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Session 1674, Minutes August 12, 1996 Page 4 Ms. Chrissie Paterson, 511 N. Central, said the pool for this project will be practically in her back yard; also, the new building will completely shade her home. She realized there will be development of this property, but thought the neighbors should be able to work with the builder and get some of the things they want. She was also concerned about increased traffic, which she felt would end up on Central. Ms. Carol Drury, 501 North and South, was concerned about property values. She had expected prop- erty in the area to be developed, and thought she would sell her home to a developer for more than she could get from individuals. She was concerned about the size of the buildings, and thought they should be more like some of the townhouses in Clayton; she also preferred they not be rentals, but owner units. Mr. Brian Duffy, 522 North and South, said his house was directly north of the proposed development, and he and his neighbors have been the recipients of debris from the condominium developments to the south in Clayton. He wanted assurance that would not happen with the Londe project. In response to his questions, Mr. Ollendorff said the Comprehensive Plan was written in the 1983-85 period, with hundreds of citizens involved; hearings were held about this particular area, and the Plan calls for most of the area east to Hanley to be redeveloped with apartments, condos, etc. It was specified then that parcels would be rezoned as they were brought to the City for proposed development, and there would be no large scale rezoning. The property owned by Mr. Londe at that time (south part of the present site) was rezoned after a public hearing; he then brought in a site plan for a six story hotel. There were objections, it was reduced to five stories, and Council approved it. In 1986, a new site plan for a four story building (still on the south half of the property) with 26 apartments was approved by Council. Mr. Duffy asked why none of these buildings were built. Mr. Ollendorff said the development economy collapsed mainly due to extremely high interest rates. Ms. Wilma Kennel1, 1332 Purdue, said 32 apartments on this site was too dense. A second concern was the possibility that each apartment might have two dogs, which could be very noisy. She also felt this housing should be built for people with incomes smaller than those who could pay $2,000 a month rent. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. Lieherman moved that Council meet in closed session at 8:10 p.m. in Room 6 of City Hall to discuss real estate and personnel matters. Mr. Ware seconded. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Coun- cilmembers Ware, Munkel, Wagner, Lieberman, Schoomer, Thompson, and Mayor Adams. NAYS: None. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Adams adjourned the meeting at 8:03 p.m. Dolores A. Miller, City Clerk