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Marilyn Van Patten for Planning <br /> August 13, 2013 <br /> Heritage Maples Senior Living Housing <br /> I believe this narrative will take care of the Security/Operations, Building and <br /> Landscaping concerns. It will also give you a little history of my preparation to build this type of <br /> facility. <br /> The history of my project to build Senior housing was conceived after a sale fell-thru on <br /> large parcel of land that was owned by my husband Dennis Chuba, and a partner. The parcel's <br /> final platting, engineering and layout design was approved by the City of Elk River which <br /> was designed to support the construction of 52 units of Senior Town Houses. After the <br /> company building the town houses backed out because of the economy, I had the land listed for <br /> sale listed for several years. The city of Elk River came out with the Maxfield report that <br /> stressed the city's need for senior housing. <br /> I contacted an architect who had designed several projects for my husband and asked <br /> him evaluate the site. He thought it was beautiful. My husband had been skeptical about the <br /> property because it is right on Highway 10 In Elk River, but I found older people like watching <br /> the traffic. The land is also only two blocks away from a large clinic in Elk River, so it is close <br /> to medical facilities, which is a great convenience. <br /> Spring of 2012, I visited with a friend who is a professor at St. Cloud University, and <br /> told her about the idea of building senior housing. She mentioned that she knew the head of <br /> 1 <br />