Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/03/2006

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Ms. DaInes stated that the plat was sent to the County for review and there has been no response to date. Mr. Jankowski n~ted that another access~ onto County Road #5 between 151 st and Alpine would be inconsistent with access spacing requirements. Mr. Knoll stated that Alpine and County Road #5 is not at a 90 degree angle and it is a difficult comer; another access onto Alpine, just 180 feet from that intersection is unsafe. Another safety factor is that the Landscape Plan shows installation of trees and shrubs east of the proposed access onto Alpine. Considering the angle of the road and the 55 mph speed limit - a 180 foot separation between the access from Skyline and Nowthen is too short a distance. Based on the traffic criteria in the Interim Policy, this proposal should be modified or denied. Gary Stritesky - 5900 151st Lane N.W. - Noted that 7 out of the 9 cases on the agenda tonight are amendments. Mr. Stritesky said that he has been on both sides of the fence, as a resident and as a developer and he understands that changes sometimes have to happen. He stated that. the Comprehensive Plan was established a long time ago and to change the land use from low to medium density residential is not right. The Comprehensive Plan is the backbone of the City. Ramsey did not have a plan 35 years ago and that is why we have the mess we have today- there are no plans for detached townhomes. The Comprehensive Plan is the biggest thing the City has to be concerned about. Everyone is involved in putting the Comprehensive Plan . together. Amendments to City Code are necessary but when you change the backbone in the Comprehensive Plan, and it happens too easily, you will end up with little patches of development here and there and nobody knows the game rules. As for traffic, he said he doesn't want 400+ cars coming at his house. He reiterated that 151 st is the staging area and parking area for activities related to the school. Wayne Olson - 5830 151st Lane N.W. - Again noted that 7 out of the 9 cases on tonight's . agenda are amendments. Stated that he reviewed the Comprehensive Plan years ago when he considered moving into Ramsey; he was interested in where the City was going. In reviewing that, the City has violated all of the issues he looked up in the Comprehensive Plan: 1) the cul- de-sac in front of his house has doubled in length; 2) Don't have to worry about sewer and water for 15 years; sewer and water were installed in his neighborhood 10 years ago. If the desire is to have a city that is looked up to by residents and outsiders, then the plans have to be followed without making willy-nilly changes. The residents made big investments in their property to have what they have now and all of a sudden it's going to change. Mr. Stritesky talked about traffic; when there is a school event there is traffic 500 feet on both sides of 151st. The road is too narrow to accommodate parking on both sides and 2-way traffic without scraping door handles. There are a lot of children that walk to school in the neighborhood. Parents drive their kids to 151 st and County Road #5, drop off their children, and turn around in his driveway or make a 'u' turn to go back home again. At least 20 cars turn around in his driveway each day. He is very concerned that with the additional traffic, someone is going to get hurt. Especially in, the winter time; the entrance to Skyline is on a downhill slope and it does get icy. ' Planning Commission/July 10, 2006 Page 6 of 14 P6