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Mr. Matthew Anderson, Anderson Law Group, PLLC, 1010 Dale Street North, <br />Attorney representing residents of Roseville that live on McCarron Boulevard. He <br />indicated he wanted to talk about the Tamarack Trail Segment. He made a short <br />presentation to the Commission about the residents' opposition to the proposed <br />path. <br />Chair Wozniak thanked Mr. Anderson for the presentation. <br />Member Ficek asked if the homes have driveways on the McCarron's side or is this <br />their only access to their garages. <br />Mr. Anderson was not sure, but he thought they all had McCarron's facing <br />driveways. There is one homeowner that has lived in this area since before <br />Roseville was incorporated and his first garage was the one in the back which he <br />has been using consistently all of the years he has lived there. He noted there are a <br />few properties he represent where the only way to access the back of their property <br />is from Wagner Street. <br />Chair Wozniak asked what environmental harm Mr. Anderson is asserting that the <br />pathway would cause that is not already present in the current land use. <br />Mr. Anderson explained when listening to the description of what goes into a <br />pathway with at least six inches of base and then on top of that another two to three <br />inches of asphalt and at least at eight feet wide, the City is filling a wetland and the <br />City is losing wetland at a rapid pace as he showed in his presentation. He indicated <br />the wetland is a thriving environment that the homeowners have respected and <br />driven on the dirt road but have not dug anything up and replaced it with outside <br />vegetation or class five rather than the native soil that belongs there. <br />Chair Wozniak asked if the proposed pathway then would not, essentially follow <br />the current path taken by the homeowners. <br />Mr. Anderson explained when looking at the map, he believed the proposal is to go <br />right over those tracks, but he was not certain. The plan would still have to dig up <br />what is there and replace it with class five rather than native soil and then cut back <br />whatever vegetation is within the eight feet wide area <br />Member Misra asked who is maintaining the road currently. <br />Mr. Anderson indicated no one is maintaining it. The homeowners who use the <br />road are making sure it does not fall into total disrepair. He believed someone <br />mows it once a year. He noted the City does not plow it and he did not think the <br />City mowed it. It was his understanding the homeowners have maintained that <br />stretch to be able to get a truck through there. In the winter, the road is rarely used. <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />