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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION AUGUST 2, 2006 DRAFT ]4 did. He stated he was concemed about the increase in traffic and his neighborhood. He . noted he could not allow his grandchildren in his front yard because of all of the traffic and this concemed him. He believed this development would add to the traffic problems they already had, He noted the average person going down Hamline was going 50-60 mph. He indicated on average, he had an accident in the front of his home onee a day. He believed Boston Scientifie would also add to the traffic. Mike Giel, 4534 Keithson Drive, stated there was no workable way the roads could handle the type of traffIe this development would create_ He stated the intersection was not made to handle this large of a development. He noted if people were coming from the east, they would need to do a U-tum to get into the development while crossing two lanes of traffic. He noted people on Keithson Drive could not see the traffie because it was below the hill. He stated this would be a problem for anyone driving down Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue also. He noted in the wintertime he believed there would be a lot of problems. 1 Ie expressed concern about the cut out on Highway 96 off of Keithson was not sufficient either. He did not believe either one of the roads could to1eratc this type of a dcvelopment. He noted this was a safety issue. Chair Sand recessed the meeling at 8:36 p,m. and reconvened the meeting at 8:43 p.m. Larry Stark, 1460 Arden View Drive, presented and explained photographs he had taken regarding the tral1ic issues. He stated it was frustrating to come here and bc given three minutes, and not know what the current plan was. lIe believed thcre should have been . more than one community meeting regarding this project. Hc stated given the TCAAP development and the modifications to the Hamlinc Avenue intersection and the expansion of Boston Scientific and Medtronic facilitics, he asked why they have not considered doing an AUAR, He stated they should not look at this small square of propcrty and believe everything would work fine, but look at the community as a whole_ Brigid Shields, 4365 Arden View Court, stated cars exiting right on Hamline Avenue in the evening will have to drive south to County Road F over to Lexington Avenue, north on Lexington Avenue and back on Highway 96 to get back to where they were already. He indicated this was a waste of time and money and it did not make sense. He believed there would be a dangcr point with the daycare center also. He stated his only opportunity to get on Hamline A venue was whcn traffic was stopped on Highway 96, but if traffic was not stopped at Highway 96, they would be trapped in their own homes, Tawana Holtz, ] 371 Arden View Drive, stated she has been a resident for over two years. Shc noted she was an cmployee of Boston Scientific and in the past couple of years, she has been late to work due to the traffic and she only had to go six blocks. She asked if the development could be moved to the north side of Highway 96, which she believed could handle the traffic better. She stated putting in a large commercial development right next to an existing residential development would bc like living in downtown St. Paul. . -- DRAFT --