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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 26, 2015 Page 10 Councilmember Etten opined that if access was added now (e.g. right turn lane northbound), the developer would be obligated to pay for that infrastructure ver- sus if Ramsey County chose to wait, which would negate developer involvement and cause the County and City to be responsible for those costs. Mayor Roe questioned why the configuration of a right in, no right out was cho- sen for access to Twin Lakes Parkway; and questioned if that could be changed if a Cleveland access point was allowed. Mr. Paschke noted that this became problematic for larger vehicles (e.g. trucks) with right-out crossing lanes of traffic and creating conflicts and more accidents as they attempted to get into the proper traffic lane on Cleveland Avenue to access I-35W or to facilitate another turn action. Mr. Paschke opined that a right in would be best as recommended by the City's Engineer, with the traffic study sup- porting a right-in,but not a right-out. Mayor Roe agreed that it made sense from a safety standpoint, especially when considering that access was available off Mount Ridge Road. Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that access was also available on Iona Lane. Mayor Roe suggested that the City may wish to participate in signage to route traffic throughout the Twin Lakes area, or to provide wayfinding signage as part of the developers' signage. Mr. Bilotta advised that a master signage plan from both developers has been strongly encouraged by staff, but he did not anticipate that Mount Ridge Road would ever become that heavily traveled to need significant directional signage for traffic; but duly noted Mayor Roe's comments. Mr. Paschke noted that developer signage would typically be on private property versus the public right-of-way. Mayor Roe noted that his suggestion was to include directional signage as part of the entrance monuments for the developments, which the City could take into consideration as part of the developer signage requirements as applicable. Public Comment Lisa McCormick,Wheeler Street Ms. McCormack expressed her disappointment that the developer was not present for this discussion; and apologized for the apparent lack of public participation at the Planning Commission level. Ms. McCormack opined that part of the lack of participation at that point may have been the public's unawareness of a potential Aldi's grocery at that location. However, once revealed, Ms. McCormack noted the public lack of interest or support for that retailer expressed on the City's web-