Frasier Meadows proposes 98-unit expansion on Mountain View United Methodist Church land; neighbors raise traffic, parking and right‑of‑way concerns

Frasier Meadows and Mountain View United Methodist Church presented a concept plan Jan. 21 to redevelop the church property at 355 Ponca Place and add a 170,000-square-foot, four‑story (55‑foot) addition to the adjacent Frasier retirement campus at 350 Ponca Place. The addition would include 98 independent‑living apartments and two levels of underground parking; the proposal would demolish part of the existing church building, remove surface parking and seek vacation of the Ponca Place right of way.

Why it matters: the site sits in an existing high‑density residential land use designation and would increase Frasier’s independent‑living capacity while changing access, parking and the character of the block between Horizon K‑8 and Admiral Burke Park. The proposal raises questions about public access on Ponca Place, parking adequacy and traffic and emergency access near two neighborhood schools.

Staff presented the concept as a mandatory review because the assembled development exceeds site and building thresholds. Planning staff reported that the combined site totals about 18.86 acres and that the proposed addition would raise the total units at Frasier Meadows to roughly 493 units and an estimated 625 residents. Under the current concept, site‑wide parking would increase by about 160 spaces to a total of approximately 715 spaces; staff noted that if standard attached‑residential ratios were applied the required parking would be…