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<br />Commission may wish to review such materials. He stated that the site plan and scale of <br />the project is more in keeping with the site than previous proposals, but was concerned <br />with parking and building materials. <br /> <br />Member Sandstrom asked for information regarding the pond level in relation to the <br />basement floor. The architect responded the pond level was 2 feet below the basement <br />floor. Member Sandstrom asked for clarification regarding the screening ITom the parking <br />lot and the building. The architect responded there would be small shrubbery elements <br />adjacent to the building and near the parking area. <br /> <br />Member Thomas asked if overflow parking would use parking lots. The architect <br />responded affirmatively. Chairman Wietecki asked if the pond needed to be fenced. The <br />staff responded there is no requirement to fence a private pond. Chairman Wietecki asked <br />if all the apartment parking was on the site or whether only guest parking was on the site. <br />The staff clarified that at least 20 new spaces will be created in the church parking lot as <br />well as providing on-site parking. <br /> <br />Member Roberts asked for clarification regarding snow removal and signage in the area. <br />The Commission discussed whether lighted signs were important to a senior project. <br /> <br />Chairman Keith Wietecki asked for comments ITom the public. <br /> <br />Ed Cunningham, 1857 Eldridge Avenue, asked if the project was a tax increment financing <br />project. No answer was available at this time. <br /> <br />A resident, 1841 Eldridge Avenue, asked if the senior citizen pedestrian crossings at <br />Larpenteur and County Road B could have an expanded time on the semaphore. <br />Chairman Wietecki asked the staff to contact Ramsey County regarding the timing of the <br />semaphores. <br /> <br />The citizens asked whether the building would be accessible to Fairview Avenue without <br />extreme slopes or steps. The architect responded the building is being designed with <br />accessibility and the ADA requirements in mind. <br /> <br />Ed Cunningham, 1857 Eldridge Avenue, expressed his opposition to the proposal in the <br />following list: <br /> <br />1. It is an incompatible land use with the single family neighborhood to the south. <br />2. It has inadequate buffering. <br />3. Increased traffic congestion. <br />4. No county plans to widen Fairview ofB. <br />5. Noise pollution of the HV AC, traffic, trashmaster dumpings. <br />6. Concern about lighting in the parking lots. <br /> <br />5 <br />