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Session 1105, ~nutes June 16, 1975 Page 7 with cars parked on both sides, emergency vehicles will have difficulty getting through, it is questionable whether this is an appropriate location for thim type of building, there is the question of the sewer and drainage, there will be a lack of privacy~ and the problem of debris and litter during construction time. ~.[rs. Blanche Elkins 8633 I~. Kingsbury I-~r. P. uben Sa~.uer 8677 Barby Lane }ir. Gene Tischler 8665 Barby Lane ~r. Tischler said he doesn't disapprove the plan; he realizes this is valuable ground, but he, too, felt that the streets will not support heavy traffic and the roads are too narrow. He felt the developers ought to try to find other ingress and egress. He raised the question whether a subsidized apartment building is taxable, or whether it is a portion of the rental that is not taxable. Mrs. Evelyn Tischler 8665 Barby Lane Mrs. Tischler concurred in the views expressed by her husband. She read a letter written by her neighbors, Daniel and Alice Talonn, 8661 Barby Lane, who could not be present, question- ing the desirability of constructing this type of a building at that location. ~fr. Irvin ~dman 8655 Barby Lane I.~. Dennis K. Woodside 8660 t~. Kingsbury Pit. l~oodside pointed out that the fact that W. Kingsbury does not have sidewalks means that cars have to park a little higher, further from the curb on certain sections. ~r. !~lvynHarrington 8634 Barby Lane l'~rs. Gloria J. !.~risht 8654 Barby Lane ~-~r. Douglas O"Leary, attorney for the City of Ladue, stated that their prob- lem is that the project which has been presented includes as a part of it a residential lot in the City of Ladue, so that what is proposed as part of the plan is that a lot of approximately 0.557 acres is going to be made an integral piece of a project that they consider commercial. He said the area involved is strictly residential and commercial is not allowed at all and yet ~at is proposed to be done is to make a portion of Ladue in a residential area part of a commercial project, lie said that they do not feel it is proper and not clearly authorized under their law. He said that it was understood from what ~{r. Bierman, Chairman of the University City Plan Commission, said at a recent meeting, that without this 1/2 acre section from Ladue the project would not qualify under the University City rules and regulations and i~r. O'Leary said he feels this is something that is necessary for the Council to consider and to take into account together with the other problems that have been brought before the Council by the citizens of University City. He said that if the half acre is essential to legality under University City law, he doesn't see how the residential lot in Ladue can be made part of a commerciarl project. Councilman Lieberman asked ~r. O'Leary whether he is ~are of the use that is proposed by the developer of the half acre in Ladue, and }{r. O'Lea~3 said he understands it will be called a park, but in his opinion it does not