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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2018 Page 13 concern for all. She is disappointed with the City in their level of support for the displaced 1 Lowry Grove residents. 2 3 Mr. Andrew May, 2500 27th Avenue NE, stated they back up to the property. He complimented 4 the development team for listening to the neighborhoods and stated he has a couple of issues. He 5 is in favor of the plan, noting staff’s recommendation to shift the buildings would affect the 6 parkway. He is opposed to TIF financing on this project and doesn’t believe the entire property 7 should be owned by CPG. 8 9 Ms. Antonia Alvarez, Lakeside Mobile Home Park, stated she was displaced from Lowry Grove. 10 She noted in the principles and values of the City is protection for people living in affordable 11 housing, but this has not been accomplished as not one single resident was able to stay in St. 12 Anthony in affordable housing. She stated one person committed suicide and they have been 13 directly affected. She does not know who is benefitting as many of the Lowry Grove residents 14 are still homeless and their families have been separated. She asked the Commission to think of 15 the 100 families that were displaced from St. Anthony and were discriminated against. 16 17 Mr. Perry Thorvig, 3112 Townview Avenue, stated last fall he appeared and gave several 18 recommendations for this project and almost all have been complied with as far as density, 19 height of buildings, no alley use, change in setbacks from Stinson, garage setbacks from the 20 alley, and amount of parking. He recommended 110 affordable housing units and asked what the 21 City will do on the affordable housing. 22 23 Ms. Mary Jean Higgins, 2712 St. Anthony Blvd., stated they bought their house in 1981. She 24 asked about impact on the school district, if a study was done, by whom, and what was the result. 25 26 Ms. Carol Weiler, 2312 St. Anthony Pkwy., stated this has been a long and difficult process. She 27 would have preferred that Lowry Grove continue to be the manufactured home park that it was. 28 She feels the new plan is a significant improvement as its fit with the existing neighborhood. She 29 stated the market rate building is very large and she would like to see more of a variation of the 30 height of that building. She asked the developer to respect the neighborhood in Northeast 31 Minneapolis and stated she feels the traffic study is flawed as Minneapolis is being forced to bear 32 the burden of this project. She does not want to give up their green space and appreciates the 33 developer’s work to try to preserve as many mature trees as possible. 34 35 Mr. John Grevious, Minneapolis resident, applauded the improvements that have been made. He 36 spoke on the housing density, noting the affordable housing needs to be addressed and suggested 37 it be served in a lower density site (Wal-Mart) site. 38 39 Ms. Sandy Sherman, 4008 Foss Road, stated she lives in a high-density area of St. Anthony. She 40 has felt safe there for the last 25 years and is concerned with having affordable housing available 41 to people who need it. She asked what the projected rents will be for each type of dwelling 42 within this project, noting they were promised by the City Council that everyone was concerned 43 about affordable housing. She felt the refusal of the developer to include affordable housing 44 within this project is the issue and she is opposed to the project and to any TIF. 45 46