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<br />Ms. Adelstein stated they met with retail business owners and property owners and walked the <br />area to understand the function of the alley including loading and trash removal. She stated their <br />design would slightly widen the alley and on-street parking, if it belongs to the buildings to the <br />south, would remain; the parking on the north side of the alley would be removed due to <br />excavation for underground parking. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia stated it was an issue with timing, that there was a congestion and security issue <br />owners. <br /> <br />Mr. Ackerman stated they want to make sure that whatever they do adds value to the area and <br />adds relief to parking. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia asked about overflow parking and if could add to the issues on Delmar. <br /> <br />Mr. Ackerman stated that residential tenants would park in a new underground parking structure. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia asked about the relocation of existing tenants. <br /> <br />Ms. Adelstein stated that 95% of those living in the existing buildings are students and have had <br />their leases adjusted appropriately; they will be able to choose where they live. She stated that <br />one of the buildings is more community-based and the tenants have been given notice regarding <br />the end of their leases; the University is working with them, 10 units, to find housing. <br /> <br />Ms. Locke asked about the area in general, that she had heard from residents in Ames Place <br />about the issue of noise from students. She asked what the impact will be on Parkview Gardens <br />regarding noise. <br /> <br />Ms. Adelstein acknowledged that noise in the Ames Place area had been a problem and the <br />University has gotten it under control. She stated there are a lot of students north of Delmar <br />already and there had been no issues in that neighborhood. Ms. Adelstein stated that the <br />proposed buildings will be University-owned and operated by Residential Life; there would be <br />Residential Assistants and other adults living in the buildings; students would have to sign a code <br />of conduct and there would be consequences if they do not abide by the rules. She added that <br />south of Delmar the University has introduced a neighborhood liaison program which involves a <br />staff member living in the neighborhood to help work out neighborhood relationships; they are <br />proactively starting a neighborhood liaison program north of Delmar, trying to build student <br />engagement. <br /> <br />Ms. Moran mentioned the attempt to lessen the dependence on cars and that The Loop currently <br />does not have a grocery store. She asked if the University was trying to actively recruit a food <br />purveyor of some sort. <br /> <br />Ms. Adelstein stated that Washington University was involved in the retail study to look at the <br />needs of The Loop. She stated a grocery store was near the top of the list and that neighborhood <br />services in general are needed such as general merchandise. She added that the University is <br />committed to find appropriate neighborhood service providers and they are actively negotiating <br />tm; <br /> šE <br /> <br /> <br />