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<br />Commissioner Trites Rolle stated along with the safety issue, this is located 'on, a curve, which <br />only adds to the problem. 'This ,piece of property has a lot of challenges' because of its location, . <br />and there are multiple landowners. There is nothing the Commission can do to change that fact. <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson Levine noted the Commission' directed the previous developer to see if there <br />was a 'Yay to work with the other properties in order to have a plan for the whole area instead of <br />piecemealed. <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer commented MI. Wellman had said that no one had contacted him, and that <br />he was more than willing to talk with the developer. He fmds it interesting this was not done, <br />especially since it was specifically mentioned with the previous plat. The other thing <br />Chairperson Nixt brought up with the previous plat was the additional traffic this would generate, <br />The detached townhomes included in the previous plat would actually generate less traffic than <br />the townhomes included in this plat. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski indicat,,!! a traffic analysis was completed with the GADS Prairie plat. <br />At- that time it showed an additipnal 46 trip.s for the seven units. Using the same traffic <br />generation rate, these nine units would generate approximately .59 additional trips. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy expressed concern regarding the safety issue of the service road's <br />proximity to Nowthen Boulevard. He asked what type of screening would make this safe. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski indicated some things to consider for blocking the he~ights would be <br />landscaping, a privacy wall, and rubber headlight deflectors that are used on medians. He noted <br />this has been identified a number oftimes as an issue. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Commissioner VanScoy asked who would be responsible for the screening' and City Engineer <br />Jankowski replied screening would be the developer's responsibility, <br /> <br />Commissioner Brauer questioned why the road would be located next to Nowthen Boulevard, <br />rather than at the rear. <br /> <br />Associate Planner DaInes replied there" are other possibilities for this site. 'This is the preferred <br />alternative because the right-of-way can be shared with Nowthen Boulevard. In order to develop <br />this property with the 60 feet of right-of-way there would be a need for a series of variances for <br />front yard and side yard setbacks. Staff snggested the solution of sharing the right-of-way from <br />Nowthen Boulevard. Also, if the road were to be placed on the west side there would be <br />townhomes on donble frontage lots that would face Helinm Street and have their backs to <br />Nowthen Boulevard. 1bis does not seem like a preferred scenario in any way, shape or form <br />from staff's- opinion, but it would be possible to do if all three of these property owners were to <br />get together. She does not feel this plat can be denied based on the developer compromising with <br />the adjacent property owners. The temporary cul-de-sac is being provided to allow access to <br />these properties in a better way than access is allowed currently. _ Some developer's have to give <br />a lot more of their property as a percentage to roads than this; this is 45 feet and it is less than the <br />standard, . <br /> <br />Planning Commission! February 1, 2007 <br />Page 8 of12 <br /> <br />PB <br />