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<br />'. ! ~akeit nearly impossibi~ to get i~
<br />: or out of the neighborhood.
<br />I': Council members Dean
<br />j Maschka agreed.
<br />~ ! "I'm'very reluctant to approve
<br />lof any development in this area that
<br />: will increase the amount of traffic"
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<br />. .j Maschka said. "Already the
<br />"1 r~sidents in the area complain that
<br />,I t*ey can't get out of the area. If
<br />: ~pstomersdp get in there, it will
<br />: h}<ely be impossible for them to get
<br />, 10jJt. .
<br />II.; "It als~, creates a fire hazard,"
<br />he added. A lotof the men in that
<br />i n:eighbQrhood are volunteer fire The vote
<br />rfightersa'nd they' have trouble ,Taking,all the comments into
<br />.; g~ttingQutt? get to the fire house, conside~ati.on, Council Member
<br />;11t. alone g~tting' a truck into that ,Donn Wlskl a~d Mayor Dan Wall
<br />f neIghborhood, if God forbid 'we.. . v9~~d,for approvalofthe center.
<br />.~ h~d ~ 'fire': Ijust ciin't'a-dd ;riy 'mo~e ' "T,~is is a pe.rmitted use in the
<br />(t~afftc to that mix." ?rea" Wall saId. "Traffic will
<br />;; r:;:. According' to' staff reports; Increase, but traffic engineers have
<br />~ Y>,ndale Garden Center would.. ~old us the roads can handle the
<br />,bring an estimatedAOO-500 vehicle Increase. I see nothing in front of
<br /><ttIps a day to the location with me to support a denial of this
<br />~ ap'dit~on.al traffic in the spring. If project at thi~ time." .
<br />'~tq).fflc'lncreases, MnDOT may Meanw~lIe, council members
<br />~e:V.en consider closing the Barb Mas~el and Dean' Maschka
<br />tn~r,thbound m.edian on Snelling voted against the proposal. Both
<br />;A;venue, which could revert the.. Mastel and Maschkacited
<br />;tr?fficto Oakcrest A~emie directly .ex~essive increase traffic for the
<br />)tlir.ough the)a-mes Addition nel~hborhood as a reason for
<br />:neighborhood.. ' ..' ~ent~l, as w.ell as the health and
<br />,;.:~":Denn:}s:We'sch"thecity"s saf.ety issue... '
<br />!cg,!'.1P'1I)~lty.developm.~ntdirector,- . '. The ,v.ote . ended In a 2-2
<br />ltg.l,d,: councjl members that ,the' st~lemate because Council Member
<br />,,:n:cJ\'ghbbrhood' task""forc'c<vas John. Goedeke'waSabsent.
<br />:againstthe project for .thatreason~ .To resolve the issue, the council
<br />'(,!"(Council Member'Barb Mastel asked.Public Works Dir'ector Karl
<br />:was .' also' sympathetic to Ke~1 t~ conduct a traffic study
<br />:n'eighborhood concer'ns'. . . . dUTlng the month of March. At the
<br />;ili,~:;T?e impact ofthat,mucht~affic ,March ~2 ~eeting, Keel will
<br />(Q.n.,Jhls neighborhood, would be' present hIS estimate of the traffic in
<br />beyond comprehension;" she said. ~hatarea arid also try and determine
<br />:';;1 '~atinot vote to further burden If there is a legitimate health and
<br />1h'ose residents." '. . sa(ety issue concerning the fire
<br />.",,,,,Maschka. .also questioned department and police access to the
<br />>>1Rether retail was appropria'te for area.
<br />the, \~rea given the gridlock in the. The garden center's future
<br />.. depends on the results of that plan.
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<br />area during the holidays.
<br />"Vo(e. have traffic backed up on
<br />Snellmg and Fairview for miles
<br />during the Christmas rush'"
<br />Maschka said. "Not even 'fire trucks
<br />or police ?fficers can get through
<br />when they re needed. Do we really
<br />want to continue to add to that
<br />mess?" '
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<br />However, Tom Duoss, the
<br />owner of Lyndale Garden Centers
<br />, said thefraffic counts would not b~
<br />that hi'gh, estimating that an
<br />average of 250 cars a day visit his
<br />other stores in the Twin Cities.
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