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Ms. Albrecht stated that the height of the building will be a real issue for her. She did not think that the variance should be granted. She felt that the apartment building should be built in a different area of the City. Chairperson Nixt inquired if Ms. Albrecht would approve of the building if they met the height restriction requirements. Ms. Albrecht replied that she does not want to see the apartment Chairperson Nixt inquired as to how the proposed building coml: senior complex. ~,~.~;~¢~ ' Principal Planner Trudgeon replied that he was not sure with nou~:~."~gearching the Chairperson Nixt inquired as to what the response t~eS¢~as ir needed t~ adjoining city for assistance· ~'~.':~;~i¢ the existing Jerry Streich, Ramsey Fire Department, replied that the senior housing complex would be 15 to 17 minutes. Anoka minutes. from Elk River to the fastest response time at six Chairperson Nixt inquired as to what Department if the City had its own aerial the Ramsey Fire Mr. Strelch rephed that the. 'Ramseg ~e could respond in 15 minutes, including a s~x to eight m~nute tr~p0rt t~me g6i:iCthe fire for the firefighters. He noted that the previous response t~meS:~did not inch~the six to m~utes for the ~efi~ters to reach their Board Member Sweet. ~t'ate'd:'~at if the CiW stays wi~ their regulations of the 35 .feet.they would not:~[~'}~chas~¢~ehal ladder track. ' ' eo~a,M'ember Jo~;';'~7~,i,ed"~i~f~, Ram..y Fi,e D.pament wo~d b. due to re.~ue .people ~om.the bmld~ng, w~th thmr,exmt~ng eqmpment, w~th the proposed window heights. ~. 's~eh .t.t.6 that t~..o, th.y a.e ...o~ending ae~a~ of ~e v~.n.e h.. to do with public safe¢!.~gS well as:?coacem of the prop~. Sava~a O~s was ~ted a ~ne foot vm~ce una~}~d~,~t the Ci, would be purchasing ~ aehal ladder rock ~ the near with the In this case t~:.}~.~:~;~roposing a 15 foot height deviation ~d thee is no proposal to include decks on ~e builfl~fig. ~e Ramsey Fire Dep~ent has 1Mders thru will reach the windows, but they would have to walk ~ound to the back of the build~g to get the ladder up, whch is why the dhving pad was reco~ended. ~e build~g will be cons~cted ~ compliance with the State Fire Code, but the Ci~ c~ot restrict where h~dicapped people c~ live with~ the building. Board of Adjustment/June 5, 2001 Page 7 of 11 -17-