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RCA Attachment 5 50 Mr. Lloyd explained in the process of reviewing this project the Parks and Recreation 51 Director indicated recently that the Parks Department did have the opportunity to 52 consider purchasing the entire parcel for additional park space and they declined to do 53 that at the time and there was serious consideration of acquiring dedication of land on 54 the northern side of this parcel to expand the park a little bit and the Parks and 55 Recreation Commission declined that as well. The final decision about land or cash 56 dedication lies with the City Council and can still make that choice. As far as what 57 the City Council has decided beyond that, the only thing that comes to his mind is 58 during the Zoning update process of a couple three years ago, he believed this was 59 one of the sites that got special focus on whether the zoning should be high density as 60 the adjacent assisted living facility is medium density or something else and the 61 ultimate decision at that point was for the medium density zoning that is in place 62 today. 63 64 Member McGehee did not think that was a problem but what she thought was a 65 problem was if the City polls its residents and the residents ask for something and 66 when the City has the opportunity to act on it, they donÓt as a City, and she thought 67 particularly to an extent where the residents really values the parks and speak to 68 everyone about the parks system. She thought it was unfortunate that a single person 69 or a small group of people could decide that they do not want to add this to the park 70 system when it was specified as an idea that people would really like. 71 72 Member Schaffhausen indicated when she thinks about traffic in particular, Fairview 73 is also within the purview of Ramsey County. 74 75 Mr. Lloyd indicated that was correct. He reviewed the traffic patterns and volumes 76 with the Commission. 77 78 Member Aspnes explained she walked around the park today and noticed there is 79 park access from southbound Snelling. She wondered about, in general, parking at 80 the ball area in the park and she wondered where everyone can park. There are a few 81 parking lots in the park and this particular site abuts the pool in the park. She noted 82 the elevation of the site is higher than the park land to the north of it. There are some 83 scruffy looking pine trees and wondered about screening from the backyards of the 84 two proposed twinhomes on the north side. She would like to see some nice 85 screening, so these homes do not look directly into the pool area. She also wondered 86 about the outlot. She assumed any water runoff will not go down from the 87 development into the park and that any access water from developing this will be 88 controlled by the stormwater management. 89 90 Mr. Lloyd explained how stormwater management will work to control the water 91 runoff. 92 93 Chair Pribyl asked if the applicant would like to come forward to answer questions. 94 95 Mr. Barry OÓMeara came forward to answer questions. 96 97 Member Aspnes wondered where the snow will be stored if there is a lot of snow in 98 the winter. Page 8 of 10