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Cha i rman Mahern d i s cus s ed Commissioner Horan • s comment s w i th h im _ She expressed concern a bout what wou l d happen to the f e e s i f the unit s d id not s e 1 1_ Mr _ Sw i f t i nd i Gated that Commissioner Horan • s suggestion concerning de f err i ng c o 1 1 ect i on o f f e e s c ou 1 d work _ commissioner McGU i rK s a i d that ger><er a 1 1y he ha s no problem w i th the proposed project _ He f e l t the engineer s w i 1 1 ca r e fu 1 1y 1 ooK at the grading p 1 an ~ a nd that work s e s s i on s c ou 1d work out any prob 1 ems _ He s a i d he i s i n f avor o f a f f ordab 1 e housing unit s f or th i s pro j ect ~ but doe s riot want to j e op and i z e the project _ As he understood ~ 2 0$ wa s the po 1 i cy f or a f f ordab 1 e housing and wa s concerned that i f they dropped i t to 1 0$ they wou l d be s ett i ng a precedent _ chairman Mahern s a i d she l ilced the project ~ but Mad a f ew reservation s about the over a l l p 1 a n_ Sh e f e l t the addition o f the two extr a unit s wou 1d provide the a f f o rda b 1 e units _ She wa s s t i 1 1 c oncerned about the no i s e 1 eve 1 s on B e rna 1 Avenue _ She wou 1 d not be i n f avor o f trap s f err i ng a ny o f the a f f orda b 1 e housing requirement s to a pother project _ She wou 1 d be i n f avor o f the 1 3 0 0 sq _ ft _ unit s f or the a dd i t i on a 1 two units _ She wou 1 d a 1 s o 1 ilce to work out s ome othe r way to get two other unit s i n the r ange o f $ 2 0 0 0 0 0 t o $ 2 1 5 0 0 0 a s Commissioner Hor a n suggested _ S f th i s c a nnot be s a t i s f a ct or i 1y worKed out ~ she wou id 1 e ave i t up to the housing spe c i a 1 i st _ S f the app t i c ant can buy a dd i t i ona 1 property t o th e e a s t o f the shopping c enter for a 1 arger buff er ~ she i s i n f avor o f that _ She c ou 1 d support th e project _ Commissioner M i the 1 ott i agreed w i th Chairman Mahern _ She wou 1 d like to s e e the 3 or 4 ft _ p at i o wa 1 1 work ed out between s t a f f and the app t i c ant _ Sh e wou 1 d prefer t o s a e the who 1 e driveway acquired and the project expanded _ On th e i s sue o f the two units , she l i ked the i d e a but would l cave the number s t o s t a f f and the app t i c ant _ She a l s o wou 1 d not want to trans f er any o f the a f f ordab 1 e un i t r equ i rement s t o a n oth e r project _ Over a l l she 1 ilced the design o f the project ~ and noted that the neighbor s s eem to be happy w i th i t_ She d i d have s ome c oncern a bout the 3 6 f t_ height and f e l t th e height i s massive _ However ~ she 1 ilced the t ownhou s e concept a nd 1-loped i t wou 1 d worK out _ Commissioner Hov i ngh s a i d he i s w i 1 1 i ng to go w i th the 2 2 un its ~ a s proposed ~ w i th 2 othe r unit s at a s c l o s e t o tk->_e moderat e income range a s p o s s i b l e_ He f e l t tha t s ome o f the extra amenities in the homes might be cut in order to maKe them less cost 1 y t o the deve 1 oper _ He wou 1 d encourage the d eve 1 op er to pr i c e tho s e two unit s a s c l o s e t o modera t o a s po s s i b 1 e_ He c ou 1 d agree to waiving the C i ty f e e s on the two moderate -income unit s MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION September 26, '1990 Page 7