he would be willing to present the evening 's 21 minutes at the Council meeting next evening . 22 23 At 7:40 P.M. the Chair opened the public hearing to consider the request from 24 Arkell Development Company for an amendment of the Development Concept Plan for 25 the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project under the City P. U.D. Ordinance for the 26 developer' s preliminary proposal to change the project use from market rate 27 condominiums (_300 units in 3 buildings ranging from 5 to 8 stories in height) to 28 market rate elderly rental DOD units in 2 buildings of 5 and 8 stories) with an 29 average rental rate of approximately $800 a month and to include 33,000 square 30 feet of commercial use in the first building . 31 32 In his November 27th memorandum to the Commissioners, Mr. Childs had indicated the 33 Parking for residential units would all be underground and the developers propose 34 to provide 120 parking spaces in conjunction with the commercial use. The Manager 35 had indicated staff had recommended approval of Arkell 's request, recognizing that 36 minor fine-tuning of the Plan could take place in the detail and final phases of 37 the P.U.D. process. As he had stated in his memorandum, Mr. Childs reiterated that 38 the notice of the hearing had been sent to all property owners of record within 39 350 feet of the project site, a meeting with adjacent merchants to discuss the 40 Proposed addition of commercial had been held November 27th, and information about 41 the project had been sent to Alderman Dziedzic 's office. The Manager reported 42 staff had hand delivered 50 notices of the November 27th meeting with the 43 St. Anthony Shopping Center merchants but only four had attended that meeting . 44 He also said no objections to the changes had been registered with staff since JW145 the meeting. 46 4 6 The proposed parking for the commercial would be adequate under the City ordinances and Mr. Childs reported, the developers had indicated the building quality would