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-3- 1 The Alderman perceived these units would be too accessible to the University of • 2 Minnesota and warned the Commission that they might experience the same problems 3 Minneapolis has in Southeast Minneapolis, where "overcrowdedness" had resulted 4 in the whole "gamut of municipal problems" for the City such as parking and 5 parties and having to .provide extra police to respond to both. 6 7 Alderman Dziedzic advised the Commissioners to look to see what could happen 8 five to ten years down the road, citing the problem Minneapolis is now experiencing 9 with senior vacancies in the City's 43 highrises which H.U.D. is insisting 10 be kept filled and in spite of his own protests, the City and staff had decided 11 to open -t o other,�,,peopl,e than,.seni ors the-'Al de;rman�.sa`i& "that:mi x =i,s' not:.goi ng 12 real 'well ". 13 14 Alderman Dziedzic apologized for "butting in" but said he had- been there 15 when the first planning had been made for this project and he really appreciated 16 the effort :St. Anthony was making to provide real nice housing for this area. 17 The Alderman's comments were met with applause from the audience. 18 19 RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC 20 21 Besides echoing the Alderman's concerns about the possibility that five or 22 six college students would be crowding into one unit to save money, other 23 concerns of Minneapolis speakers were that: 24 25 - drainage from the new construction would flood Lowry Avenue when the 26 rains come in the spring; • 27 - traffic from the project would further congest Minneapolis streets south of 28 the site; 29 30 - neighbors close to the project would not be notified if the developer changes 31 his mind again because of the project's cost and the project use returns to 32 rental to anyone without their input; 33 - the buildings would eventually be converted to subsidized housing; 34 35 - the vandalism and loitering the neighbors have experienced in the past with 36 the Fun Center would be accelerated with families living in these buildings; 37 - one elevator per building would not be sufficient for senior residents and 38 it might be left up to Minneapolis neighbors to get them out of a builidng in case 39 of fire; 40 41 - St. Anthony might not have water close to the site to fight fires; 42 - the one lane on Lowry might not be enough for emergency vehicles to reach the 43 project. 44 45 QUESTIONS RAISED BY RESIDENTS OF BOTH CITIES 46 47 - why families would ever pay the rents quoted by the developer when they could 4 8 rent or buy a house for the same monthly payments; 49 50 - whether the building construction couldibe phased with senior rental tried 51 first, and if not successful , the second rented to anyone; • 52 - what market analysis had convinced the developers to build for senior rental 53 initially and then led them to think that wasn't such a good idea at this 54 time; 55