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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 11,2005 10 had to be enforced. He stated the traffic on Hamline was a "disaster waiting to happen" and traffic and access needed to be controlled. Mayor Aplikowski asked if it was anticipated once the 35W interchange was completed, would this change the nature of Hamline Avenue. Mr. Brown replied it should reduce traffic on Hamline Avenue. He indicated Guidant at some point would put in a signal at County Road F. He stated the long term would be better, but until that point this would be a problem. Mayor Aplikowski asked if adding a stop sign along Hamline Avenue, would assist with the traffic issues. Mr. Brown replied the further someone got from a traffic control, the less benefit there would be. He noted it might help some things, but it would probably hurt some things also. Councilmember Holden noted every time the Ramsey County Sheriff came down Hamline, this would also strip the signal from the residents. Mr. Brown replied that was correct. Mayor Aplikowski stated the development as proposed would not additional traffic to Hamline A venue, but she agreed they needed to look at the traffic issue on Hamline. Bonnie Lovell, 4340 Garden View Court, stated with Medtronic now being developed on Highway 10 that would be approximately 3,000 additional employees trying to get to their work, which would add to traffic on County 10. Mayor Aplikowski asked if Council wanted to table this and have a special meeting or proceed tonight. Councilmember Larson stated he believed this was a nice development, but he could not support the development with an access on Hamline. He suggested the developer look at the signage to determine if they could live with the suggested signage proposal suggestions. He asked staff and the developer to also look at the number of parking spaces to determine if it made sense to have this much parking, or whether they could get by with fewer parking spaces on the site. He stated he would support tabling this until they got the answer to those items. Councilmember Grant stated he would also like to table this and he saw problems with the access on Hamline Avenue. He stated he liked some of the ideas in the landscaping plans, but he asked they look at the berm again. He stated there were a number of issues they could not make at the bench tonight. He asked what the deadline for action was. Mr. Hellegers replied it was July 15, and they would need from the developer a written extension of the 60-day review period. Mayor Aplikowski stated she was suggesting they do this next week because at the next meeting not all of the Councilmembers would be present because of vacation schedule. She stated she wanted a portion of the Work Session to be declared as a special meeting if they could get all of their questions answered.