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e e e Minutes - Plan Commission Page 3 December 18, 1985 CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION, MCKNIGHT VILLAGE RETIREMENT CENTER Chairman Hamilton stated that Mr. David A. Smith and Mr. Charles Deutsch had been before the Plan Commission on two previous occasions concerning their proposed project, the McKnight Village Retirement Center. Previously, the Commission heard the request to rezone the property from "SR" to "PR-O", and tonight the Commission would hear the application for Conditional Use Permit. Mr. Smith presented a revised Site Plan to the Commission stating the location of the project which covers approximately eight acres. He stated that rezoning of the parcels had been approved by the City Council and that the Industrial Development Authority had approved a an inducement resolution for $28 million in bonds on December 17, 1985. The revised Site Plan included a review of access and parking on the property, the number of units in the project and other general features. One new feature of the project was the possible conversion of some studio apartments to an assisted care facility with nursing beds. Chairman Hamilton asked Mr. Goldman to give a staff response to the application. Mr. Goldman noted that he had given Commission members a list of 23 recommendations for conditions on the use permit. These included improved access to the property, open spaces setback, parking and public improvements. One additional condition should be that all of McKnight Road and part of West Kingsbury be vacated to help accommodate the project. Mr. Smith stated that he would like to respond to some of the listed conditions in order to work out solutions that would make the project feasible and attractive. He stated that condition Nos. 5, 7, 12, 13, 21 and 22 could hopefully be discussed after the public hearing. After a brief discussion among Commission members, Chairman Hamilton opened up the meeting to comments from the public. First to speak was Mr. Daniel Talonn of 8661 Barby Lane. His concerns included the traffic that would be generated by operation of the retirement village and also that the character of the development had changed since its initial stages. The change was towards a less independent care facility to potential assisted care. Second to speak was Mr. Lee Carlson who owns the property at 8662 Delmar. He was concerned about what new public access would be needed from Delmar to the project site and was assured by Chairman Hamilton his property would not be affected by any additional public access from Delmar to the project site. Third to speak was Mr. Ruben Sawyer, 8677 Barby Lane. His first concern was the size of the rooms for units in the project. He felt that the square footage allotment was quite small for each of the units. Mr. Smith assured him that the specifications for the size of the units exceeded any existing retirement facilities in the area. Mr. Sawyer's wife expressed her concerns about the traffic generated by the project and that there was already too much traffic on Barby Lane because employees from the Monmartre Building already park on the street. She was concerned that the