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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Page 9 However, Chair Boguszewski noted that this zoning change would allow this mass to 401 develop, as well as theoretically an even denser mass than this proposal, with Mr. 402 Paschke agreeing with that statement. 403 Member Daire clarified, with staff’s concurrence, that directly across the street from this 404 site, with single-family uses, it would be similar to the past conversation for the project at 405 Cleveland Avenue and County Road B, where that request had been for HDR with MDR 406 preferred as a transition between those land uses. 407 Mr. Paschke agreed that in that situation, the request had been for up-zoning to a level 408 far greater than it was currently zoned; while this one was already zoned HDR, and 409 simply sought rezoning to slightly increase the density from HDR-1 to HDR-2, opining 410 that didn’t create as distinct of a difference as the previous example. 411 Applicant Representative(s) 412 Aaron Bakker, Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD, Construction Design 413 Consultant; Nathan Kraft, Good Samaritan Society, Construction Consultant; and 414 Enrico Williams, Kaas Wilson Architects, Bloomington, MN 415 Aaron Bakker 416 In addition to those questions already raised, Mr. Bakker expressed the team’s 417 willingness to answer any questions related to the project. 418 Regarding the concern raise regarding the proposed project developing into a denser 419 project, Mr. Bakker stated the history of Good Samaritan Society in not overdeveloping 420 their project sites. Having maintained some of their properties for 40-50 years, Mr. Bakker 421 stated that he didn’t see any higher density on this site than that proposed, with the 422 development team interested in providing more green space. Mr. Bakker noted this 423 resulted in proposing underground parking versus above ground parking; with the intent 424 to make this site a friendly, walkable site, including a walkway across the parcel. 425 At the request of Member Gitzen, Mr. Bakker confirmed that Good Samaritan owned the 426 property when it was previously a nursing home prior to demolition. 427 At the request of Member Kimble, Mr. Bakker confirmed that tax credits were part of the 428 financing for the project’s development, anticipating application for credits for the fall 429 2016 round. 430 At the request of Member Daire, Mr. Bakker advised that, while unsure of the property’s 431 long-term history, he was aware that Good Samaritan had owned the property when the 432 former nursing home use had been demolished; and throughout the seven-year vacant 433 period following to-date. 434 Member Daire asked if the changing market for housing had made this particular 435 development seem attractive at this time. 436 Mr. Bakker responded that it had, and following a recent market study that indicated 437 senior housing was needed in Roseville, this seemed to be a good location since it was 438 already owned by the applicant, and provided nearby and walkable amenities. Mr. Bakker 439 noted that the adjacent bus line also made this site attractive for affordable housing as 440 well. At the request of Member Daire, Mr. Bakker confirmed that the building would be all 441 independent living units, with no assisted living units included. 442 At the request of Chair Boguszewski as to what “affordable” indicated, Mr. Bakker 443 responded that it made some funding through tax credits possible, with the guidelines for 444 those applicable for affordable housing based on low income, total assets and other 445 resources of those applying. 446 While not knowing all aspects of this property, Chair Boguszewski noted his initial 447 reaction to the projected elevations for the property caused him to be concerned with the 448 massing shown in provisional drawings, especially to the south and east, and abutting 449 single-family homes. Chair Boguszewski asked if there were alternatives to flip the 450 footprint, or if this was the only workable placement. 451