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Preliminary Planned Residential Development <br />Planning Commission Report; 5-21-19 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 18 <br />(cont.) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The applicants were tasked with working to address the site plan related concerns in <br />any future submittal (which they have as outlined in this report), but were not asked <br />to make plan changes in relation to the comprehensive plan complaints as more than <br />two years of meetings and public outreach went into those decisions. <br />Individual Comment Summaries <br />The following are summaries of the various concerns raised to staff regarding the <br />proposed plans. Full copies of the letters or emails are included with the attachments to <br />this report. <br /> Jacqueline Favre (2051 7th St NW). Concerned about future traffic, streets being <br />widened, and the impact a new traffic light would have on the roads and <br />neighborhood. Would prefer the land be used for a hockey arena, or a small mall <br />with a dog park. Rebuilding of a church would also be supported. Feels 7th Street is <br />“full of low income and apartment dwellings.” <br /> Chris <no last name provided> (no address given/phone message). City only has <br />one grocery store, and she would like to see another grocery store placed on this <br />property instead. <br /> Diane Christofferson (704 9th Ave NW). Multiple comments including the plan is <br />way too big for the site, she does not care for the large scale of the senior building, <br />she would like to see someone other than Pulte build the Townhomes, and feels that <br />both builders are not reputable based on Better Business Bureau ratings. <br /> Jeffery Nelson (690 8th Ave NW). Requested to know which other builders <br />responded to the developer RFP, and feels Pulte and Dominium should not be used <br />based on their Better Business Bureau ratings. Later also noted he is not supportive <br />of using TIF to support this development, and would like to see a market rate to <br />affordable ratio tilted towards market rate (i.e. 70/30). Concluded his comments in a <br />final letter noting he believes the project will ruin the neighborhood, that the City is <br />costing taxpayers “millions,” and that the project should be scaled back by <br />approximately 10% by reducing overall units and decreasing the number of <br />affordable rentals. <br /> Mary Salisbury (748 8th Ave NW). Questioned whether Ramsey County would <br />approve the grassy median and posts shown in the rendering as that would be <br />something she’d greatly support, and was hoping to see a more wholesale upgrade to <br />the corridor moving forward.