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-7= 1 The architect said he was not concerned with not providing enough parking spaces • 2 with the availability of parking within the Kenzington and what he perceived 3 was the potential of most of the clientele within walking distance of the build- 4 ing. There was a short discussion of how snow plowing and removal could be 5 handled without cutting down the available parking. 6 7 Mr. Schluender was concerned that the new building would cut off the light on 8 his property and was told the City had done shadow -studies for the larger 9 Kenzington building and they had shown the shadow case would extend barely past 10 the alley. Mr. Guttormson said the fact that the mass of the building would be 11 on the southwest corner should take away from the impact on the Schluender 12 property. The architect also -said the low level lighting planned for the 13 building should cause them no problems either. Mr. Schluender indicated with 14 parking on the alley, he perceived the alley would be used just like a road as 15 it is now with the construction of the Kenzington. The homeowner indicated he 16 perceived a major change was being made in the proposal this time and questioned 17 how the previous variances could apply now. He thought all the previous 18 variances should be resubmitted for approval again. The architect told him there 19 had been no change in the concept at all but only a different roof was being 20 added and the proposed drive-through was being filled in. As Mr. and Mrs. 21 Schluender left, the latter told the Commissioners that she "just hated the whole 22 project" . She also perceived they "would be buried in snow" . 23 24 Mr. Childs indicated a study is planned on the impact all the new construction 25 would be having on the traffic in that- area with the thought that medians might 26 be rearranged for better traffic flow. The consensus was that it would be • 27 preferable to have all building employees park in back -of the building because 28 if that were done there would probably not be as much alley movement during 29 the day. When Mr. Guttormson recalled the extent of the parking for the Legion 30 Club, Commissioner Hansen reminded him that the club never opened until after noon. 31 32 The Commissioner then stated that he considered this to be a very good proposal 33 and recognizing the site restraints, a well planned project, but indicated he 34 was still concerned that parking and traffic flows would result in street .35 parking. He said the twelve additional parking- spaces being requested repre- 36 sented almost 20% reduction of what the ordinance requires, which "might be 37 more than has ever been granted before" . Commissioner Madden indicated he 38 was not just concerned with the numbers- but, the way in which vehicles would 39 be forced to come in and out of the property. 40 .f 41 The architect indicated there had actually been 12 feet of parking lost to the I 42 project with -the discovery that the first proposal had been based on a bad survey 43 and he said he had spent many hours since that discovery trying to find a valid 44 way ofproviding the same number of-parking spaces and some landscaping to add 45 some "life to the site". The Manager agreed that it had been a hard task for 46 the developer to fit a viable project on a parcel with such a difficult shape. 47 He observed that if the landscaping were eliminated, the site would be right 48 back to what it was with the Legion Club. Mr. Childs indicated he expected 49 neither the Commission nor the Council would consider 42 parking spaces enough 50 unless some commitment were made by the developer to provide parking spaces in 51 the Kenzington to make up at least six spaces. He conceded it might be difficult . 52 to legally get such an agreement but indicated he was certain some creative 53 lawyer would find a way to do just that. 54 55 The hearing was closed at 9:45 P.M.