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Attachment F <br />Chair Boguszewski asked staff to display an illustrative view of the hypothesized elevation <br />ЌЍ <br />of the proposed project for public viewing of the massing that could occur with just 62 units <br />ЌЎ <br />as proposed. <br />ЌЏ <br />Mr. Paschke noted that the proposed project site plan was predicated on and incorporated <br />ЌА <br />zoning for placement of the building under the city’s urban design and green space code <br />ЌБ <br />requirements seeking a greater separation from adjacent residential uses and moving the <br />ЌВ <br />building footprint closer to a busy road. Mr. Paschke noted that the elevations as displayed <br />ЍЉ <br />were for a three-story structure with underground parking. <br />ЍЊ <br />Member Murphy pointed out, as recognized by Chair Boguszewski, that the zoning request <br />ЍЋ <br />was separate and distinct from this project. <br />ЍЌ <br />However, Chair Boguszewski noted that this zoning change would allow this mass to <br />ЍЍ <br />develop, as well as theoretically an even denser mass than this proposal, with Mr. Paschke <br />ЍЎ <br />agreeing with that statement. <br />ЍЏ <br />Member Daire clarified, with staff’s concurrence, that directly across the street from this site, <br />ЍА <br />with single-family uses, it would be similar to the past conversation for the project at <br />ЍБ <br />Cleveland Avenue and County Road B, where that request had been for HDR with MDR <br />ЍВ <br />preferred as a transition between those land uses. <br />ЎЉ <br />Mr. Paschke agreed that in that situation, the request had been for up-zoning to a level far <br />ЎЊ <br />greater than it was currently zoned; while this one was already zoned HDR, and simply <br />ЎЋ <br />sought rezoning to slightly increase the density from HDR-1 to HDR-2, opining that didn’t <br />ЎЌ <br />create as distinct of a difference as the previous example. <br />ЎЍ <br />Applicant Representative(s) <br />ЎЎ <br />Aaron Bakker, Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD, Construction Design <br />ЎЏ <br />Consultant; Nathan Kraft, Good Samaritan Society, Construction Consultant; and <br />ЎА <br />Enrico Williams, Kaas Wilson Architects, Bloomington, MN <br />ЎБ <br />Aaron Bakker <br />ЎВ <br />In addition to those questions already raised, Mr. Bakker expressed the team’s willingness to <br />ЏЉ <br />answer any questions related to the project. <br />ЏЊ <br />Regarding the concern raise regarding the proposed project developing into a denser project, <br />ЏЋ <br />Mr. Bakker stated the history of Good Samaritan Society in not overdeveloping their project <br />ЏЌ <br />sites. Having maintained some of their properties for 40-50 years, Mr. Bakker stated that he <br />ЏЍ <br />didn’t see any higher density on this site than that proposed, with the development team <br />ЏЎ <br />interested in providing more green space. Mr. Bakker noted this resulted in proposing <br />ЏЏ <br />underground parking versus above ground parking; with the intent to make this site a <br />ЏА <br />friendly, walkable site, including a walkway across the parcel. <br />ЏБ <br />At the request of Member Gitzen, Mr. Bakker confirmed that Good Samaritan owned the <br />ЏВ <br />property when it was previously a nursing home prior to demolition. <br />АЉ <br />At the request of Member Kimble, Mr. Bakker confirmed that tax credits were part of the <br />АЊ <br />financing for the project’s development, anticipating application for credits for the fall 2016 <br />АЋ <br />round. <br />АЌ <br />At the request of Member Daire, Mr. Bakker advised that, while unsure of the property’s <br />АЍ <br />long-term history, he was aware that Good Samaritan had owned the property when the <br />АЎ <br />tğŭĻЋƚŅБ <br /> <br />