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Autumn Woods Assisted Living, Saint Anthony, MN Page 2 8/10/2009 to provide a drop-off near the front door and parking for visitors and staff.The compact 4 story design will preserve the green areas of the site by providing a compact footprint that will shorten residents walking distance to the centrally located elevator.There will be onsite rainwater retention and rain gardens. Fifteen exterior parking spaces will spaces for staff and visitors.The rest of the parking for the project will be inside the building to limit the hard surface areas and maximize green space areas.The building will be fully fire sprinklered.Typical amenities may include community dining with a full service kitchen,screen porch, parlor, beauty parlor, library,exercise room, chapel, activity room. On site staff will provide assisted living services. A major goal will be to maintain the heavy treeline screening along the south boarder of the site. One attendee said that the drainage issue off the south end of the existing west parking area should be resolved because the rainwater spills onto Lowry Avenue. One lady,Barbara Sullivan who is a descendent of'Kenzie', said that she was an environmental activist and that she would monitor the public information regarding this project. She is very concerned about soil testing and if our rain water gardens will cause the homes on Lowry to have wet basements One question was about evacuation of the residents if the elevator was disabled in a fire.I explained that the code required an area of refuge v-i the stair enclosures. It was suggested that fencing along the south property line of the site would keep visitors from straying onto adjacent private properties. Perhaps that fence could be a vision barrier,although it was recognized that much of the new building would be above any fence height. Glenn Gavic's home is one of the 5 directly behind the site on Lowry. He was mainly concerned about the fence but did mention that he and 2 others want to sell their property. Out door patio space was not shown on the plans. Everyone thought that an exterior patio would be a good idea. Concern was expressed about traffic issues. I explained that there would be no new curb cuts. Greg Bronk said that the expectation is that this project will not generate a significant amount of new traffic because many of the residents will not be drivers.The majority of new traffic would be by staff, service vehicles, and visitors. When asked about ground water conditions we could only say that there has not been any soils testing yet. Greg Bronk said that the underground parking in the existing Autumn Woods Apartments was working out without difficulty. A question was asked about environmental testing.I explained that the Phase 1 Environmental Test was not done yet but that I expected that it will be part of the process ahead for this project.