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Planning Commission Special Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Page 6 number of housing units currently vacant in Roseville and the broader St. Paul 259 area and the potential for those vacancies to result in additional bankruptcies. 260 Susan McCloskey, 2525 County Road C-2 West 261 Ms. McCloskey expressed opposition to a five (5)-story building with thirty-seven 262 (37) units, with multiple vehicles for each unit, and only one outlet from the site, 263 and potential negative impacts in case of emergency. Ms. McCloskey opined 264 that the proposed multi-family building was too high and had too many units, and 265 expressed frustration and confusion that it had gotten this far without approval 266 from the City; and further opined that the proposed plans didn’t fit in that 267 neighborhood. 268 Rich Crag, corner parcel, 3250 Old Highway 8 269 Mr. Crag opined that the five-way intersection was already seriously problematic; 270 and spoke in opposition to HDR, and speaking in favor of LDR, or as a 271 compromise MDR. 272 Tom Renelo, Property Owner of subject parcel at 3261 Old Highway 8 273 Mr. Renelo attempted to address his perceived misrepresentations made by 274 residents in the townhomes regarding the Hens’ property and proposed 275 redevelopment. 276 Mr. Paschke refocused discussion on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment 277 before the Commission, not any proposed redevelopment, an application for 278 which had as yet to be submitted to or reviewed by staff. Mr. Paschke reminded 279 Commissioners and members of the public that any proposal would need to meet 280 existing City Codes and designed in accordance with performance and design 281 standards of the City’s zoning code. Mr. Paschke suggested that there was no 282 need to belabor specifics of a proposed development, and if the property 283 continued its designation as HDR, the development would need to meet those 284 standards, or the proposal amended to meet any other potential land 285 designation. 286 Community First Development 287 The developers opined that the property had been HDR for a substantially long 288 time, and should have been addressed by a concerned public prior to the 289 proposed redevelopment; and asked that staff review the merits of any 290 development proposals based its merits and under HDR designations. 291 Anne Collopy 3255 Old highway 8, Executive Manor 292 Ms. Collopy expressed concern with traffic and safety if a HDR development 293 occurred; and expressed her interest in retaining the nice green space and 294 wildlife in the area from an aesthetic point of view. 295 Chair Doherty closed the Public Hearing with no one else appearing to speak. 296 Member Gisselquist spoke in support of staff’s recommendation that the 297 designation remain HDR, while expressing support for consideration of MDR. 298 Chair Doherty echoed Member Gisselquist’s comments, supporting retaining the 299 HDR designation, as guided for over twenty (20) years, opining that he found no 300 rationale to reduce the designation to LDR; and further opined that property 301 owners had a right to develop and/or redevelop their private property as they so 302 chose, as long as it was consistent with City Code and the Comprehensive Plan. 303 Member Wozniak spoke in support of reducing the designation from HDR to 304 MDR. 305 Member Gottfried requested clarification from staff as to legislative changes in 306 the late 1990’s and early 2000’s mandating that a City’s Comprehensive Plan 307 and their Zoning Ordinance be consistent, with the Comprehensive Plan land use 308 designation now guiding the City consistent with the City’s Official Zoning Map; 309