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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes March 18, 2025 Page 10 the City. There needs to be a plan to get that street plowed. She is concerned about seniors 1 crossing the street. She has lived in St. Anthony since the mid-80’s. Plowing is great in the 2 residential areas. Her area is also residential, but they are forgotten. There is no room to add 3 more cars. She does not believe 11 spots are sufficient. Her mother was in assisted living, and 4 there were a lot of visitors including medical staff. She suggested that underground parking be 5 used. She asked about noise from the garbage trucks and could they be scheduled at a 6 reasonable hour along with deliveries. Her bedroom faces the property. 7 8 Ms. Leeann Eklund, who lives in townhouses, is wondering what happens to her townhouse if 9 there is damage when greenspace is being torn up. She does not want to have to use insurance 10 if her property is damaged. There are many dead trees on the property. She is in the end unit 11 of the townhomes. 12 13 Mr. Robert Patterson has lived in St. Anthony for 60+ years and in the townhomes for 44 14 years. He asked if there could be 68 residents in the assisted living facility, and the response 15 was there would only be 38 residents. Parking is the big issue. There will only be 6 spaces 16 available for visitors. Some of the visitors will need to park on the street. 4 existing parking 17 spaces will be removed due to the driveway. Another issue is snow plowing. There needs to 18 be places to put the snow. The street will be very busy. There will be ambulances and metro 19 mobility vans causing a lot of traffic on the street. He asked if there needs to be an 20 environmental impact statement. 21 22 Ms. Kathy V., stated she lives in townhomes and hears all the noise from Foss Road. The 23 flashing lights from police cars can be seen from her townhome. The noise will be increased. 24 25 Mr. Tibrock stated that this is a pretty small 34-unit senior development. Staff will be no more 26 than 5 staff at a time. Visitors should not create a parking issue. They do not feel parking will 27 be an issue. A nursing home would have far more staff than this facility. With underground 28 parking would not solve the problem and would be a huge expense. They are not too dense 29 and are within the area designated by the City. They will stay away from the storm sewer 30 which will need the variance to the south. They would be open to the sign on Foss Road. 31 Hours for garbage pickup and other deliveries can be addressed. The property will be fenced 32 during construction. Soil borings were done on the property and they are fine. 33 34 Comments made by Andrea Braun were inaudible. 35 36 Ms. Margaret Patterson, 3761 Foss Road, stated she is a retired nurse practitioner and spent 37 her career visiting care facilities. She believes only 4 of the beds can be under elderly waiver. 38 In assisted living, people don’t stay the same and need more care. 39 40 Chair Socha closed the public hearing at 9:18 p.m. 41 42 Commissioner Morita stated he hears and feels the pain for snow removal, as that is a City 43 issue rather than a Planning Commission issue. He agrees that healthcare needs change for 44 residents. He has concerns about parking. He believes the number of visitors is 45 underestimated. He has concerns about moving this forward. 46