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Baker said he was concerned that, since this is a division of an existing lot, and the proposal talks about putting in additional right-of-ways on the Erickson site, the Planning Commission should have a site plan for the surrounding properties. Mattila said the fire lane access easement would be in the existing aisle that runs along Erickson’s north property line. Baker said, since a change is proposed, the Planning Commission should have site plans. Gould said he had a site plan of the shopping center. Baker said he would have liked the plan in the packet for tonight. Baker asked if 27th Avenue was constructed as a narrower road because of its limited use. Mattila said he thought 27th was a standard width. Stepanchak said it was a narrow road. Baker stated enough concerns were brought forward this evening to continue the hearing. Baker asked for a discussion on continuing the hearing. Knuth said she favored continuing the hearing to have more time to consider the proposal. Knuth said Olson and the other residents raised good points about the impact of the proposal on their lives. Knuth said the developer should pay attention to these concerns. Zisla asked Mr. Olson to delete Item #1 from his list. Zisla said he was confused whether Olson’s objection was to the number of units or the location of the proposed building. Olson said his objection was to the location. Zisla commented that was the stronger argument. Zisla said the building location, not the landscaping or the drainage, may be the main concern of the residents. Some of Olson’s objections dealt with location and he proposed alternative locations. Then, Olson had objections to things like traffic counts and vehicular trips. For Mr. Gould and staff to try to address those concerns, it needs to be clear. Zisla said the document Olson said were minutes of past City Council meetings are not minutes but refer to the minutes. The City Attorney should look at the actual minutes. Zisla stated he had questions on the density issue. Baker made the motion that the density does not exceed 72 units when the existing Brightondale building was approved. The record provided by Olson makes it difficult to tell if the 72 units are actually part of the PRD. The action was taken in 1985 so there should be some record of the agreement between the developer and the residents on 28th Avenue. The discussion cannot be advanced if we continue this item unless the City Attorney can give us some insight into what happened when the existing Brightondale building was approved. We have to know what the applicant’s rights are. We have to have something to study besides Baker’s excellent memory. There is nothing in the document provided by Olson that talks about location of the building. We should know if there was a restriction as to the location of the building to which we may want to hold Mr. Gould. Baker said, from his memory, Mr. Olson’s statements about the agreement with the original developer were correct. Olson said he was willing to contact the former owner and get some type of affidavit on what he agreed to. Mattila said Staff would work with the City Attorney to go through the records. Schiferl said he could not tell a great deal by the records he examined. Zisla said, according to Baker, the density was limited to 72 units. However, we need something that supports that. Mattila said he only saw the staff report that stated 101 units were possible. Baker said it appeared there was a site plan that was part of they approved the PRD. The location was part of that site plan. Zisla said those things needed to be straightened out. These issues are unclear. Zisla said staff and Mr. Gould need to get together. The redevelopment of the Rice Creek Shopping Center should happen. The proposed housing mix makes sense. Zisla said he agreed with Mrs. Stepanchak’s statements about seniors driving. Zisla said his parents had two cars and are gone all the time. Zisla said he favored Mr. Gould’s proposal. Staff and Mr. Gould should look for some solutions. Schiferl asked about the 1985 action having the park included in the density calculations. Would the City staff and the City Attorney look at that issue as well? Mattila responded they would. There was some hesitancy in the comments by some of the experts about the drainage plan. Therefore, we need more reassurance about the drainage plan. We should be assured the storm sewers would be cleaned out and that I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1997\10-21-97.WPD 11