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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 28, 2011 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> Page 4 of 24 <br /> <br />(4. #11-3498 MATT ALEXANDER ON BEHALF OF KRAUS ANDERSON REALTY <br /> COMPANY, 875 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST - RPUD MASTER DEVELOPMENT <br />PLAN APPROVAL, Continued) <br /> <br />Farr stated due to the economy, more people are staying in their homes longer. This facility will have a <br />19 unit secured dementia area, 10 enhanced care units, and an assisted living area. They are finding that <br />the residents want individualized privacy with a higher level of care. Every individual and their families <br />will meet with an RN to help meet their needs. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if all the rooms are handicap accessible. <br /> <br />Farr indicated they are. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if there will be community rooms. <br /> <br />Farr stated there will be and that those rooms will be open to the general public for events. Ebenezer likes <br />to partner with daycare centers and seniors. Ebenezer wants to embrace the community and would like <br />this project to be a win/win situation for everyone. <br /> <br />Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, noted both of his parents reside in a nursing home and that meals are one <br />of the high points of the day for the residents there. Kempf asked how the food service would be handled <br />by Ebenezer. <br /> <br />Farr stated seniors like to be involved in the food preparation and that they conduct a survey of the <br />residents to find out about their favorite foods and activities they enjoy. This facility will have a chef that <br />will be preparing the food and an events coordinator that will help arrange special occasions. <br /> <br />Dan Nudecker, Pope Architects, stated he has been in this business for 32 years. The building sits <br />adjacent to Old Highway 12 and new Highway 12, with the Luce Line in close proximity. There will be <br />62 units and 54 parking spaces. They have attempted to make an effort to screen the building from the <br />Luce Line with landscaping and will be working with staff on that as the project progresses. <br /> <br />Nudecker displayed a drawing depicting the proposed building, which will be a two-story wood frame <br />building with cement board siding and cedar look cement board siding as well as a drive-under canopy for <br />the main entrance. The roof will consist of asphalt shingles. <br /> <br />Nudecker displayed a picture of the building taken from the Luce Line. They are going for more of a <br />craftsman style look and are attempting to keep the profile of the building as low as possible. <br /> <br />Nudecker stated the purple units on the drawing are the memory care units, which is a locked area. The <br />memory care facility will have a fenced-in garden, a full service kitchen, its own dining room as well as <br />an assisted living dining room. The building will also have a theatre space, bath or spa room in addition <br />to the showers in each unit, lounge area, and a main lobby. The blue units are the assisted or enhanced <br />care units. On the second floor are the assisted living units as well as a beauty/barber shop, a library area <br />with computer stations, and an open balcony to the front lobby. <br /> <br />Nudecker displayed the layout of a typical one bedroom unit. The assisted living units will include a <br />range. The memory care units will not have any kind of a cooking facility but will have a counter and a <br />refrigerator. The facility will offer some larger one bedroom units as well. <br /> <br />Item #03 - CC Agenda - 04/11/2011 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 03/28/2011 <br />[Page 4 of 24]