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could make an offer that would work for the Church. He pointed out that if the Church went out to the market, it would be a denser project. Mr. Schroeder stated that they worked extensively with staff on the site plan — the number of units, the architecture, and all the aspects of this project — and they gave about as much as they could and still make it work for the Church to meet their fine print. He indicated that if the Commission wants to make that kind of change, it is not going to work and kills the project. Chair Allen asked how many units would work if it were to be reduced to some number. Mr. Schroeder asked Chair Allen to make him an offer and give him an opportunity to do a little tweaking. He stated that they have already lost two to three lots in the process of working with staff so there is not much room left to move. Commissioner Nagler asked what changes were made that caused those two or three lots to be lost. Mr. Schroeder replied that when the original project was submitted, it was a 24 -unit apartment project where the six lots are, and when they tried to add market -rate units to the apartment site, it was going to be a 47 -lot project with the apartments. He stated that subsequently, with the apartment market, the cost to build apartment units, and when the market heard that the product was for seniors, and the rent was not the same as the market rate overall, they realized they could not make it work financially and switched gears, coming up with a new site plan with those same small lots from the 21 -lot side and adding them into the six -lot side. He indicated that they went through various ideas on how to do that, worked with staff, and came out with a plan that they thought worked really well. He noted that they were struggling with the parking lot and originally had their entrance off of the parking lot, which they changed and were able to make it work. Mr. Schroeder stated that they have done a lot of work on this and that they are just at the end of where they can go with this. He further stated that there may be a little tweaking here and there, but it is not going to be a significant change like the Commission is suggesting because it is just not going to work. He indicated that the Church is in a contract to purchase another property, and if they are not able to make a significant deposit, they may lose out on the opportunity to buy that building. He noted that they hate to be in this position and to put anybody in this kind of position, but they have worked with staff and have reached agreements on a lot of these things that are now an issue again, such as the FAR issue, which was a done deal in a meeting with Brian Dolan and Mr. Weinstein, with the additional site plan change from the apartments to houses. He added that they have enhanced the architecture above what they had over at Ivy Lane, and there is a wall all the way around that hammerhead with landscaping so that the hammerhead will not be visible. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 12, 2015 Page 21 of 34