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if that allows for visitors. Olson said he did a calculation of the number of units proposed and the number of visitor parking spaces and came up with 33%. We have seen the crowds. Mr. Erickson of New Market is concerned that Brightondale visitors will use his parking lot as overflow parking. Erickson knows it happens now, but there is no way to police it. Erickson is not sure he likes the idea of his interior roads being used to get to a senior coop parking lot if they try to use that as overflow. The parking behind the Rice Creek Plaza, where the easement is, will be gone when the senior coop goes up. The senior coop will not be in the developer’s control once it is sold. Olson said there has been enough discussion about noise tonight. On the drainage issue, Olson stated the Rice Creek Watershed District has already denied a permit based on the fact there are some questions about how drainage would occur on 27th and 28th. Material in your packet says the RCWD requires written permission from the landowner for filling the pond. The problem is G & P has submitted two plans. One plan fills his half of the pond, but that will push all the water to her side. That will create a problem. The other plan is to fill the pond, but the 28th Avenue group is not sure they want to do that. The current drainage plan has been working well other than for the downspouts off the Brightondale property flooding some yards. That needs to be fixed. Olson said the information from the City that the pond is currently designated as a drainage easement. Olson stated he was sure of what that means, but it seems both parties should approve any changes. Is there a possibility of activities conducted in the backyards of the neighboring 28th Avenue residents might be a bit unsettling to Alzheimer’s patients? Has the Commission considered that? Olson stated he talked to Mike Erickson about the fire lane easement. Erickson mentioned that there has never been any parking easement with him and there will not be because New Market needs the parking places. He also said he was not planning to grant a 24-foot wide fire lane easement on his property. The fire easement road proposed for the north end of Brightondale and the Alzheimer's unit. Olson asked if Brightondale already overlaps the setback requirement for the park. Is there enough room for a road in there? Would the proposed 212-foot building encroach on the park land? We went to the Park Board meeting in November and they talked about the connecting strip of land belonging to the park between the Brightondale project and the proposed senior coop. Olson said he understood it would be used for a tunnel and a path between the two buildings and when the project was done they would restore it with grass and the path would be there. Now the developer is talking about a 12-foot wide paved road that would cut off access to the park. That is something completely different from what we understood the Park Board approved. The 28th Avenue group is opposed to that. That is not a good use of park land. The park was part of the PRD. The property values along the east side of the homes on 28th are appraised at $1.4. Olson said the 28th Avenue group had a market analysis done on the impact of the proposed project on our homes. They estimated a devaluation of between to 7 percent and 15 percent. Olson said he would try to be polite about the developer talking with city officials to discuss selling Brightondale to a tax exempt organization once they construct the Alzheimer’s unit. We are not questioning G & P's right to sell. We also do not question Mr. Gould's publicly stated humanitarian motives for wanting to construct an Alzheimer's unit. Our talks with Brightondale residents overshadow these motives who say the cost is so high they do not think they can stay there any longer. However, we need to be absolutely certain that we are not going to regret a decision to approve a unit in this location since Mr. Gould will not be around to deal with the problems and complaints. Olson stated that, based on the testimony from Gould's people, there is no question that this senior coop is going to be a success. Olson said the two projects could be easily separated. These projects should always have been separate proposals. Olson said the neighbors still felt the Alzheimer's project is not a good fit, but that the senior coop project is. The impact of the Alzheimer's unit on the homes on 28th will be enormous. I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1998\01-20-98.WPD 10