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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes February 26, 2018 Page 14 Ms. Andrea Voss, 3417 31st Avenue, asked if assisted living will have any group residential 1 housing units and if so, how many and if elderly waiver services will be accepted. She works in 2 this field and the assisted living across the street is not full. 3 4 Mr. Thomas Issacson, 2604 Pahl Avenue, supports the overall density of this development. He 5 referred to the resolutions and stated he would support changing 27th Avenue to one-way and 6 putting in speed bumps. He thanked the developers for taking the time to explain the grading and 7 stated he would like to see affordable housing. 8 9 Ms. Kay Barrett, 2551 38th Avenue NE, stated at the Council meeting following the second 10 presentation meeting, the Mayor stated if there is no affordable housing the project will not go 11 through. She noted the purchasers did not own the Bremer Bank site. 12 13 Chair Papatola stated there were many questions about affordable housing, traffic concerns, 14 private security, buffer zone between existing Kenzington Development, assessments due to 15 infrastructure improvements, water retention, projected rent costs, group residential housing in 16 the assisted living building, school district study, and elderly waivers. 17 18 Ms. Rothstein responded Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and Hennepin County will 19 permit all access and permits associated with the road and sidewalks in their right-of-way. There 20 is no retail proposed in this project. The project is guided for high density residential. This 21 development is proposed to pay for all the infrastructure required through its private financing. 22 She explained there is a request for TIF that the City Council will determine at a future date. 23 Roadway assessments are done when a street plan is planned at that time. She stated the school 24 district has completed a study of their projected enrollment over the next five years, not 25 including this project. The City has been in close discussion with the School District and they 26 have this project on their radar. 27 28 Mr. Chuck Rickert stated they did not look at changing 27th to a one-way in their study. The 29 study did not show any impact to the north and no improvements were considered as part of the 30 study. The traffic from the mobile home park was just used as a comparison. He stated they also 31 looked at general traffic growth for the study and a full build of the area. 32 33 Mr. Wilson stated there are 17 studio units that are 80% of AMI. 34 35 Ms. Susan Farr, Ebenezer, stated one Elderly Waiver is applied for it is accepted at 10%. They 36 are the largest provider of low income housing in Minneapolis with almost 500 units and anyone 37 in the Ebenezer system is put on a wait list and they get first priorities on projects that they do 38 not manage. Some of the buildings do have GRH and the Elderly Waiver. Ten to twelve units 39 would qualify for elderly waiver. There would be 91 units that have some affordability. 40 41 Mr. Wilson stated they would have no objection to permit parking. The landscape architect 42 would suggest species of plants. He clarified currently they are 70 feet from the property line and 43 the Kenzington is 18 feet from the property line. The real number is 88 feet between the 44 buildings. The surface lot would be constructed and the proof of parking would only be 45 constructed if deemed necessary. The north leg could be moved 17 feet but could not be moved 46