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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 07, 2007 Page 5 Mr. Thompson advised that, at this time, there was no plan by athletic personnel to reconfigure the limited athletic facilities on campus; nor were any programming changes anticipated; however, Mr. Thompson advised that he would revisit that issue with their engineers. Public Comment Written Comment was received from Arden Hills #3 Association Subcommittee; from Gregory Larson, 3077 Asbury Street in Roseville; and from Marie P. Churchward, 3093 N Asbury, Roseville; included for the record and attached hereto and made a part thereof. Chair Bakeman reminded audience members wishing to speak of the need for brevity to allow time for as many comments as possible in the allotted time; and that attempts to provide answers or responses would be brought back by the applicant and/or staff at the March meeting. Carol Stellwagen, 3096 Ridgewood Road Ms. Stellwagen encouraged the applicant to pursue a Park and Ride facility; noting the demographics in the staff report, Section 5.2 related to the number of buildings, faculty and students, related to projected growth. Ms. Stellwagen asked for additional information as to how the full-time students translated, in the form of actual bodies, and if part-time or non-traditional students would equate to more people, using the full-time equivalency equations. Ms. Stellwagen opined that this would certainly create additional traffic impacts if this were taken into consideration. Ms. Stonehagan also thanked the applicant for the information provided regarding the location of the road; but expressed concern regarding the location of the projected road closer to the Arden Hills boundary and the potential reduction of room for berms. Ms. Stellwagen asked that the applicant give more detailed information regarding their considerations for environmental impacts, specifically in the Roseville portion of the plan. Annette Phillips, 3084 Shorewood Lane Ms. Phillips noted that she lived in Roseville, in the area west of Little Johanna, and was specifically concerned with the proposed building #25 on the Master Plan, identified as the athletic building/field house. Ms. Phillips advised that the existing Erickson Athletic Building (#8) had caused significant erosion into Little Johanna; and she expressed disappointment in hearing that no further studies would be done until something is built. Ms. Phillips advised that the map was misleading compared to the actual topography, with steep elevations, sandy soils, and building done close to the incline into the lake, creating significant erosion. Ms. Phillips asked that these erosion concerns be addressed early on in the process. Ms. Phillips advised that if a building were planned on the Arden Hills side, that would significantly impact the Roseville properties and lake’s water quality as well. Ms. Phillips expressed concern regarding traffic management, the existing one-way road, and questioned whether the property the college owns, identified as part of Lake Johanna, was considered in their total acreage, and whether that would impact density calculations. Chair Bakeman noted that this had initiated an earlier question during applicant, Commission and staff discussions related to the actual acreage for the project; and whether the total acreage included only the campus property, or if it included the land south of Lydia Avenue and the dorms across Snelling Avenue; and clarified that the Commission had requested more details at the March meeting that would specifically indicate the land included in the PUD. Ms. Phillips noted that density concerns had been raised at neighborhood meetings; and a suggestion was made to build the parking ramp by the KTIS building to keep additional density off the campus itself.