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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 4, 2015 Page 31 Ms. McCormick asked how oversized bays would be addressed and whether they'd be allowed or not, in addition to many other questions with this use pro- posed so close to Langton Lake and single-family residences. All in all, Ms. McCormick noted that 65 surveys had been returned, contrasted with 80 signatures on several very specific petitions. Under those circumstances, Ms. McCormick stated that she felt slighted, and in some respects felt things were moving forward, while in other areas they were not. Tim Callaghan,3062 Shorewood Lane From his perspective, Mr. Callaghan stated his belief that the City was pursuing too high density next to a residential area. Mr. Callaghan opined that the City plan didn't used to allow HDR next to residential, but required MDR on the way and as a buffer. In his review of this, Mr. Callaghan stated a multi-family build- ing with 400 residents was fine next to a single-family neighborhood (Subarea A, formerly Subarea 4), which he found to be a mistake and didn't understand why duplexes were not being allowed when two townhomes were permitted in the same area and could look the same as long as they weren't called duplexes. Mr. Callaghan opined that he was having a hard time with definitions, since those two seemed so close to each other and either provided a transition to HDR from the single-family residential area. Mr. Callaghan expressed his lack of certainty if multi-family housing was allowed in Subarea C; and stated he had no problem with it in Subarea B. Mr. Callaghan opined that big box retail didn't belong anywhere in this area; and while there was a certain amount of retail the City could still support and had the ability to handle traffic to accommodate; it, all that appeared to him to be happen- ing was that additional retail was increasing the load for Police and Fire personnel without generating any additional revenue beyond that paid for by Roseville tax- payers, which was not a good idea in his opinion. Personally, Mr. Callaghan stated he would not include the red line on the dis- played map, as it was way too close to Langton Lake Park and he would back it down. Mr. Callaghan reiterated statements made at previous Council meetings regarding his lack of support or belief in the whole Twin Lakes Parkway issue and City Council responses heard during that time as a result of a fake traffic study assuming six lanes on Snelling Avenue. Mr. Callaghan agreed with Coun- cilmember McGehee's proposal for the line more horizontal; and again ques- tioned the rationale for building Twin Lakes Parkway at all, therefore not using it as a dividing line for Subareas and uses. Kathleen Erickson, Centennial Drive When this process was begun almost a year ago, Ms. Erickson opined that she felt it was a last attempt to participate in civic planning and discussion. However, at this point, Ms. Erickson opined she found it in some ways to have been a fruitless