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183, Ms. IhIan opiin�e'd th1 at the Twin Lake's Parkway connection to Faiirviie'w Avenue wou�l�d remove the 184 e'xiistiin arriie'r to drive-through traffiic off I-35W iin�to a residential n�e'iigh�bor1'� ood, an�d wou�l�d seem to 185 decrease rath�e'r than increase the bulffe'r. 1861 Green Space/Open Space 187 Ms. IhIan n�ote'd th1 at pre'viiou�s zone iin designation of the Twin Lake's Re'de've'l�opm�e'n�t Area (B-6) an�d 188 re'q�ulilre'd minimum green space ®f 25%; opilnlilnl g thl at the propose'd Plan appe'are'd t® be m�oviln t® 189 90% de've'l�opmme'n�t ®r coverage ®n all the ante's in th�ils area. Ms. IhIan re'q�ule'ste'd thl at the 190 Commission conisilde'r that rationale from a pl�aniniitni g pe'rspe'ctilve'; anid opitnee�d that more pu bl�iIc itnipult 191 sh�oull�d be Colle'cte'd from residential prope'rty own�e'rs wan�tiin additional prote'ctiion s and creation of 192 more green space'. Ms. IhIan opiln�e'd thl at there were creative ways t® d® s®, anId n�ote'd thl at such 193, itncre'ase'd it pe'rvilou�s coverage raitse'd oth�e'r environmental con ce'rnis for Langton Lake+ , with ilts 194 water q�ulal�iity al�re'ady impaired. 195 Twin Lake's Parkway Connection to Faiirviie'w Avenue 196 Ms. IhIan noted the nee�ar completion of Phase's I an�d 11 of the Twin Lake's Parkway construction uIp 197 t® Prilor Ave'nIuIe'; opilnlilnl g thl at was great anId ilt was an ilmmportan�t infrastructure accommpl�ilsh�mme'n�t. 198 Howe've'r, Ms. IhIan re'q�uIe'ste'd thl at the Commission se'rilouIsl r con�silde'r, from a pl�anInIitnIg 199 pe'rspe'ctilve', h�al�tilnI g fuIrth�e'r Parkway con�strulctilon�, l�e'avilnI g ilt as ilt ils. Ms. IhIan opilnIe'd thl at th�ils 200 observation was base'd ®n significant savilnl gs thl at couIl�d be re'al�ilze'd by the Lilt anId prope'rty 201 own�e'rs, as well as the construction to-date be'ilnl g ade'q�ulate'. Ms. IhIan n�ote'd thl at the original plan 202 for Twin Lakes Parkway e'n�viisiion�e'd th1 at iit wou�l�d con�n�e'ct to Faiirviie'w Avenue an�d then proce'e'd 203, through Terrace Drive to Sn�e'l�l�iin Ave'n ,I e , al�l�owiin for an alternate route to Sn�e'l�l�iin Ave'n�ule'. 204 Howe've'r, Ms. IhIan opiin�e'd that the Ciity was aware that for the last ten (10) years, Mn�DOT wouIl�d 205 n�o longer approve thl at connection at Terrace Drive and Sn�e'l�l�iin Ave'n�ule', as iit was too close to the 206 e'xiistiin Couln�ty Road C-2 iin�te'rse'ctiion�. If a connection were cre'ate'd from Twin Lake's Parkway to 207 Failrvile'w Ave'nIuIe', Ms. IhIan opiln�e'd that ilt woull�d be a connection to n�owh�e're'; anId that ilt woull�d 208 cause traffilc to nIatu1ra1�1 r gravitate ilnito residential n�e'ilgh�borh' oods. Ms. IhIan opiln�e'd that, ilf the 209 connection was not n�e'e'de'd, ilt sh�oull�dn�"t be puIrsuIe'd; anId ilt woull�d be good for the Pl�anInlilnlg 210 Commission to re'vilsilt that from a pl�anInlilnl g perspective at th�ils tilmme'. Ms. IhIan advocated for leaving 211 the Parkway as ils to save mmon�e' y anId protect residential n�e'ilgh�borh' oods. [eT4", r-J .0, t � KeleT, Tli 0-To W, 213, Ms. IhIan q�uIe'stiion�e'd what the actual vision of the Plan was an�d where th1 at vision was be'iin�g 214 prommote'd. Ms. IhIan opiln�e'd that, based on h�e'r obse'rvatilon�s for th�ils Milxe'd Use de've'lop me'nt, ilt 215 looked like oth�e'r commercial areas in Rose'vill�l�e', and opiln�e'd thl at she dildn�"t see integration for 21+x' comet biln�e'd residential/office uses 's, with Ali® promotion of h�oulsiln at al�l�, even where ilt coull�d serve as 217 a buffer between e'xilstilnl g residential n�e'iI gh orh�oods, an ilmmportan�t issue expre'sse'd in the past by 218 the puIbl�ilc. Ms. IhIan advocated for bulffe'rilnI g those e'xilstilnI g residential n�e'i1gh1 borh' oods anId the Park 219 with those less dense u�se's, such as h�oulsiln . 220 Ms. IhIan q�uIe'stilon�e'd the role of the 2001 Comprehensive Plan Master Plan in th�ils proposed .1 221 Re' guIl�atiln Map and Plat, opiln�iln thl at the Master Plan head provilde'd a good narrative for potential 222 de've'lop me'nt sce'nl ethos on mmiixe'd use thernes for Twin Lake's an�d the oth�e'r side of Faiirviie'w. Ms. 223, IhIan expre'sse'd concern th1 at iif on�l r Twin Lake's was focused onl , an�d n�ot Faiirviie'w, iit wou�l�d create .1 224 a piecemeal de�ve�l�opm�e'n�t th at the pre'vi�ou�s Master Plan atte'mpte'd to avoiid. OW 226 Ms. IhIan q�u�e�stiion�e'd if the proposed Plan proviide'd the tools to create the econornic de've'lop me'nt 227 the commmmuln�iity wan�te'd an�d n�e'e'de'd: LEECH-certified bu iil�diin s; de've'lop me'nt th1 at wou�l�d bu iil�d the 228 city 11s tax base, an�d l�ilviln wage jobs. 229 Ch�ailr Boe�ril gte'r aske'd staff to provide a response to Ms. IhIan's puIbl�ilc C®tl1ilm e 'nl ts, as appl�ilcabl�e'.