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CALIBRE RID9E PROJEC'i' Dominium Grou~ and Gordie Bove are before this City Council requestinq approval of the same project that was previou.sl! approved unanimously in 1988. See the site plan attached as Exhibit B. There are no substantive changes frOZ1 the Brutger proposal to the current proposal. The property is zoned R-3A and the project ~s proposed would have a density of 18.34 units pel acre. 'Phis is an acceptable ~~r.sity per your zoning c~je and ~~ fact this project. if approved. 'liB have a dwellinq unit per acre density of less than a majority of the multi-family developments whi~h currently exist in Roscvi1:ie. See attac~.ed E~hibit C. ~ Your zoninq code states that in the R-3A zoning district any building over twenty-four units will require a special use perEdt. If tt: developer would have chosen to build this project in three separate buildings of twenty-four units each. you would have b&d to issue a buildinq permit. Three twenty-four unit buildings vould be a permitted use in the R-3A zoning district and when there is a permitted use, a building permit !RUSt be issued. Due to cost cons~raints. the developer chose to build one building of seveoty- three units rather than three twenty-four unit buildiD9s. ODe bui.idinC] as proposed by the developer does not in~rea~e the density per acre from the three building pe~tted ure. This project has the approval and rec~clatior. of your staff. 'The planning cOJl'lRission has recommended granting t.he developer the speclal use permdt. At the public hearinq held on this matter ColD July 30. 19~,). there was neighborhood opposition to the project based on their perception that this project would cause traffic problems in tbe neighborhood. In attempting to address those co~erns. both the city and the develop~r requested that representative~ of HR DOT be 'Present at the bearinq. M1f DO'!" s re'Presentati yes revie"ed the traffic situation and stat~a that the project as designed would be approved by ~hem. They ~lso s~ated that the ~wo exits on Rice street and Minnesota Street were the best design ~onfiguration for the projec~ to el iminate tl'affic probl ems. The city's eUQineer stated that both Minnesota Street and Rice Street have the design r8~a~~t! to h~n~'~ t~~ mini~1 perc~ntaqe inc~ease in traffic that will be crea~~d by this project. No one frow. the neighborhood has F'!"esented any definitive c.vidence excepl their opinion tha\. the projE"ct will have a necjative impact on neighborhood t.raffic. The fee owner nas hired 8 transportat.ion consultant, Benshoof and Associates. Inc.. who has done a traffiC study for the pro~ect. Hr. Benshoof's expe~t -2-