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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Page 10 too far away, while still allowing for some parking off Lexington Avenue and an 455 aesthetically pleasing streetscape. 456 Regarding grading of the site and levels for entries, Mr. Nelson clarified those levels, 457 each accessed differently; and reviewed locations for employee, visitor and other parking 458 and signage to direct that internal traffic flow for the best functioning of the site. 459 Regarding concerns about an overlap to the east, Mr. Nelson stated he did not feel there 460 was an overlap, even though the updated survey called out Lot 2, with that city-owned 461 parcel overlapping on the development; and advised that a similar situation occurred 462 between their internal lots with a current small single-family home on the lot. Mr. Nelson 463 advised that the original plat was very old and inaccurate legal descriptions had occurred 464 with titles over time, but in reality there was no additional overlap on the east to his 465 knowledge. 466 Specific to density, Mr. Nelson noted that this property was currently zoned high-density 467 residential (HDR), and given the size of the parcel could accommodate about 118-120 468 units; with their development anticipating 115 units of assisted living/memory care; and 469 providing for one guest suite for family, making a total of 116 total units in the proposed 470 four-story building; with all parking at the first level. 471 Mr. Nelson advised that even though HDR was the designated zoning for this type of 472 density, with no access system surrounding the development according to current code 473 requirements, the developer was willing to conduct a traffic study to address any 474 concerns of the neighbors or city. 475 In conclusion, Mr. Nelson stated that United Properties was a local developer, having 476 worked in and around Roseville for a number of years, previously known for commercial 477 developments, and then moving onto senior residential housing options, developing the 478 first cooperative housing option in Roseville opened in 2004 at the former Ralph Reeder 479 School site. Mr. Nelson noted this had served as a flagship development for their firm, 480 and provided pictures of phases of the Langton Lake development and redevelopment of 481 that area they’d achieved even during the recent recession, as well as additional housing 482 options they’d constructed since then and over the last twelve years, and meeting a large 483 need for various senior housing options and services in today’s marketplace. Mr. Nelson 484 provided examples from other metropolitan communities as well and samples of their 485 architectural variability. 486 Chair Boguszewski noted that this proposed development was well within the scale and 487 mass of current city code that was a potential expectation of this type of site. 488 Mr. Nelson expressed United Properties’ interest in further development as negotiations 489 continue for the adjacent properties (former Owasso School site); offering that their intent 490 was to hold a joint open house for both sites and developments at that point. However, 491 since this project was ready to go, Mr. Nelson advised that they had decided to move 492 forward at this time for this part of the project. Mr. Nelson apologized to surrounding 493 neighbors if this created any concern on their part in not giving them an opportunity 494 through an open house to view the proposal and comment on it at that time, even though 495 the size and zoning for this project did not require that such an open house be held. 496 At the request of Chair Boguszewski, Mr. Nelson advised that an anticipated 35 FTE (full-497 time equivalent employees) with a total of fifty employees, with shifts probably in the 498 range of 25-30 employees per shift. Mr. Nelson further responded that he would 499 anticipate peak hour traffic during those shift changes to be about 30-35 vehicles based 500 on their other sites of similar size. 501 At the request of Member Bull, Mr. Nelson clarified the entrances to the site from 502 Lexington Avenue and Woodhill Drive in accessing the first level of the buildings as 503 grading changes on the lot. 504