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1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 City Councii Shidy Session Monday, ,�uly I6, 2007 Page 19 Councilmember Ihlan expressed further concern regarding approving future enrollment numbers without any input on panning or land use issues. Additional discussion included various traffic analyses and parking impact studies; stormwater impacts, methodology and modeling; pro- posed traff c mitigation measures, specifically at Fairview and Lydia and Snelling and Lydia and their feasibility and the college's pro-rated share of the cost of phased improvements and mitigation measures; emergency access; and the applicant's adherence to the process out- lined by current City Code. 13 Councilmember Kough expressed concern as a recipient of ongoing 14 and continuing parking issues around the college and impacts to the 15 neighborhood. 15 17 Mr. Lindgren and Mr. Humphries expressed hope that the construc- 18 tion of the parking structure would alleviate that by providing addi- 19 tional parking on site; and also noted that the college attempted to ad-- 20 dress parking concerns by restricting which s�udents were allowed to 21 have personal vehicles, and by providing on-campus parking. 22 23 Councilmember Pust asked if the applicani had explored an "emer- 24 gency access only" with the City of Arden Hills on the north side of 25 fhe campus. 26 27 Mr. Lindgren advised that the City of Arden Hilis' xesponses to-date 28 had been very adamant; that the Lake �ohanna Volunteer Fire De- 29 partment, who services Arden Hills, had reviewed the proposal, but 30 that option had not been explored. 31 32 Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern with the EAW responses be- 33 ing d7rafted by the College-reta.ined consultant, TKDA, rather than 34 City-retained consultants. 35 36 Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern that this application was not 37 being processed similar to the expansion of the Rosedale Shopping 38 Center, with the City providing outside consulting services for review 39 of that plan.