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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Page 11 Chair Bakeman read the petition into the record. Marie Woehlke, 2181 Ferris Lane, Ferriswood Condominium Association Ms. Woehlke, having purchased her property two (2) years ago, expressed her distress about a potential rental property adjacent to her property; opining that owner-occupied buildings were better maintained and more attractive. Ms. Woehlke opined that the building was still too tall; was too close to her and Mr. Enzler’s properties; and too close to the lot line, creating issues of potential noise and lack of privacy, and blocking sunlight. Ann Bursh, 2220 Midland Grove, #201 Ms. Bursch advised that she had performed a personal survey over the past week of the number of existing senior living units in the Roseville area; and expressed concern, based on her findings related to existing vacancies, with the senior housing market becoming saturated. Ms. Bursh asked that Commissioners consider the current economic situation and potential sales of senior citizen’s homes in that market, in addition to their reduced sales price; address density and traffic concerns as previously expressed; and noted ongoing concerns with too much building on too small of a site and reduced green space. Ronald G. Rumpsa, 2201 Ferris Lane (Ferriswood Apartments) Mr. Rumpsa concurred with the comments of Mr. Coyle, opining that density was the major issue of concern; and opined that this proposed use was such a dramatic deviation, and that it was inconsistent with the adjacent properties. Mr. Rumpsa asked that residents’ quality of life be enriched, not reduced. Mr. Rumpsa further addressed existing traffic volumes on County Road B between Fairview and Cleveland Avenues, and impacts with additional units in that area. Allene Wiley, 2220 Midland Grove Road, #206 Ms. Wiley concurred with Mr. Rumpsa’s traffic concerns; and further addressed the proposed exit road from the development site onto Midland Grove Road, and negative impacts to access ability, in addition to emergency vehicle considerations. Russ Sherer, 2203 Ferris Lane Mr. Sherer expressed concern related to egress from Ferriswood, when heading east of Highway 36 and exiting on Cleveland and the need to cross over three (3) lanes of traffic to make a left hand turn onto County Road B. Dorothy Kunze, 2220 Midland Grove Road, #205 Ms. Kunze provided comment, opining that tax revenue should not be the only consideration for the City, but also that of aesthetics; and opined that this was too large of a building on too small of a plot of land, and that this was not what the Roseville residents have known for a considerable amount of time. Eileen Stack, RN, 2220 Ferris Lane Ms. Stack, as a Faith Community Nurse at the Church of Corpus Christi, noted that she had clients in many area homes; and that based on the current economy, they were continuing to live in their homes, rather than move, due to their inability to sell their homes; and opined that this should be of major concern to the City. Bob Stoika, 2220 Midland Grove Road, #106 Mr. Stoika concurred with concerns expressed about whether this proposal would fit in with the neighborhood; opining that Midland Grove was a park-like setting; and that this project would not fit in. Vijaya (SP) Pothapragada, 2250 Midland Grove Road, #105 Mr. Pothapragada addressed Section 6.1 of the staff report, detailing traffic and daily trips based on the proposed number of units; and asked that other complications be considered (i.e., employee and staff parking needs; visitor parking; deliveries to the site; and emergency ambulance services) and those additional traffic impacts to the neighborhood. Fred Christianson, 2220 Midland Grove