Senior Housing Partners/Lord of Life Church site - 14501 Nowthen Blvd. NW.

Senior Housing Partners, the development company behind Presbyterian Homes, a senior housing provider, is considering the redevelopment of a portion of the Lord of Life Church site.  They are requesting some time with the City Council to provide an update to the two neighborhood meetings that have occurred (September 28 and October 27).

The site is currently guided for Public and High Density Residential uses in the Comprehensive plan and zoned for all three R-1 MUSA-80, R-2, and R-3 residential districts (west-to-east in rough thirds).  Based on these zoning districts, the site could yield approximately 380 units.  The applicant's current working site plan has more units than what would be allowed, so a Comprehensive Plan amendment would be required.  Additionally, this number of units would require an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW).  

The development team received feedback from the neighborhood meeting on October 27.  The meeting was attended by about eight neighbors, all residing around the Flourine Street cul-de-sac northwest of the site.  They stated that they preferred a four-story senior building that had less of a footprint than the three-story concept.  They also stated that they were generally not in favor of public greenspace adjacent to their homes.  Attached to this report is the presentation the development team showed the neighbors with some updated slides showing alternatives based on the neighbors' feedback (smaller footprint senior building and additional villa homes for buffering).  

20 Minutes

Costs associated with a development proposal will be the responsibility of the applicant.

No action is requested tonight.  Please provide any initial thoughts, comments, and concerns to assist Senior Housing Partners in developing site plans.  The applicant will be meeting with the Planning Commission at a future meeting to gather their input as well.