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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION ~ AUGUST 2, 2006 DRAFT 11 . Commissioner Thompson asked if the daycare center had made any comments_ Mr. Lehnhoff responded they had been invited to the community meeting, but he had not heard any comments from them. Chair Sand asked how many community meetings had been held_ Mr. Lehnhoff responded thcrc was one community meeting held on July 26'\ 2006, at City llalL Chair Sand opened the public healing at 8:07 p.m. Chair Sand invited anyone for or against the request to come forward and make comment Jim Bharma, 4540 Keilhson Drive, stated thc project backed up into his back yard. He stated he had lived in his home since 1990 and when he bought his housc this land was owned by thc City. He stated he would now have buildings facing his back yard and asked how his property value would be affected. He indicated he was paying property taxes on a value of S460,000 and he believed his property values would go down. He noted thcrc was also an access onto Highway 96 from Keithson. He stated they had to wait a long time to take a left He stated there was a bad traffic problem in his area. He noted with the addition of 250 parking spots, this would be "a travesty." He cxprcsscd concern that the building was too close to his property and with the building being two stOJies, in the winter his privacy would be gone because they would be looking into his . backyard. He askcd if the officc complex would be open on the weekends. He stated this project was rcjccted oncc beforc and all thcy did was to "recycle the project." He believcd the City and thc County should protcct the rights of the homeowners in the area. He believed in democracy, but he felt this was infiinging on his rights as a long-term citizcn. He asked them to think about all of thc aspects on how this would affect the homeowners and townhome owners in the area. Elwood Caldwell, 1451 Arden View Drive, read the following statement from the Board of Directors of Arden Hills North Homes Association: "Members of Arden Hills North Homes Association are the owners and with one or two exceptions residents of the 140 townhomes locatcd immcdiately adjacent to and south of the property proposed for development, with addresses of 1342 -- 1481 Arden Vicw Drive. Its governing body is a nine-member elected Board of DirectoTS. The (ollowing statements reprcscnt thc vicw of that Board, As pointed out in the past we are not now and never have been opposed to developmcnt of the subject property as a townhouse-type office park per se. Our opposition to the predecessor proposal finally denied by the City Council on July 18, 2005, concerned primarily matters of density, usage, setbacks, parking, and landscape space. Some but not all of those concerns were alleviated during the July 18, 2005, Council meeting and others have been alleviated in the proposal now presented as planning case 06-023. . However, a majQIf9_nC.e!1.Ln95"js that all ofthc conditions added to the previous proposal by the sJafI.9Lthc Planning CommissiQ.ll via Resolution 05-45 as presented (or as -- DRAFT --