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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 Page 5 1 Ms. Weiler stated the landscape plan lists two perennials, one hundred Persian blue plants and 2 56 shrub roses. She encouraged the developer to diversify the plant selections to prolong 3 bloom times and also to incorporate more perennials, including pollinator and native plants. 4 Shrub roses are favorites of Japanese Beatles and she did not think they would be a very 5 attractive plant given the propensity of infestation. She thought more consideration needs to 6 be made in really making the ground a beautiful place for the residents to enjoy and also for 7 all of St. Anthony. 8 9 Mr. Jesse Pikturna, 2616 27th Avenue NE, St. Anthony, stated he missed the presentation but 10 did not know how the City could approve this. These density levels are higher than are 11 allowed. He noted the City recently denied a project in part because of these kind of extreme 12 density levels and nothing has changed. There is absolutely no reason why all of a sudden 13 something could be approved at these density levels. He indicated codes are not a minimum 14 to be challenged and pushed against, codes are supposed to be the upper limit. This kind of 15 density does not work in St. Anthony, it does not work with single family and the 16 Commission cannot approve it. This sets a dangerous precedent and the whole site will then 17 be developed with these kinds of density levels and just last year the City said this density 18 cannot be supported by St. Anthony. He thought this needs to be denied and that the City 19 does not have a choice. He did not think this works for St. Anthony. 20 21 Ms. Jeanette Fleming, resident of Kenzington Condominiums, asked how the owner was 22 planning on running this building as a CCRC with entrance fees for the residents. Mr. Wall 23 explained there will not be an entrance fee model where someone pays a large fee to come in. 24 There is generally a community fee when entering, which is nominal, and there it is a base 25 rent plus services that the resident would need. 26 27 Chairperson Westrick closed the public hearing at 8:10 p.m. 28 29 Commissioner Erickson asked Mr. Wall with the change in the number of units to 135, how 30 would that change the allocation of independent living, assisted living and memory care. He 31 also asked if that changed the mix of the one bedrooms and the studio’s and one bedrooms 32 with dens at all. Mr. Wall stated they actually increased the number of one bedrooms in the 33 assisted living, reduced the number of studios in independent living to, he believed, zero or 34 near that and increased the number of one bedroom and den in independent living and 35 increased some of the unit sizes in assisted living. They had a smaller building when this was 36 initially discussed with the City at 133 units and 170 thousand square feet. They are now at 37 181 thousand square feet and have increased the size of some of the buildings in large part, 38 due to COVID-19 and dealing with infection control. He explained the units have gone larger 39 and went closer to what the market wants today for better units. He noted in today’s market 40 studio units do not sell in independent living, these do work in assisted living though. 41 42 Commissioner Erickson asked if the Haven Road project in Bloomington similar amenity and 43 quality wise to this proposal. Mr. Wall indicated it was similar but believed some of the specs 44 on this project might be a little higher quality on the inside but generally speaking their goal 45 was to match it as close as possible. 46