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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes March 18, 2025 Page 9 years ago, they spent a lot of money on the driveway and will be doing seal-coating. Their 1 driveway is a no-go zone for the construction process. She asked what recourse would be if 2 construction trucks were parked in their area. She was happy to hear it is an assisted living 3 facility. 4 5 Mr. Tibrock commented that Ms. Peluso is correct residents will not be using public 6 transportation. They would be transported via vans to medical appointments or field trips. The 7 trash area will be per the ordinances. There will not be a cover or roof, but the trash 8 receptacles will have covers. They would not be opposed to another location but with the 9 width of the site, a trash truck will need to be able to access it. The landscaping plan will be 10 reviewed with City Staff according to Code. They would like to break ground late summer 11 and anticipate an 8-month project. The construction traffic will be subject to a plan and a silt 12 fence is necessary. They will be the general contractor with a job supervisor present on site. If 13 there are issues, the job supervisor should take care of them. The construction personnel may 14 use most of the on-street parking. 15 16 Ms. Peluso made further comments from the audience, which could not be heard. 17 18 Mr. Adam Rautio, 3763 Foss Road, thanked everyone for their comments. He has lived in St. 19 Anthony for 12 years and is the past president of the townhome association. He has worked at 20 a nursing home previously. There are 4 populations that come to a facility like this – residents, 21 staff, medical, and visitors, along with volunteers. One parking space will be handicapped 22 accessible. Foss is more narrow than Chandler. 11 parking spots would be a concern. He 23 asked if the parking could be on the first level, with the facility on the second and third levels. 24 Could garbage be in the tuck-under also. He asked St. Anthony do some research on other 25 similar facilities in the Twin Cities area. 26 27 Mr. Joe Rutsch, lives in Townhomes of St. Anthony, on the north side of the proposed 28 development. He believes the variances are for high density in an already highly dense 29 community. This will cause a lot of hardships for the neighbors. The ordinances are to protect 30 the neighbors’ comfort. Some mitigation of the hardships would be nice. Parking is a main 31 issue. On Saturdays and Sundays, the parking is full. He asked for a sign saying parking is 32 only available to Foss Road residents. He requested that some barrier/landscaping be put on 33 the north side of the property. The storm drain is also a concern. He wants to make sure their 34 driveway is protected and suggested an escrow be created in the event there is damage. Chair 35 Socha asked about parking on the street and asked who is parking there. Mr. Roush stated 36 there are cars from the apartment buildings. There is also traffic from the nursing home. Mr. 37 Roush stated he would like to have parking for visitors to the townhomes also. The variance is 38 for less parking spaces. 39 40 Ms. Andrea Braun, 3741 Foss Road, in the townhomes, stated there are 14 townhomes which 41 are all owner occupied. They are quiet and good neighbors. She has two issues related to the 42 assisted living. More density on the street cannot be handled unless something is done on the 43 street. All the parking spaces are used during shift changes at Chandler Place and the nursing 44 home. People are double-parking on Foss Road. It doesn’t get plowed decently because none 45 of the cars move. She took pictures of the parking during the winter and can provide them to 46