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DRAFT - ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION ~ AUGUST 2, 2006 ]4 Richard Roessler, 1261 Nursery Hill Lane, stated he agreed with Mr. Harpstead's . comments. He asked why they could not convert this development into a residential area. He noted with the expansion of Boston Scientific and the County development across Highway 96, it had substantially increased the lraffic on Hamline Avenue. He stated this was no longer a positive thing. He was not sure the developer had the community in mind when doing this. He stated he was a believer in impact statements and recommcndcd they look at this and not approve it now, but rather make il more community minded and do it in such a way as to "test lhe system." He recommended an impact statement be done. Cindy Owen, 4490 Hamline Avenue, stated she had a.c'-!ilcern about the size of the property and traffic flow. She asked if anyone had Iookedl11.I1~W many residents were impacted on the cast side of HamIine with respech~oaccess. Sliypoted right now their main congestion was rush hour and if they putint!Jjs developmeJlt,slie believed they would have traffic issues all day long. She "believed there would be no down time on HamIine Avenue. She asked if they couldJ<:lOk at the\:levelopment bcingl;cduced down to 40,000 square feel. She believed lhedcvelopment .\\.'astoo large. Shehoted Boston Scientific would be adding onto their buildings and. th~ development of TCAAP, would also put additional traffic onto Hamline A venue. Sh",stated there were a lot of questions the residents had and they did notfeelthey had answers to, ;t:'~2?:\:/:;:, " ,"~,:." Brian Densmore, 4504 Hamline Av",n.rteNQrth,stated ifTh6 Commissioners lived on Hamline Avenue they would feel the:~amewayabouttl1is development as the residents did. He stated he was concerned abou1.tj1eincreaseirttraffic and his neighborhood. He . noted he could nOl allow his grandchildren in his front yard because of all of the traffic and this concerned him. lIe 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 once a day. He believed Boston Scientific would also add to the traffic. Mike Giel, 4534 Keithsorl1)rive, stated there was no workable way the roads could ".h"a;ndle the type of traffic lhis"development would create. He stated the intersection was n6tni~de to handle this large of a development. He noted if people were coming from the east, they would need to do a U-turn to get into the development while crossing two lanes oftti'lffic. He noted people on Keithson Drive could not see the traffic because it was below the.hilI. He stated this would be a problem for anyone driving down Highway 96 and HamlineAvenuc also. He noted in the wintertime he believed there would be a lot of problems, He expressed concern about the cut out on Highway 96 off of Kcithson was not sufficient either. He did not believe either one of the roads could tolerate this type of a developmcnt. He noted this was a safety issue. Chair Sand recessed the meeting 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 traffic issues. He stated it was frustrating to come here and be given three minutes, and not know what the current plan was. He believed there should have been . O~J~~,fl