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City Engineer Jankowski indicated a 60 foot right-of-way would be adequate to handle traffic; <br />the pavement could be widened and traffic restricted to accommodate the access. <br /> <br /> staff to further review the issue of the right-of-way on Alpine <br />Chairperson <br /> Nixt <br /> encouraged <br />Drive. <br /> <br />Steve Liekhus, 15000 Helium Street, stated he lives just to the south of this development. He has <br />lived on this property for 19 years and the turnaround is located on his property. At the last <br />Planning Commission meeting the Commission stated that they did not see the need at this point <br />to have Helium Street go ail the way through. Right now there is a fair amount of traffic that <br />gets lost in the area, and a straight shot from north to south will be a problem. He stated <br />dumping the traffic off of CR 5 does not seem logical, unless Helium Street were to go through <br />after the school goes in, with the road possibly barricaded for now. <br /> <br />Chairperson NiXt questioned if the plan is to push Helium Street through at this time and Ms. <br />Frolik replied that is the Council recommendation. <br /> <br />Diana Liekhus, 15000 Helium Street, stated at the last meeting the Commission said they did not <br />see a need for Helium Street to go through. She questioned why there has been a change since <br />that meeting. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik explained that the Council wanted 152nd <br />Avenue, 152® Lane and Helium Street to all go through for connectivity between neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy explained the extension of Helium Street relates to some of the <br />concerns regarding safety and access. Currently, these are two separate neighborhoods with no <br />connection and no alternate access in case of a catastrophe. He indicated he would support this <br />extension as long as some of the other safety concerns are addressed. <br /> <br />Ms. Leikhus stated people turning from CR 5 cause a safety concern. There are a 10i of people <br />that come down that road at a good speed, and they are not pulling over to the side to turn. If <br />Helium Street is made into a through street there may be more of a hazard because there will be <br />more people turning and more stops on CR 5. <br /> <br />Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Levine, to close the public hearing. <br /> <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Levine, Shepherd, Van Scoy, <br />and Watson. Voting No: None. Abstain: Commissioner Brauer. Absent: Commissioner <br />Johnson. <br /> <br />The public hearing was closed at 8:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Commission Business <br /> <br />Planning Commission/November 3, 2005 <br /> Page 15 of 27 <br /> <br />-8'/- <br /> <br /> <br />