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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 20, 2011 Page 6 1 uncertainty regarding the property's history and requested that staff work with the building 2 official to determine next steps. 3 4 3. LA NEL ASSISTED LIVING— SITE REVIEW 5 6 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes presented the staff report. 7 8 Mr. Greg Bronk, President of LaNel Financial, appeared before the Planning Commission and 9 introduced Jay Nelson, architect, and Frank Lang and Gene Nelson(Lang-Nelson). He stated 10 that they have enjoyed a good relationship with the City and are now proposing to build a 72-unit 11 assisted living facility adjacent to the Autumn Woods apartments. He added they see an 12 immediate use within the campus to provide additional housing for residents in an assisted living 13 facility and would like to proceed with construction this year. 14 15 Mr. Nelson presented images of the proposed building and stated that the site plan is largely 16 similar to its previous arrangement on the site. He stated that parking will be available along the 17 side and they will be making application to the County to allow parking along the street, similar 18 to the parking allowed further up the street, and they believe this will help promote this as a 19 growing urban area. He indicated that water retention has been a big interest on the site and they 20 plan to provide rain gardens around the perimeter of the site. 21 22 Commissioner Cincoski asked about staff parking availability. 23 24 Mr. Nelson explained that the current lots are underused and they plan to make use of those lots 25 for staff. 26 27 Mr. Bronk indicated that in other communities of this size,there is a staff requirement of 26 28 people at different times throughout the day. He stated that there are 59 parking spaces available 29 at Autumn Woods, together with the underground parking and in front of the entrance, there will 30 be a total of 82 parking stalls available. He added that an indentation is planned on Kenzie 31 Terrace with parking available on the street. He advised that they do not currently see a need to 32 purchase additional land for the development. 33 34 4. CHANDLER PLACE—ENCROACHMENT VARIANCE INTO FRONT YARD OF 35 PORTE-COCHERE 36 37 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes presented the staff report. 38 39 Mr. Alan Plutowski, Trossen Wright Plutowski Architects,PA, appeared before the Planning 40 Commission and explained that Chandler Place is an independent and assisted living facility with 41 a memory care component as well as a skilled nursing facility. He stated that as you drive into 42 the facility, there is currently a 24' drive with a drop-off area containing a pitched roof vestibule 43 enclosure that encroaches into the current setback. He indicated that the main reason for 44 constructing the porte-cochere is to provide better safety for residents because the slope of the 45 drive is steep and unprotected. He advised that they have narrowed the drive slightly in order to 46 get the column structure for the canopy which will create a one-way situation where people can