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Session 1105, ~iinutes June 16, 1975 Page 8 change the fact that they are taking a portion of commercial project which they will presumably put trees on and put it in a residential area; it will still be part of the commercial project as he sees it. ~. l~Cormack was invited to answer the questions raised by members of the public. As to the maximum number of parking spaces, he said there are 40 spaces, 25 spaces would be for residents and four or five for employees. As for visitors, Mr. I~cCormack said it has been his experience that there are not enough visitors to apartments for the elderly and handicapped to take the remaining parking slots,which would be ten. I[ayor Kaufman asked what transportation facilities would be available for those who are not mobile and ~{r. ~Cormack said most of them rely on either public transporta- tion or a mini-bus. Continuing to answer inquiries by the i~yor, Mr. I~.{cCor- mack said there is room for approximately 10 to 20 additional parking spaces. In response to ~r. O'Leary of Ladue with respect to his interpretation as to what the use of that residential piece of ground is, ~r. l~Cormack said they are not hard and fast on that; if the City of Ladue decides that they do not want to include that land, that is satisfactory, too. I~ said their project still would comply and would exceed the standards that University City has. ~yor i~aufman said that the Council can only act on land which is located within the City of University City and he would assume that Hr. McCormack's application would meet those standards. With respect to the concern about parking in front of homes in that area, ~. ~cCormack said this is not goin~ to happen. As for the use of heavy equipment, I~. l~cCormack said he can understand some of the concerns, but it is a public street and mu~t be used in the construction process. Coun- cilman ~erner asked whether he would be amenable to add a provision ~o the Conditional Use Permit which would state that if there was damage to either West ~ingsbury or Barby Lane as a result of bulldozers, tractors, that the developers would either replace or repair the street to the condition it was in prior to the construction, lit. I~Cormack said his answer is "yes" but this is not to be construed to mean that he would agree to "anybody's blank check" to have ~llnight Road resurfaced or re-done, althou~ he does realize what his responsibility is and he would be willing to resolve any damage that they do. He repeated that if they damage something, they will correct it, but they do not intend to redesign l~¥~ight Road or reconstruct Barby Lane or West Kingsbury. l{e said that residents of the apartment building, visitors and staff will be parked on that property and if the test of time indicates that 40 parking spaces are inadequate, they will agree to build whatever additional parking slots are available. He said there will be no restaurant in the building, and he again emphasized that the building will be a residential structure. Councilman Glickert asked what positions the four or five employees would hold, and l.lr. ~cCormack said there would be a manager, possibly a manage- ment aide, a clerk-typist, a full time custodian and a part-time mainten- ance person to do mechanical work. P~esponding to a question by Councilman Lieberman concerning the possibility of residents employing part-time people, ~. McCormack said their experience has sho~ that very few out- side people are brought in. He said there will be no security guards in this building. City ~'~anager Henry asked 1~. i~cCormack if 1IUD only agreed to 15 to 20 units as far as rent supplement, what his position would be then. ~{cCormack said that this number probably would not be feasible; he said he