Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/03/2007

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Councilmember Elvig inquired about the ability to cul-de-sac this if there were to be a closing of the access to CR 5 and an extension to 146th Street, and if the cul-de-sac would be longer than the 600 foot requirement. Associate Planner DaInes indicated this can be verified. Councilmember Look stated he would like to see the County's comments before decisions are made by the City about this development. . Secondly, he watched the Planning Commission meeting and there was discussion of hardship to the propel1ies to the north as far as the road and the type of development they would be allowed, and the term of taking property canle up. He indicated he would like to know why there is. still not agreement by the property owners to the north as is noted in the staff report. ., Associate Planner DaInes .replied the concel11 of the property owners to the north as she understands is'that they would like to see the road on the westel11 side of the property with right- of-way taken from the single family lots to the west, and that the burden be shared by them and tlle single family lots with only 30 feet of their property used for the road. Staff does not feel that the western route for the road is appropriate due to a number of things. The biggest concern is the double frontage onto Nowthen Boulevard and to the proposed Helium Street. The western route of the road would also take more of their properties as it would require 60 feet of right- of- way instead of the 45 feet required with the proposed alignment. Mayor Gamec noted the difficult part of this is the road, and there is also the problem with tlle access. He is not sure what could be 9.one better; the property owners to the north will likely be a difficult entity to work with. Councilmember Look stated a wllile back the Council discussed a project near the river and they were hard on the gentleman in terms of his architectural standards; looking at this proposal he does 'not know that the standards are too different. He would be an advocate of any townhomes that will be built in the City being nice townhomes, and he is not necessarily in agreement with the drawings as proposed. , Councilmember Elvig expressed concern witll trying to shoehorn this development in without planning the whole strip of land. He pointed out even if the road is extended there will be people stacked up on 146th Avenue trying to get out and people shooting tl1fough this neighborhood. He believes it will create a problem unless there is a cul-de-sac. He expressed his agreement with , the importance of the aesthetics, especially on an arterial road. Mayor Gamec asked if there are any recommendations on what can be done other than extending the road to the north. Councilmember Strommen noted that is the main issue. She stressed the need to look at the access for this whole strip. Safety on Highway 5 is a primary concern witll traffic tuming onto City Council / March 13,2007 Page 12 of 21 P34