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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 22,2013 Page 17 Mayor Roe thanked Councilmember McGehee for her attendance; at which time he invited public comment from the audience. Public Comment Jody McElroy,905 Millwood Avenue Ms. McElroy thanked Councilmember Willmus for suggesting adjustment of to- night's agenda; and thanked the City Council for helping the neighborhood through this process and making revisions in the process for future developments. Ms. McElroy opined that the City Council had been more supportive of the neighborhood than City staff, opining that response time from staff had often been slow, forcing the neighbors to be its own watchdog and work with the developer to get answers. In addition to the resulting Tree Preservation Plan, Ms. McElroy advised that the neighbors were still working with the developer; and referenced a recent video provided by the neighbors to the City Engineer that resulted in a change to the proposed drainage plan. Ms. McElroy pointed out a street correc- tion in the Public Improvement Contract as well as in lines 140-141 of the most recent RCA. Paul Rossbach,953 Millwood Avenue Mr. Rossbach referenced another outstanding item pointed out by Mike Winfield from the Public Works/Engineering Department advising that one of the survey monument markers was wrong with an apparent overlap of 5'. Mr. Rossbach ad- vised that he didn't have any documentation of the issue, but asked that it be de- termined prior to the developer starting the project. Ms. Bloom advised that Mr. Winfield is actually the Ramsey County Surveyor; and offered to follow-up on the situation with Ramsey County's surveyor and the developer. However, Ms. Bloom noted that Ramsey County would not file the Final Plat until those and any other inconsistencies were addressed and corrected. Matt Johnson, 826 County Road D Mr. Johnson spoke in support of and provided a testimonial on behalf of the de- veloper, advising that he and his wife had built their home in 2010 with Mr. Han- son and found the process to be a great experience. Mr. Johnson opined that the result was a great quality home and expressed confidence that the developer would follow-through with homeowners; and would provide more good quality homes in Roseville. Greg McElroy,905 Millwood Avenue Mr. McElroy expressed his concern with the size of the homes proposed for those lots, averaging 5,000 plus square feet on a parcel of 2.5 acres in the middle of this street. Mr. McElroy opined that it just didn't fit in the middle of their street. Mr. McElroy asked that the City Council review sizing for homes on lots in the future, and while not objecting to larger homes, expressed concern that they serve