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Regular City Council Meeting AND Board of Adjustments and Appeals Monday,July 09, 2012 Page 7 jority of nursing students would be using shuttle service provided by North- western College from campus and/or off-campus housing. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Humphries advised that, of the three (3) floors in this building at 7,000 plus square feet per floor, the second and third floors were currently used by Northwestern College; with the second floor proposed for the Nursing Program currently leased out to Edina Realty. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Humphries thought the Col- lege paid taxes for the first floor based on leasing it out to another entity; but not the other two (2) floors. Dr. Ginger Wolgemuth,Northwestern College,Nursing Department Chair Dr. Wolgemuth reviewed the type of graduate students, limited to 24-30 stu- dents total, for this Nursing Program following their achievement of all other general credits, with the program consisting of four(4) terms. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Humphries clarified that the College's Adult Education Program may lease other classroom space, but did not own other buildings off campus used for classroom space. Regarding traffic safety concerns, Dr. Wolgemuth advised that a Nursing Advi- sory Board would be frequently receiving feedback from the nearby senior housing facility, since the Nursing Program would provide services to that facil- ity, and should be made immediately aware of any traffic concerns of pedestri- ans. Dr. Wolgemuth expressed her confidence in that ongoing open communi- cation to address any concerns, while not expecting any. Councilmember McGehee noted that Councilmembers were previously assured that there would be no traffic issues from Northwestern College's previous use of the building; but now they were using the argument that there would be less traffic with this use and it would alleviate current traffic issues. Mr. Humphries clarified that the College's Admissions staff was housed on Nazareth Hall, but that the Adult, Distance Education and Graduate Program support staff was located in the second and third floors of the 2803 building. Mr. Humphries advised that that administrative support staff consisted of coun- selors, not traditional students, with that use always located on the main cam- pus. Regarding pedestrian safety on area sidewalks, Mr. Humphries advised that the 2803 building had proper sidewalks, and available and safe entry points. Mr. Humphries noted that residents of the Presbyterian Homes building were very familiar with the area and were frequent users of the Northwestern Campus for