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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 8, 2014 Page 32 From his professional perspective as an Engineer, Mr. Culver questioned from what perspective "viable"was being determined. Mr. Culver advised that his rec- ommendation would be to provide a choice for through-movements in this area; opining that the citywide and area transportation network would be detrimentally affected if the design were to disconnect from Twin Lakes Parkway and signifi- cantly and negatively impact traffic to other areas in the community. Councilmember McGehee opined that Mr. Culver was looking at the situation on- ly from a transportation network only, and not taking into consideration environ- mental concerns and concerns of adjacent neighbors. Mayor Roe questioned if the pond was recently constructed in the narrow space where the Parkway was intended to be extended. Mayor Roe further asked Mr. Culver if he anticipated that the road could be built without polluting the pond. Mr. Culver advised that he was unsure of the original intent; but anticipated the road could be built without significant impact to the existing pond. Mr. Culver noted that the map showed the entire road and right-of-way corridor through there, but clarified that the roadway would not be that wide. Mr. Culver advised that, as the design proceeds, a more detailed review would be undertaken to see if there was a way to pipe stormwater underneath the roadway to reduce impacts to the overall system as it is today. Mayor Roe opened discussion to public comment. Public Comment Timothy Callaghan,3062 Shorewood Lane Mr. Callaghan stated that he saw no way to build a roadway with wastewater, sand and salt coming off it that would not pollute Langton Lake. Mr. Callaghan questioned the idea of minimizing that impact, opining that it would flow into the lake as it had no place else to go. Mr. Callaghan opined that this design was done thirteen years ago, and questioned its validity today; opining that it wasn't a very favorable design back then, only marginal, and what was being proposed would have a major affect on the residential area. Mr. Callaghan further opined that traf- fic would not continue along Terrace Drive; and the intersection of County Road C and Snelling Avenue was already heavily overloaded, and this would dump traffic on Fairview Avenue where it was already overloaded. Mr. Callaghan opined that this fantastic traffic management plan took none of that into account; and there were no indications of a change from the AUAR traffic plan with changes already made to the Twin Lakes area (e.g. WalMart). Mr. Cal- laghan stated that residents were told two years ago that a report would be forth- coming on the affects of the WalMart development on traffic on Fairview; how- ever, it was not yet included, and opined that he had been told a falsehood, since