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Neighborhood concern and consciousness of each other <br />Good schools, churches <br />Open space <br />Diverse housing stock <br />Neighbors communicate <br />Casual walk – convenience <br />Socially accepted standard to keep up property <br />Diversity of people <br />People and neighborhoods work together <br />School is focal point, new focal point needed <br />Bring people together such as McCarrons/B-Dale picnic <br />In addition, the Task Force members characterized the neighborhood as follows: <br />Need left hand arrows at Cub/Co. Rd. B <br />Feel safe, but activity at Rice and Larpenteur – stays at corner; parking from night clubs <br />This neighborhood changes as it expands south into St. Paul <br />On cusp of cultural change, how to change and accept <br />ParkView is school of choice <br />Apartments have worked well (Seidel’s 65 units) <br />New owners on Elmer from Guatemala – living on site, a hopeful sign for improvement <br />School pick-up sites are communication points <br />Quiet, restful, but has good community noises – kids (traffic is bad noise) <br />Boaters, spring to July 15, after which the lake quiets down <br />Senior housing needed <br />It is more a sought-after area, an inner city near: lake, traffic arteries, desirable open <br />space <br />Residential demand in neighborhood is high <br />Salt box – rambler in north end of neighborhood could be future challenge to stabilize – <br />these small ramblers are hard to remodel <br />Senior linkage to new housing, bringing new young families into neighborhood <br />People want to stay here through their life cycle <br />Apartments are having vacancy problems because of new family housing <br />Existing apartments are one key to their neighborhood; they cannot slip farther behind or <br />reduce occupancy much more <br />The Task Force heard from Dennis Guptil the property owner who has owned the site for 4 years <br />and originally thought the site would be best used for 16 townhomes on McCarrons Boulevard <br />and 4 units on Elmer. <br />Dennis Guptil – bought 4 years ago. Originally he proposed 16 units on the south side, 4 <br />units on the north side. <br />-He had an office in the home for one winter. <br />-The site could be a good housing use adjacent to church – senior housing? <br />DRAFT MARCH 10, 2004 23 <br /> <br />