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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - SEPTEMBER 4, 2002 5 Mr. Parrish explained the difference between a PUD and a neighborhood business . district. Shawn Kennedy, 620 Cleveland A venue, stated he was looking into moving into this community and expressed concern about the City not taking the concerns of the neighbors seriously. He stated this development would not benefit the neighborhood. He expressed concern about the increased traffic. He stated this intersection was very congested and there were children and elderly in the area and expressed concern for their safety. He stated he was not opposed to development and there was nothing wrong with developing property, but it should fit the needs and concerns of the already existing neighborhood. He stated Mr. Nelson has not paid attention to the concerns of the residents. He stated things would benefit him, but there was no benefit to the neighbors. He stated he did not believe decks were necessary on an office building. He stated the proposed decks would be obtrusive to the neighbors and they would lose their privacy. Mr. Clyborne stated he would be willing to take a survey of residents in the area to see if they would use the services proposed for this development. Mr. McGuire requested an official traffic study for this corner to see what the impact of this development would be with respect to traffic. He noted all of the homes in the area were one-story homes. Mr. Nelson replied changes were difficult and development was hard to accept, but this would be an office building that would be used 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with limited use on the weekends. He stated the purpose of the building would be for people to work and not lounge around on the decks. He stated there would be a solid wall on the decks. With respect to the screening, they had spoken to the neighbor to the east to find out what type of screening they wanted. He stated the west would not support arborvitaes. He stated his architect was recommending River Birch. He stated they would plant 10-12 feet trees and they grew fast, up to 50 feet. He stated his proposed tenants were lawyers, accountants, dentist, and a sales representative. He stated the storage were for files. He stated they were only requesting small amendments, which was to size. He stated the gentlemen who had his home appraised and indicated they offering $20,000.00 less than the appraisal, had his appraisal go to the middle of the street. When the appraisal was reworked to end at the property line, it indicated a fair value of $146,000.00. He stated the gentlemen turned down that proposal and stated he wanted over $190,000.00 for his property. He explained where the drainage would flow and stated an engineer had looked at this. He stated parking on the west side of Cleveland was in New Brighton and they had no control over parking in that area. He noted they had looked into the VPIC plan and did know what to do with any contaminated soil that was found. With respect to the location of the trash, they had never had a problem with odors. He stated they would recycle. He indicated there would be no restaurant in the building, so there would be limited food in the trash containers. He indicated the landscaping would be very nice and they had worked hard on a landscape plan attempting to take everyone's concerns into consideration. Commissioner Ricke inquired about the existing fence along the lot line. Mr. Nelson stated the current fence would come down and they would need to address snow issues. He stated he would be willing to put a berm in, but this would create drainage problems . .