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Regular Planning CommissionMeeting Minutes –Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Page 20 sell half of the property to pay for those assessments, and the portion sold to construct 979 Midland Grove Condominiums. 980 Mr. Weyer stated he held no animosity for those speaking tonight, but expressed his 981 interest in making the land work historically for his family. Mr. Weyer reviewed some of 982 the options considered, including that proposal 9 years ago, with each of those 983 development proposals costing considerable money to create. Mr.Weyer noted that the 984 last proposal for eleven single-family homes went through the planning process, but the 985 developer ultimately couldn’t make it work financially, even though he had pursued that 986 type of development based on the neighborhood revolt to a senior living in the past. 987 Therefore, Mr. Weyer stated that when these developers approached him with this 988 proposal he reviewed their other facilities, and had been impressed with how well-vetted 989 their proposal was and the work invested by them to-date beyond that done for their other 990 projects, including underground parking to lessen the impact for the neighborhoods and 991 decision to not seek approval through a PUD process. 992 Mr. Weyer stated he was encouraged by this project, and noted he had met with 993 residents and Board members of Midland Grove Condominiums for a walk-through of the 994 property, and announced another walk-through was planned this coming Saturday at 995 1:00 p.m., and invited anyone to attend to view where the proposed facility would be 996 located. Mr. Weyer stated it was important to him to make residents aware of the 997 proposed project, and for him and adjacent neighbors to be here tonight to speak. 998 Specific to Midland Grove Road, Mr. Weyer noted it was crowned, and was at least 24’ 999 wide and would be more than sufficient to handle additional traffic, especially with the 1000 proposed assisted living/memory care facility, that wouldn’t have a big impact since those 1001 residents didn’t drive. Mr. Weyer opined that his grandmother, a former owner of the 1002 property, would have loved to have such a facility on her property and not have to leave 1003 it, and know it was still owned by their family. 1004 Mr. Weyer opined that this also fit the comprehensive plan designation, since it had 1005 already been labeled as HDR at one point. Mr. Weyer admitted he would love to stall 1006 have all 30 acres of his family’s property and plant more apple trees, but also admitted he 1007 needed to sell this property, and that the zoning change was needed to facilitate the 1008 project and make it viable. Given the other options considered for this parcel, and 1009 financial viability involved, Mr. Weyer opined that this is the only project that will work 1010 here; and noted the considerable money expended by the developer over the last two 1011 years in working with him to develop this project. 1012 Specific to tree preservation, Mr. Weyer admitted that the construction of the building 1013 would be less expensive if located elsewhere on the site and additionaltrees removed, 1014 but noted this seemed the least impactful site for the neighborhood allowing for sufficient 1015 setbacks and major trees remaining on the perimeter. 1016 Mr. Weyer noted that this developer had tried very hard to make a project that Midland 1017 Grove Condominium residents would agree with, and advised the developer had tried 1018 very, very hard to address their issues. Mr. Weyer noted he had also opened up his 1019 property to allow those with concerns to voice them and walked the site with them to help 1020 them better understand the site and project. 1021 Mr. Weyer recognized that these meetings get passionate, but also noted the request 1022 involved his life and livelihood; and noted he wasn’t proposing development of a halfway 1023 house, but an assisted living/memory care facility, a proven need in the community in this 1024 day and age, and for development of it by a viable, respected company. Mr. Weyer 1025 noted that the business plan developed by them worked for a 54-unit facility, thus the 1026 requested comprehensive plan designationand rezoning application. Mr. Weyer assured 1027 the Commission and residents that this developer had successfully done this type of 1028 project before and wanted to do so again in Roseville. 1029