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5313 CITY Or Sr. ANTHONY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MIWTES • June 26, 1984 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sundland at 8:36 p.m. Present for roll call: Sundland; Vice Chair Enrooth; Secretary/Treasurer Marks; and Commissioners Ranallo and Makowske. Also present: David Childs, Executive Director; William Soth, Attorney; and Larry Hamer, Public Works Director. Motion by Commissioner Makowske and seconded by Vice Chair Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes of the H.R.A. meeting held May 22, 1984. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Commissioner Ranallo and seconded by Secretary/Treasurer ;.larks to approve payment of 51,745.96 to Dorsey f, hhitney for legal services during April on the Kenzie Terrace 202 senior housing project and $1,097.50 to GME Consultants, Inc. for the soil report for the same project. Motion carried unanimously. The data on the Metropolitan Council's rating on the 202 project had been included in the agenda packet and Mr. Chi Ids reiterated that the Citi, Toject had been tied • for first place with the Archdiocesan project in Rogers, Plinnesota. In his June 22 memorandum, the Executive Director had addressed the three cash flow studies done by the Springsted company for the proposed lialbon redevelopment project at 33rd Avenue N.E. and Highcrest Road follooing the meeting with neighbors ie tthat area. He said the studies had indicated the proposed 34 unit toHnhome project with land sales proceeds of 54,000 per unit would be more feasible with a lower land purchase cost and -higher level of land sale than the development of nine single family dwellings or the same number of townhomes with no land sale proceeds, which both required substantial tax levies for 25 years to meet cash flow needs. Mr. Childs presented the revised plans for the townhome development which had been modified to meet the objections of the neighbor across the street, Virgil Hietal, who with Vi Dorumsgard, an opponent of the proposal spoke. Mr. Hietala said his first impression had been that he would be facing eight garages which would all be exiting on 33rd Avenue. He said, "with the revisions, the proposal would now be the lesser of two evils", which he could accept. Mrs. Dorumsgard who said she does not live in the home at 33rd Avenue N.E. where her son -lives, 'because I asked him to", indicated she was .opposed to having 48 feet of her house facing the back of a townhome project. She thought the developer could make enough profit building two single family homes on; the land which was just rezoned for that purpose and only 30-townhomes on .the-rest.of the Walbon property. Mrs. Dorumsgard reiterated the problems she has had over the years with •the triangular shaped parcel in front of her picture window and said the Walbon's attorney:is now stalling' the transfer of the land to her.