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<br />Commissioner VanScoy commented he does not see the County determining that four accesses <br />will be reasonable. He stated he shares the concerns about this whole area. He does not see an <br />alternative to having a road go through the entire property however it is developed. He noted <br />putting the road to the back of the lots would actually take up more space than putting the road <br />along Nowthen Boulevard and sharing the right-of-way in order to minimize the impact on the <br />properties. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cleveland inquired if there was discussion regarding the ingress and egress when <br />this area was rezoned to R-2. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik replied the rezoning only addresses land use; <br />minor streets like this would not be pre-established in the plan. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer noted this area was rezoned to R-2 because Nowthen Boulevard is such a <br />major street that single family homes on the street did not make sense. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cleveland noted with the Commission's discussion of this sketch plan <br />Commissioner Johnson commented that there were too many units, and there was concern <br />regarding the size of the units. The Commission liked the concept of the land being developed. <br />She indicated she does not think this development is the proper use of a PUD. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt stated this is a challenging site. Even with medium density it does not assure <br />this level of units if this is developed as R -2. He does not see how they can get 7, or even 5 units <br />on this site. There is not an alternative to tie this into the other street unless there is a provision <br />for an ac~ess along the back of the property that is run to the property to the north and connected <br />to 146th Avenue. He noted it must also be considered that there is a townhouse development to <br />the south, and the access to the Lord of Life Church, and there will shortly be another outlet for a <br />possible 9 units. He sees this as being a major traffic issue on Nowthen Boulevard and a serious <br />concern. There needs to be an outlet in a different location or a reduction of the number of units <br />so the number of trips per day, which is projected at 70 with the 7 units, is reduced. <br /> <br />Commissioner Trites Rolle commented the safety issue is noted with the fact that the accesses are <br />not terribly far apart. She noted the possibility of the road as a horseshoe that would exit back <br />onto Nowthen Boulevard, although this would create an additional access. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt inquired how the 10- foot wide trail will impact the road configuration. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski replied the trail is located within this plat except for the northern most <br />100 feet, where it is pushed into the right-of-way because of the close proximity where Helium <br />Street comes immediately adjacent to the right-of-way. Staff has recommended that the path be <br />10 feet, rather than 8 feet, and is suggesting some consideration be allowed to have a portion of <br />the trail within the County right-of-way because of the difficulty of this site. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt noted the accommodation being made of not requiring a sidewalk in this <br />development and allowing the bituminous trail to substitute for the sidewalk, in addition to the <br />technicalities on the townhouses versus detached townhouses. He stated this set of properties <br /> <br />18 <br />