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r _� <br /> a r <br /> �� � <br /> Proj ect �" <br /> Developers, Inc. <br /> April 7, 2010 <br /> Planning Corrunission members <br /> c/o Mike Gaffron <br /> City of Orono <br /> 2750 Kelly Parkway <br /> Orono,MN 55323 <br /> Re: Proposed Comprehensive Guide Plan changes in Navarre azea <br /> Planning Commission members, <br /> On behalf of John Klingelhutz,the owner of 2525, 2535 and 2545 Shadywood Rd., we have <br /> reviewed the proposed change in guiding of portions of our properiy to Mixed Use. We have <br /> entered into an agreement with an operator of a memory care facility(Woodhill Senior Cottages) <br /> to develop the site into two single-story residential senior memory care buildings. In our review <br /> of the proposed criteria for a Mixed Use District with city staff,they indicated that a memory care <br /> use would be either a permitted use or a conditional use in that designation, subject to meeting <br /> other normal zoning and site plan criteria. We are,therefore, supportive of the re-guiding of the <br /> property with one exception. That exception would be to extend the boundary of the area to be re- <br /> guided approxixnately 130 feet to the southwest as shown as cross-hatched in the attached sketch. <br /> The southwest portion of the site beyond the area we are suggesting to add to the Mixed Use <br /> � Designation is wetland, and the 130 foot portion can only be accessed from Shadywood Road. <br /> We have been before the planning commission and the city council several times for various � <br /> concept plan reviews for the site over the past few years, and while we received a variety of <br /> comments on the various concept plan,there was a consistent comment that the property should <br /> all be guided and zoned the same rather than split into two districts. We would therefore request <br /> . that if the Shadywood Road portion of the site is re-guided to Mixed Use,that the boundary be <br /> extended to the southwest to include the portion of the site immediately northeast of the wetland. <br /> I am also attaching sketch drawing of the potential site and building plans for the memory care <br /> . facility that we intend to bring forward as soon as the re-guiding of the properly is determined. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> � Project Developers, Inc. � <br /> �.�..,� �'��� <br /> Terry Schneider <br /> Cc John Klingelhutz <br /> Project Developers,Inc. email:terryschn@qwest.net <br /> 15333 Boulder Creek Dr. (612)720-7667 <br /> Minnetonka,MN 55345 Fax(952) 545-0505 <br />