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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 26, 2001 11 . dangerous. She noted it would only add to the traffic, which is dangerous there. She added it would be a road access to five houses. She stated there would be no traffic except for 4 or 5 houses at the end. She noted the Fire Marshal determined it inappropriate for emergency vehicles. She added it would also be inappropriate for School buses and garbage trucks. She stated there is a reason the city has a standard for roads and lots. She noted the city had excellent planning. She added it was very appropriate to hold to standards and appropriate street widths. She stated that ifthe city approved this, it must approve other ones. She noted there must be a standard. She added the elevations were a problem. She noted Wyncrest Court is higher than their homes. She stated they have flooding in their yard. She noted their sump pump runs a lot. She added the soil is clay so there is no place for water to seep in. She stated she sees the development as being very detrimental to them. She noted it would lower the property values. She added she did not see this as a hardship. She stated Roger was offered a road coming in on Amble Road. She noted he chose for his land to be landlocked. She added he made the choice. She stated it was a fine piece of property for a single dwelling. Ms. Anna Maravelas, 1274 Amble Road, stated she had many problems with water coming down the hill. She noted her basement gets flooded and her front yard gets flooded because it is across from the marsh. She added the neighbor two houses over . indicated her building never flooded until the development was built. She stated she was very concerned it would make a bad situation worse. She noted the water would come up from the floor itself. Mr. Keith Mymell, 1284 Amble Road, displayed pictures of standing water on the property. He noted the culvert in front of his property. He stated the pond does not accommodate the amount of water there already. He added he assumed the Council had all seen the petition that had been signed. He stated they were surprised that Roger, a Sierra Club member, would generate this plan. He noted that as for a hardship, the existing land pays less taxes than he does per square foot. He added the dangers of the access on Hamline A venue had been mentioned. He stated there are concerns with the roads being misaligned. He noted he was a landscape architect and was familiar with this type of thing. He added there is potential here to avoid this type of situation from happening. He stated there is a potential for greenspace. He noted the neighbors would like to work with the owners and the city to do something other than developing this land. Mr. Paul Trovedke stated he lived in the area marked wetland. He noted he was the last to develop that property in the neighborhood. He added he liked the open space aspect of this property. He stated that if another property was put back in there it would detract from the value of his property. He noted something built back there would be expensive to do and would raise his property taxes. He added that at the . end of Amble Road, it is a dead end. He stated he did not think that same size of road could go onto those properties to accommodate them. He noted the two homeowners have enjoyed the property for a number of years. He added the hardship would be on the neighbors that would be left there. He stated these owners plan on moving.