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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 2003 Page 4 Motion by Councilmember Faust to adopt Resolution No. 03-048, vacating right-of-way easements on Silver Lake Road relating to redevelopment of the Stonehouse area. 3 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 6 VI. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND STAFF. 7 A. Planning Commission meeting—July 15, 2003. 8 1. Resolution 03-051, re: LaNel's (Autumn Woods II, LLP), request to amend the 9 Planned Unit Development for an additional 38 units of adult rental housing at 10 properties currently addressed as 2534, 2538, 2542, 2546 and 2548 Kenzie 11 Terrace. 12 13 Chris Melsha, a representative from the Planning Commission, came forward to address the 14 Council. 15 16 Mr. Melsha noted President Paul Brewer of LaNel Financial Group, representing Autumn 17 Woods II, LLP, met with Planning Commission members at the December 2002 meeting 18 concerning their preliminary plans for construction of a housing development called Autumn 19 Wood Villas slated for the 2500 block of Kenzie Terrace. He added LaNel Financial returned 20 with final development plans on July 15, 2003, for a public hearing to amend their existing PUD 21 for an additional 38 units of adult rental housing. Mr. Melsha discussed the items amended in 22 the PUD. Staff felt the developer had proposed an excellent fit with the adjacent Autumn Woods' 25 development and recommended approval of the PUD amendment subject to the following: 26 27 1. There would be 38 parking stalls, rather than the 35 proposed. 28 2. Review of the plans and cross easements by the City Attorney. 29 3. Completion of the re-plat. 30 31 Mayor Hodson stated he felt this was an excellent project. 32 33 Motion by Councilmember Sparks to adopt Resolution 03-051, relating to a request by Autumn 34 Woods II, LLP, for an amendment to an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) for an 35 additional 38 units of adult rental housing at properties currently addressed as 2534, 2538, 2542, 36 2546 and 2548 Kenzie Terrace subject to the stated conditions. 37 38 Discussion: 39 40 Councilmember Faust noted this long-range project had been in process since 1996 or 1997. He 41 felt it would bring something nice into the community. 42 43 Councilmember Thuesen felt this result was the fruit of an outstanding project. He noted it had 44 resulted from patience, as the City had slowly purchased property in the area and did not"jump" 0 at the first thing it saw. He added the project would clean up an area that needed renovating. 47 Mayor Hodson noted the completed project would definitely increase the tax base.