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development to the park, that particular corner going east is very hard to see what is 196 happening along that road so that should be looked into more carefully. She thought 197 it was important for the lake part, in the documentation she read, it was talked about 198 that they will not do anything that the DNR would not allow but she thought it was 199 important for the City to get a better feeling for what the developer is planning on that 200 piece of property. 201 202 Mr. Lloyd explained there are no changes proposed to the street itself. He understood 203 that just by historical artifacts, part of the land that has been known as the South 204 McCarrons Boulevard right of way, a wider expanse than the street itself, was 205 doubled up with the St. Paul Regional Services and there is some vacation of excess 206 parts of that right of way and that has been something the developer has worked with 207 Ramsey County on to vacate those easements where it makes sense and the resulting 208 right of way would be much more consistent with what a typical right of way would 209 be for a street of that nature. The right of way proposes to change with this plat. The 210 street and trail infrastructure that exists will not change. With respect to the traffic, 211 the twenty-unit development is well below the threshold that the City has for traffic 212 studies. He reviewed the City’s road maintenance standards. 213 214 Ms. Caroline Stoick, Roma Avenue, explained her family has lived in the same 215 neighborhood for approximately 14 years and their taxes have almost doubled since 216 moving to the area. She wondered if this would affect their taxes at all because living 217 next to homes that will be between $400,000 to $600,000, she is not inclined to pay 218 more just to have the privilege of living by them. She wondered what is going on 219 with the condemned apartments that are on Larpenteur and how is that going to affect 220 these houses because nobody is going to want to live in that expensive of a house and 221 live next to a basically condemned bunch of buildings. She agreed regarding the 222 access to the lake because that is a very blind corner. The topography of the land and 223 the way the corner is people are not seen very easily. 224 225 Ms. Gundlach explained she cannot speak to what this development would do to the 226 County assessment of the value of the home. Taxes are really based on the value of 227 the individual home and Ramsey County is the one that sets the value of the home. 228 She indicated the Marion Brittany apartments to the south are not condemned. The 229 City did revoke the rental license in November 2019 because of property maintenance 230 issues. Since that time the owner of the property has hired a professional property 231 management company to make improvements to those buildings and have put well 232 over a million dollars into those buildings since that time and she believed at the next 233 City Council meeting, at least three of those buildings will get a rental license back 234 and expect in the coming months that eventually all of the buildings will also get their 235 rental license back as improvements and investments continue to be made into those 236 apartment buildings. 237 238 Mr. Tom Elko indicated he lives directly across this development on Gaultier and 239 Roma. He explained this development adds 20 two car garages with an additional 240 forty outdoor parking spaces. He imagined between thirty and fifty additional cars 241 coming out onto Gaultier Street. This is twice the size of his neighborhood. He 242 indicated the Rice/Larpenteur vision prioritizes pedestrian and bicycle traffic and this 243 does not fit with that vision. This is a car first development. He questioned the 244 RCA Attachment D Page 5 of 51