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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 22, 2011 Page 3 2 Mr. Greg Bronk, President of LaNel Financial Group, appeared before the City Council and 3 presented the site plan showing the existing apartments and proposed site for development of the 4 assisted living facility. He pointed out the excess parking proposed to be shared with the future 5 development and explained that each apartment has one underground parking stall available and 6 City Code requires 34 parking spaces for the assisted living facility. He stated they have 7 requested that the County allow 13 parking stalls to be added along Kenzie Terrace, there are 18 8 underground stalls in the proposed building, and there are 13 parking stalls available at the front 9 entrance of the building, for a total of 44 parking stalls, which exceeds the requirement of 34. 10 He indicated that the parking lot is currently striped for 59 parking spaces and seven of those 11 spaces will be eliminated with the new development; however, at any given time, only 12 approximately 14 spaces are being used in this lot. He stated that up to 82 parking spaces would 13 be available considering the excess parking available on the adjacent lot. He added that 14 approximately 36 jobs would be added in the City as part of the assisted living facility and would 15 the project would create jobs during the year -long construction period. 16 17 Mr. Jay Nelson, Architect, appeared before the City Council and presented several drawings of 18 the site and proposed building. He stated the ends of the building and the roof are stepped down 19 to decrease mass. He advised that storm water from the roof will be collected in ponding areas 20 to an area where the water will be treated before entering the City's storm sewer system; in 21 addition, gutters and downspouts on the building will collect water and diverted to the drainage 22 system. He reviewed the frontage along Kenzie Terrace and the applicant's proposed one foot 23 encroachment to allow a 6' porch. He indicated that a 6' vinyl privacy fence will be constructed 24 on the site. He also reviewed the landscape plan which includes major plantings around the 25 perimeter of the building, screening plantings in several areas, and decorative trees at 1.5 caliper 26 inches and larger trees at 2.5 caliper inches. He noted that they want to leave the area in the back 27 of the project as undisturbed as possible because this area is heavily wooded. 28 29 Councilmember Gray asked if there are plans to upgrade the retaining wall on the east side of the 30 site and/or to upgrade the fencing in this area. 31 32 Mr. Bronk replied that the existing wall seems to be in good shape and they planned to leave the 33 fencing on the east side as is. 34 35 Mr. Mark Gibbs, 2617 Lowry Avenue, appeared before the City Council and asked what the total 36 height of the proposed building will be. He also asked how close the corner of the building will 37 be to his property line. 38 39 Mr. Nelson stated the height of the building, if measured from the peak, will be 54'8". He stated 40 that the building will be approximately 21'6" from the property line at 2617 Lowry Avenue. 41 42 Mr. Royal Anderson, 2621 Lowry Avenue, appeared before the City Council and presented a 43 written list of his concerns to the City Council. He expressed concern that he was not duly 44 notified of the Planning Commission public hearing. 45