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<br />4) street entrance to the plat from 151 st has been relocated to the east, away from the existing <br />home on 151st. <br /> <br />With respect to the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, City Staff is of the opmlOn that <br />townhomes are a good fit for property located at the intersection of two major traffic corridors, <br />with medium density development existing on the north side of Alpine Drive. The same <br />justification is not warranted for the southerly part of the site. City Staff recommends retaining <br />low density on what currently is identified as the Haubrich parcel. <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt called for comments pertaining to the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to <br />change the land use from low to medium density residential and the request for a rezoning from <br />R-l Residential to Planned Unity Development. <br /> <br />Glen Weakly - 5931 151st Lane N.W. - Stated that he thinks it is highly inappropriate that the <br />Commissioners are addressed by their first name. Stated he and his neighbors are deeply <br />committed to keeping this a single family neighborhood. He is against any outlet from the new <br />neighborhood onto 151st. Traffic is far too great already. He is opposed to the common open <br />space and trail behind his house; it will become a haven for drug use. If the City allows medium <br />density in this area, there should be a freeze on the taxes of the existing single family homes. <br /> <br />Matt Tews - 5844 151 st Lane N.W. - Not opposed to development the property; actually looking <br />forward to a development that the entire neighborhood can agree upon. Last February, <br />Commissioner Johnson said that he could not see a compelling reason to change the land use <br />from low to medium density residential. Mr. Tews said that he feels that there is still not a <br />compelling reason to increase the density, other than to benefit the developer. It was stated that <br />the traffic counts did not include school traffic as that traffic occurs outside peak traffic hours. <br />There is already a traffic problem on Nowthen resulting from school traffic; that will increase <br />with this new development. There is an existing traffic problem on 151st. Mr. Tews noted that <br />people pull onto 151 st, retrieve or drop off children and then turn around in residential driveways <br />to leave the neighborhood again; this practice is safer than trying to enter and exit at the school. <br />Mr. Tews referred to the traffic generation analysis. It was reported at a previous meeting that <br />Shade Tree Creek, for instance, will generate 10 vehicle trips per day per home. If the plan here <br />is for 62 units x 10 trips a day, that equals 620 vehicle trips a day. The traffic report states that <br />70% of that or about 434 cars, are expected to make that turn onto 151 st. With the existing traffic <br />from the neighborhood, the traffic count will increase to 800 cars per day at 151 st and Nowthen. <br />Mr. Tews suggested that perhaps this case has to be tabled until the school is in session and redo <br />the traffic counts at that time. Mr. Tews stated that he is opposed to the change in density based <br />on traffic issues. <br /> <br />Sarah N arr - 6100 151 st Lane N. W. - Stated that she doesn't want to see the density change on <br />151 st. She and her neighbors previously delivered a petition to the Planning Commission that is <br />on record. Traffic is a big concern. Today it took her husband 12 minutes to get from <br />Minneapolis to the intersection of Ferry Street and Hwy. #10. It took him 22 minutes to get from <br />Ferry Street railroad crossing to 151 st. Cars make illegal bypass lanes when you try to turn onto <br /> <br />Planning Commission/July 10, 2006 <br />Page 5 of 14 <br />