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Mr. Schro/der stated that Staff is asking City Council to adopt a resolution which adopts a negative fihding. This item has been discussed over a dozen times in the last two years and now it is tip to the Council to make a decision to benefit the community as a whole. He added thag Staff does understand the concerns of the people and will continue to address these con,ms with the City Engineer. We are at the last 6/10th mile; if City Council does not provid~ for a collector roadway, the traffic will use residential streets. That will cause I negative i~?p~ts upon those residents. The alignment the City is proposing, impacts four parcels. 'l~raffic impacts already exist; if the road is not built, the traffic will be in existing neighborh~r~od~ on 154th 155th and 156th. He stated that the City has dealt with all the I issues tha~ have to be dealt with and Staff's recommendation is that this roadway must be completed~ This will provide the much needed crosstown medal that will benefit the entire community. I Mr. Vasseur stated it sounds as if Mr. Schroeder's mind is already made up. Mr. Schr0~.der~ stated his mind is made up and added that he feels this road is in the best I interest of the City. Mr. Vasseur disagreed and added that traffic moves too fast now and this will double that i problem. Pat Rich, r7851 - 152nd Lane N.W., Ramsey, stated Council should vote no on this road because them is so much opposition to it. I Mr. Vas~ur suggested putting a 99-year moratorium on the project. · ~ Jennifer 0smoson stated that when City sewer and water are proposed, the citizens have a · say in it, r. She felt these people are looking for help and Council is not giving them any. She suggested Council give the people somewhere to mm. I Councilmember Peterson stated that it is unfortunate that many of the people have been misinforr~ by persons in their neighborhoods. They have been told horror stories about what hapl~ens when a road comes through their neighborhood. He stated his neighborhood I recently e~perienced change when the road came through but a comment at the last meeting from an ~fected party was that the wetlands actually got better. He added that the landfill and the gelf course will not benefit by this extension. I Mr. StmWVe stated that he may not have owned his house when the road was going through~ut he suggested that the road alignment changed when it was initially going to go i in front o1' Councilmember Peterson's house. ADJOURNMENT I ConsensUs was to close the public hearing. The public hearing adjourned at 8:22 p.m. I Respectf~ lly submitted, __ ~ J~Thieltflg ~ -'---~ \ /~// ~---4/[~ Sc'broeder ' i Recordifil~ Seereta~ '-~ City Administrator Public Hearing/EAW/City Council/September 14, 1993 Page 4 of 4