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Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if other property owners were offered to purchase a.bhffer zone. Mr. Martz replied that he was never made that offer. '~';? ':- Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if Mr. Martz was pleased with the idea;%f having'several more neighbors. 7~-.::i.} ' ?._, :. Mr. Martz replied that he had figured on one-acre lots, but he Can't chang~ ~hat has approved. He stated that eliminating the increase in traffic would minimfze their concern. ~,,': 7~' . Mark Barrett, 5221 155~h Lane NW, Ramsey, stated that there has been a lot of discussion regarding the development and Plan B was approved by;the Planning Commission on August 7, 2001, but it was done so without a direct public hearing:"; He'explained that i'e§idents were able to comment briefly on the Plan after the motion was already pasSe&. He sfa~ed it~t he did not think due process had occurred on the proposed plan, especially as if pertains to traffic patterns. He requested that the Council send the issue back to the Planning C0inr2ission because he felt that there needs to be more work done on the plan. Mr. Barrett presented art Overall ~iew of the entire area showing that 155th Avenue does noi: exit directly to T.H. ~47. He.-sfated~that according to the traffic study 20 percent of the-tmffic'g0es n0rth and 80 percent goes ~south. Based on those figures and the fact that there is .not direct acces~ to T.H. #47 from 155~h. Avenue he did not see any rational reason to make the connection from the.ln~w"~.dev¢loPment through the existing development. If the Council insists on an exit then, e0nnect an access on 154th Circle. He stated that there should be exits to the north and the south 'of the development. He requested that the Council rejects the plan and send it back to th~ Planning Commission for more public input. Brent Smit~, .15620 Yakima Street, Ramsey,:t:,stated-that he lives to the north of the proposed development .-~nd will be pur6hasing a buffer":ar, ea. He explained that residents have been fighting d¢velopment for three years and dung ~hat period they signed up 100 some people in the surround/_ng neighborhood .to fight thd'~:development, tn regards to the buffer area the residents approached the builder-the bufld'~ did not approach them. They have done many mailings over the-last few years and only now that the development is has been approved the ..--,".:i.0t.her res!dents are showing up. He stated that the residents to the north of the development have - '. spent ~housand dollars oftheir own money to fight the development and now they have agreed to buy the l~uffer area. At this time they were s~mply asking the City to cul-de-sac the proposed through streets to the north7 Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he thinks that it is great that the residents to the north are receiving density transition, but unfortunately they had to pay thousands for that buffer. He continued to,be concerned for the other neighbors that have not received density transitioning. Jon Westrum, 15660 Juniper Ridge Drive, Ramsey, presented staff with some different street layouts. 'He stated that Planning Chairperson Nixt did not see a problem with making more of the streets cul-de-sacs. Mr. Westrum stated that when people purchase their lots in the new - City Council/August 28, 2001 Page 12 of 35