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Session 1705, Minutes 1 1 September 8, 1997 very pleasant and accommodating. She believes he has every intention of building a quality building. She agrees with Mr. Wagner, the size and height is just too massive for this particular area. She is not comfortable with the gable shifting plan to make the height appear less. it is just an appearance, not a reality. There are too many questions still not being answered now, such as landscaping. She knows Mr. Ollendorff had asked for architectural refinements and, basically, the only addition is the greater use of brick. The artist's rendering is not accurate as far as dealing with the actual number of windows in the front and it makes her uneasy not being able to see a true rendering. The five feet in the back that Mr. Manlin does not want to let go of, has nothing to do with sunlight and has everything to do with parking. He will not be able to meet the minimum code, if he gives up the five feet. She hopes the Council does not accept this for a building this size. Mr. Larry Condie, 504 Donne, wished to thank members of Council that physically came out to their homes to take a look at the site from the Donne homeowner's perspective. Their deck is approximately forty feet away from the proposed 52' high buildings. He has a problem with the City's comprehensive plan. He does not want the Council to make the same mistakes that West County did with Lindbergh and Manchester Roads, issuing permits like crazy because it said so in their out-dated comprehensive plan. The precedence for this are none. Council can decide exactly how this place is going to look. This is the transition area between North E South and Hanley. He did not know if he could speak for the people on the east side of Hanley, but they're next. There needs to be some kind of plan as to what the Council wants it to look like between the residential areas and the development area and Hanley Road. He urged Council to think about what this is going to look like when it is built. Ms. Ellen Condie, 504 Donne, said that she would like to address the issue of sunlight and sky. The residents are also interested in these things. She feels that a building that is fifty- two feet tall, regardless of where the gable is, is too big. These are two contiguous sixty- eight foot long buildings - they will be massive. The houses on Donne have small backyards. She has also talked to real estate agents and they have expressed concern to Ms. Condi about what the value of her house will be, depending on what the Council allows to be built in her backyard. Mrs. Condi urged Council to consider some kind of transition from single family residential to multi-family residential that will allow them to live in harmony, maintain property values, community and neighborhood values, as well. Perhaps this particular proposal is not the right one for this specific area, even though what is going on across the street may be the right thing, if you go gradually from one to the other. As far as Kingsbury Place, the people on Central, are higher than the people on North and South. So the person that lives in back, if he's closer, is still higher. This makes a big difference in the mass that you look out on. She also would like to point out as an example, Brentwood Boulevard, where it is north of Maryland. On one side is all