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Session 1698, Minutes June 9, 1997 Mayor Pro Tem Wagner said that the way he had traderstood the parking plan was that it was to separate the employee parking from the visitor parking. He asked if this would be strictly observed. Mr. Deutsch said yes, employees would follow regulations and would not be allowed to overflow into the visitor parking. There is a bus stop close, which will be helpful to employees in not having to have their own transportation. Mr. Deutsch mentioned that the facility would have ninety-two single rooms. The residents will have interior courtyards. They will provide several nursing stations throughout, approximately fifteen patients per nursing sub-area. Instead of having a central dining room, they will have several smaller dining areas throughout. He feels this decentralization brings a more compassionate and considerate atmosphere to the patients. Mr. Deutsch said that the refuse/loading dock area would be located on a corner of the property and it would be fully screened on all four sides with a gate to the front. This area looks down the back of the Crown Center and School Administration Building. His organization is making a maior investment in this site right now. They are moving a 6' storm sewer totally around the project in order to make the site more valuable. The fifteen foot setback will allow them to provide ample landscaping. The ordinance requires a fence around the property, however; Mr. Deutsch would like to possibly propose a detailed landscaping design instead. Mr. Deutsch finished up by saying that he believes that this is a strong proiect that will benefit this area of University City immensely. He had mentioned to City staff today that his approach would be to address grading issues and utility location issues during the development and engineering process to the satisfaction of the Planning Department. Mayor Pro Tern Wagner thanked Mr. Deutsch for his informative presentation. His concern is with the parking. It looks as though the project is meeting regulations and the numbers, but the City Council has always been sensitive to overflow parking impacting the residential neighborhoods. Mayor Pro Tern Wagner suggests adding more parking spaces, realizing that green space would have to be traded off. He is concerned with the peak time overflow out onto Delcrest. Mr. Deutsch said that if there was any problem, he could always modify the policy and use some of the visitor parking spaces for that short period of time. He said that there was also a large green area towards Delmar and along Delmar that they have tried not to violate, that may be used. Mr. Munkel commented that it looked to him as if Mr. Deutsch had crammed about as much as he could into that space. It looked congested to Mr. Munkel. He wondered if the developer had considered underground parking. Many of the buildings, near this site, utilize under the building parking. The topography of that site, is such, that it could easily be done. Mr. Munkel tends to agree with City Manager Ollendorff, that the development needed more land for the building and parking. He is also concerned, with the advent of an elderly woman that was killed at the bus stop earlier this year, that the same thing may occur with one of the residents of the facility. Mr. Munkel said it was important to consider how the congestion will play a part in the future. Mr. Deutsch said that the residents of the facility would not be able to leave the building unsupervised. The building is secured. Underground parking for institutional use is very rare and he does not believe the State of Missouri would allow it. The cost would be extremely expensive even if the State did approve it.