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Regular Planning Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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<br />additional condition and good neighbor issue, he had recourse to do so with the appeal
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<br />process. Member Boguszewski noted that, since staff had separated the issues at the
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<br />beginning of their report and subsequent recommendations, staff had provided the
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<br />specifics for a proposed motion following tonight’s public hearing.
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<br />Mr. Callaghan reiterated his question as to why the adjacent properties across Lydia
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<br />Avenue were being subjected to this without a barrier for the field or stadium on any
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<br />PUD, at least not the one approved in 2007; and questioned again why this was not
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<br />considered a significant enough change to warrant it no longer being grandfathered in.
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<br />Mr. Callaghan opined that the proposed field didn’t look anything like the original campus
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<br />Master Plan; which of course, Northwestern hasn’t shown to the Commission.
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<br />With Member Daire noting that the displayed map indicated that the stadium now existed,
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<br />Mr. Callaghan opined that it does not, only the field exists.
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<br />Mr. Lloyd displayed a copy of Exhibit B, consisting of the 2007 PUD, and approved
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<br />concept site master plan, map and orientation showing a stadium structure with
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<br />bleachers, a football field, and field house that would extend further westward across the
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<br />existing parking lot, and specifically the stadium facility as it appears in that concept plan,
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<br />but in a different location, even though the same facilities, just oriented differently. Mr.
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<br />Lloyd noted that this was typically how a PUD was structured, and this request was not
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<br />changing the nature of the PUD and anticipated development on campus.
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<br />At the request of Member Boguszewski, Mr. Lloyd clarified that the notice requirements
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<br />would have included the neighbors; and even thought the notice distance today was
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<br />larger than when the PUD was approved, it would have been on a sliding scale to include
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<br />applicable radii at that time, but would not have been less than 350’. Mr. Lloyd also
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<br />responded to Member Boguszewski that the owners of the nursing home properties
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<br />mentioned by Mr. Callaghan would have been included in that notice area; but had not
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<br />appeared at that time and apparently not tonight.
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<br />Ernie Willenbring, 832 Lovell Avenue
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<br />Mr. Willenbring opined that this was simply a matter of common sense and that Roseville
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<br />was a city with many activities and people; and if not so, the community would be dead.
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<br />Mr. Willenbring suggested that, if residents were bothered by the light, they should pull
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<br />down their shade, unless that was too simple of an idea. With cities having activities
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<br />going on, it was only natural, and suggested that if bothered, neighbors either find a
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<br />common sense resolution, or they should have purchased outside of a city.
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<br />Troy West, 3076 Shorewood Lane
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<br />As it relates to dovetailing noise and light issues, Mr. West stated that his concern was
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<br />that by extending the lights on the field would extend noise, which was currently very
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<br />significant as it bounced off the buildings, making it just as loud further away as on the
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<br />field. As an example, Mr. West noted that, the Saturday after he moved into the home,
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<br />there was some kind of practice on the field for 3-4 hours, which he found very fatiguing,
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<br />and while not constant, if on a weekend, it was like being on the field itself. Again, Mr.
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<br />West stated that his concern was that the lights would make the noise be extended after
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<br />dark, and opined that this went hand in hand with effects on a person’s quality of life,
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<br />even though he didn’t find the lights to be as big of a deal as the noise for him personally.
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<br />At the request of Member Boguszewski, Mr. West confirmed that he purchased the home
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<br />in August of 2013. When Member Boguszewski asked if the real estate agent didn’t
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<br />disclose the proximity of the college, Mr. West clarified that he found the gamed to be
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<br />energizing, and with only five home games per year, his concerns were only with
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<br />rudimentary things (e.g. practices on Saturday or Sunday and extending practices into
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<br />the evening with the addition of the lights). Mr. West stated that he didn’t mind the
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<br />evening games, but was concerned with the sound being later into the evening due to
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<br />adding the lighting allowing for later play; which could potentially increase the noise
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<br />tenfold.
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