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be to close the north end of old CR 5 and leave the south end open, as the safer place to mm is Ii'om thc southern intersection. Councilmember Jeffrey expressed concern that the south entrance on old CR 5 is so close to Alpine I)rive that it creates almost a confusion comer. He stated his recommendation would be to close thc south end of old CR 5 and leave the north end open. He does agree that one of these accesses needs to be closed. (;ouncihncmber Cook stated he does not think that either of these accesses will work well. l Iowevcr, he will work with either one of these accesses and the Quicksilver extension, as long as it will be a temporary situation, with something better to be worked out in the future. (Jouncilmember Strommen commented Will Thompson might work with the City with some of his property for the access. Will Thompson, 15248 Nowthen Boulevard, stated there are a few things he would need to consider in terms of their long term plans for the property, but something could likely be worked out with thc City regarding the access. Mayor Gamec noted a decision needs to be made tonight, and negotiations would put a stumbling block into this. (;ouncihnember Elvig commented it is a good point that neither of these are good exits from CR 5. I lowever, the Quicksilver extension would mitigate traffic coming from the new neighborhood to the old neighborhood, and from that standpoint closing down the south access would help to mitigate that. Although the proposal from Mr. Thompson may be good, they are talking about this being temporary, and ideally Potassium Street would be a frontage road to come out to Alpine Drive. This discussion with Mr. Thompson looks as though they would start to look at two new accesses, as opposed to one new access and shutting down another. He does r~ot know time wise that they can entertain that possibility at this point. Councihnember Strommen suggested the south end of old CR 5 be left open and the north end closed, and at a future point the City negotiate with Mr. Thompson to move or reconfigure the south end. She noted this might be the way to get the access through Quicksilver and get what is needed done tonight. Councihnember Pearson stated he still has problems with Potassium Street, which should be centered on the property line. It is not right that one property owner sacrifices frontage for the benefit of the one along side of them. There are some nice trees, and going to the east will ruin those yards, while the trees on the west are not as good. The wetland is not even a wetland in his opinion, the swamps have changed and the water has slowly crept up in there; the area used to be a cornfield and hay meadows. He would be willing to move ahead with this if the road is moved to thc west and centered on the property line. Mayor Skogquist questioned if the City would be paying for the Quicksilver extension, since it will be eliminated in the future. City Council / July 26, 2005 Page 9 of 35