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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION -- JUNE 1,2005 14 but this area was ideal tor this type or a development and it was a friendly, compatible . use to the area. He believed once they were done with the development, the wildlife would come back into the area. He stated this development was only slightly modified trom the ordinances. He notcd they had 40 perccnt open space and he helieved they wcre wcll within the spirit and intent of the Neighborhood Business zoning. He requested the Commission recommend this proposal to go forward to the City Council. _ He stated thcy were willing to accept all of the conditions noted in statTs report. Vice Chair Zimmerman asked about unit tumover. Mr. Black statcd these units would be handled the exact same way as a townhome association would handle vacant units and the maintenance would be an ongoing rcsponsibility of the association. Commissioner Bczdicek asked if they had completed a feasihility study. Mr. Black replied their teasibility study was their experience and being ahle to successfully build and close these types of developments, as well as a tremendous amount or phone calls they had received. He noted they would complete this project in two years. Commissioner Bezdicek asked if they would have a cel1ain amount of their Phase one sold prior to start of construction. Mr. Black stated they would not proceed with the project if they felt it would fail and thcy were eontident that they would procecd with the tirst phase and did not see any reason why they would not start the second phase. He stated they have had 10 units that have already heen asked about. . Commissioner Larson asked if thcre would be any multi-tenant units. Mr. Black replicd therc would be no multi-tenant units and they were not proposing that typc of a sct up. Mr. Caldwell rcquested they not adopt this tonight unless they wcre going to inelude the provisions in the PUD document they were recommending. Vice Chair Zimmerman closed thc public hearing comment at 9:32 p.m. Commissioner Zimmerman statcd he believed with the additional tive rccommcndations given tonight by staff and the comments made hy at this puhlic hearing, this needed to be tabled for fm1her evaluation. Hc indicated he had studicd this t()r a couplc of days and there were a lot of things brought torward tonight that had not becn considered and by tahling this would give everyone a bctter chance to understand how this project worked. Commissioner McClung concuned with thosc comments. He stated he lived in this part of the City and the traffic has suhstantially changed in the past tew ycars. He helicved they had some serious traffic challenges that necded to be looked at. He ex pressed conccrn ahout the trail and having ten feet hetween the huilding and the edge of the trail was not user friendly. lie suggcsted they provide more dcpth hetwecn the trail and the building. He stated he was not comt'()11able approving this tonight due to the additional conditions given by staff tonight as well as the commcnts received by the public. . Mr. Clark stated they could continue this to the July 6 mecting and thcn turn this around to the July 11 City Council meeting.