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2350 WYCLIFF STREET - SUITE 200 • SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55114 TELEPHONE 651-224-3781 • FACSIMILE 651-223-8019 www.kellyandlemmons.com from the police department, citizens and ResCare. The staff recommendation was as follows: 1. A copy of the Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) License from the State of Minnesota must be submitted to the city. 2. Records of state compliance inspections must be submitted to the city upon receipt by ResCare. 3. The SAC/WAC Units will be reviewed to decide if additional fees will need to be paid based on the change in use. Fees will be due before issuance of a building permit. 4. A designated smoking area outside of the building must be identified on the site plans. At the January 22 meeting, the Police Chief reported contacts with the city police departments were ResCare operates other facilities. The Police Chief did not report or find any information that the operation of the ResCare facilities in the cities he researched posed any danger or safety to residents in their areas. He did not report or find any information that the operation of the ResCare facilities impacted the health, safety or welfare or any detriment to citizens in those cities. The record does reflect that there were no issues regarding the health, safety, or welfare or any detriment reported by neighbors at the following ResCare facilities: Northwest Residence in Brooklyn Center, Transitions on Broadway in Robbinsdale, Community Options in Fridley, and Community Options in Saint Paul. As the Council deliberated, there was confusion as to whether or not they had sufficient findings of fact for denying the conditional use permit. The confusion was exemplified by your comments asking for more direction from the Council as part of the motion of the discussion as to what should be put into the findings of fact. You also asked for more factual basis to support the finding that standard number one was not met. The Council discussion centered around the issue of whether the ResCare location is the best location in the City. As you made the Council aware, you had a concern about that being a basis for denial because the City has a comprehensive plan and a zoning ordinance that allows the use in that specific location. In reviewing the emails and testimony from residents, it appears to center around speculation, fear of the unknown, and general comments with respect to the type of individuals trying to transition back into society. A comment from the resident living at 1797 Tipton Circle NW Unit 105 dated January 2nd states “I would no longer feel safe and actually feel threatened. I am in agreement that there is a need for this type of facility however, as many of my neighbors have expressed, better suited for another area of the city/county.” A comment from the resident living at 1797 Tipton Circle NW Unit 107 dated January 4th states “We have always felt SAFE in this single family neighborhood. One of the criteria for occupancy for this business was that it would NOT CHANGE THE SAFETY OF OUR