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�o Chair Bakeman observed that this property was small to facilitate such a use. 5� Mr. Ficek reviewed similar acreage of his other sites for this type and size of assisted living facility on 58 those sites (Hugo, Blaine, Champlin, White Bear Lake, and Hudson, WI); adequacy of parking and typical 59 use by staff, visitors and others; minimal traffic in relation to this use; and his interpretation that this would 6o provide a lower impact and be more neighborhood friendly than the current office use. Mr. Ficek 6� estimated that 3-5 staff members would be present at any given time. s2 Discussion included whether a two-story building would be more acceptable to the neighbors as a trade- 63 off for eliminating access to Alta Vista Drive; comparisons with the Sunrise Assisted Living complex on 6? Snelling Avenue at Counry Road C; and concerns with over-parking on Alta Vista, creating neighborhood 65 safety and congestion issues. .. Public Comment 6� Gene Anderson, 1707 Alta Vista Drive (2"d lot north) 6� Mr. Anderson verbally reviewed the points of concern addressed in his written e-mail previously sent to 69 staff; his support for the assisted living facility; concerns with parking and potential for overflow parking in 7o front of residential properties already being limited, particularly during holidays and on weekends; and 71 supported the provision of additional parking, rather than green space, on the corner without changing the 72 character of the neighborhood. 73 Mr. Anderson also addressed concerns with the access forced onto Alta Vista, as now traffic from the site 74 could access Larpenteur, since there was previously another entrance that has now been closed off. Mr. 75 Anderson noted that proposed signage for "No Right Turn" on Dale would force traffic into the residential 76 area, creating safety issues for vehicles, and pedestrian traffic. Mr. Anderson noted that Alta Vista is a �� quiet street with parking on both sides at this point; and not overly wide, creating the need for slower �II speeds; consideration of pedestrian and bike traffic into and through the existing parking lot; bus stop on 79 the corner with people needing to step from the lot onto the street to the crosswalk to businesses on the 8o St. Paul side; and negative impacts for weekend and holiday traffic provisions. 8� Kathleen Sorteberg, 1732 N St. Albans s2 Ms. Sorteberg sought clarification as to the number of residents to be housed in the facility; with staff 83 advising that thirty-three (33) beds were indicated, subject to licensure by the Minnesota Department of 8� Health. Ms. Sorteberg, noting her career in working with seniors, observed a lack of outside amenities 85 (i.e., gardens or outdoor recreation space for residents) and the commercial appearance of the proposed 86 building. 8� Michael Radovich, 1820 Dale Court 8e Mr. Radovich spoke in support of the proposed use as it appeared to be a good idea and low impact to 89 the adjoining residential neighborhood ; however, questioned future use if this business were to fail and 90 another permitted use be allowed (i.e., apartment building). 9� Mr. Paschke noted that multi-family housing was a prohibited use in a B-3 Zone. 92 Mr. Radovich expressed concern with traffic that would be generated from this use into the residential 93 areas on those streets; noting that the current use had provided a relatively low impact to-date. Mr. 9a Radovich observed that the traffic accessing the residential areas would not represent local or area traffic, 95 and would be driving much faster than local traffic. Mr. Radovich spoke to the difficulties of getting onto 96 Dale Street north at the present time without going through the residential neighborhood, and asked that 97 restricting traffic north onto Alta Vista and opening outlets onto Larpenteur be reviewed; and any other 98 options to mitigate traffic flow into this neighborhood. Mr. Radovich noted that he and his neighbors were 99 concerned with trying to divert and/or alleviate weekend and evening traffic since that was when more 10o neighborhood children were present. Mr. Radovich expressed the residential neighborhood's willingness �o� to work with staff and the developer on resolution of the safety concerns. 102 Nadya EI-Afandi, 1810 Alta Vista Drive 103 Ms. EI-Afandi noted that she lived on the corner of Ata Vista Drive and Dale Court and that all of the traffic �04 had to come by her house. She addressed her concerns with the request as proposed, and opined that 105 her priority preference would be to completely block access from this site to Alta Vista, with an access on 106 Larpenteur Avenue. Ms. EI-Afandi opined that, from her experience with the City has done any kind of �o� road work and directed people out of a specific neighborhood, human nature was to deviate from that �0� prescribed route, particularly when not local traffic. Ms. EI-Afandi noted the current stop signs, and need 109 to accelerate to gain momentum to get up the hill on Dale Court; the number of small children in the Page 2 of 5 • .