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CitY- of ~~ Minnesota Community Development Department November 16, 1999 Dear Resident: At their work session meeting held on November 15, 1999 the City Council received a more detailed proposal for the Knights of Columbus and Twin Cities Gym sites. The Council is interested in you comments regarding this proposal. A summary of the proposal follows: Proposal: Developer: Size: Housing: Traffic: Parking: Raze K of C building and Gym Building and replace with market rate senior housing and a family day care facility. The City park could also have a new entry and shared parking lot, away from neighborhood houses. Sunrise Senior Housing (currently building a similar facility in Edina) The Schoening Group and a national day care provider The senior housing would be up to 70 units, no more than 3 stories. The 10,000 square foot Family Day Care facility would be 2 stories or less. The senior building looks like a 3 story quality home, similar to the three story senior buildings at Eagle Crest on Snelling and Rosewood Estates on Victoria. The estimated cost of this building is approximately $9 million. The housing proposed is market rate, assisted senior housing, which includes daily care, normal senior services and meals. The average resident is an 83-year-old woman. City staff estimates that the traffic from both projects will total less than half the trips of the bingo and gym operations, i.e. traffic would be reduced by 50% or more. The housing project main entry would be on the Snelling Avenue frontage. The senior facility would be an assisted care facility, most residents no longer drive vehicles - a special van is to be made available for resident trips. The day care facility would need 25 to 40 parking spaces. The City park shared parking would be rebuilt farther away from Fry Street homes, with a primary entry drive on the Snelling Frontage Road. The proposal is consistent with the concepts recommended by the James Addition neighborhood plan in 1998, to eliminate retail business activities on this corner. In fact, this proposal has fewer housing units and requires less public investment than the proposal the task force reviewed. Additional public meetings will be required for this project and in which we hope the neighborhood will participate. Because this proposal is a planned unit development public hearings will be held by the Planning Commission with final approvals by the City Council. Most likely, the public meetings and hearings will be held in January and February of next year. As a property owner in the neighborhood, you will be mailed a notice of those meetings. If there are questions, please feel free to contact me at 651- 490 - 2232. Dennis Welsch Community Development Director 2660 Civic Center Drive * Roseville * Minnesota * 55113 651-490-2232 * Fax: 651-490-9931 * TDD 651-490-2207 dennis. welsch@ci.roseville.mn.us * http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us