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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 15, 2008 Page 11 tractor/trailers to make that turn, .particularly in the winter. Mr. Stinske further addressed trucks accessing TH 280 with traffic going 60-75 mph, from their facil- ity and inability to get their speed up that fast. Mr. Stinske advised that he ob- jected to the proposed alignment, while acknowledging that safety issues had ap- peared to decrease with other access points. Patrick Fischer, Property Manager, Paper Calmenson Mr. Fischer explained that trucks couldn't access their property from the north, without existing off I-35W and using parking lots of other businesses; or utilizing another route onto Main. Mr. Fischer advised that they had no access to turn left coming north on TH 280; and that the proposed design would be changed for a left only on Broadway, and that their main access was at TH 280 and County Road B-2, creating a real problem for their business, and effectively slicing their property up, necessitating closing off some of their loading doors, changing the entire dimension of their property and any future redevelopment plans. Mr. Fischer advised that while others were voicing their opinion to remove the inter- section permanently, he was advocating returning that access point. Mr. Stinske concurred, opining that the proposed design and continued closure was dramatically affecting their facility, and noted that they had a large invest- ment there. Discussion among Councilmembers and Mr. Fischer and Mr. Stinske included ac- cess options; and educating out-of--town semi drivers to those access points. John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn provided his personal historical perspective from original discus- sions in 2002 with the Lauderdale City Council during his tenure on the City Council; and emergency access issues. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that there was no emergency vehicle issue; and that public opinion at that time was split 50/50 as to whether to keep the access open or not, depending on age and household demo- graphics. Mr. Kysylyczyn advised that it was the respective City Councils' deci- sion to look to the future and to pursue the concept of a safe neighborhood. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that, with respect to the Paper Calmenson property, after much discussion, it was determined that the issue was operations on the north half of the parcel versus their south access and no good travel between those two halves. Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that there had been discussion at that time of MnDOT taking the property and cutting off access; until money and other factors became an issue, with the City Councils leaving it up to MnDOT to hammer out the details depending on how restrictive the new designs were for access to the parcel. Shirley Friberg, 2130 Fairways Drive Ms. Friberg spoke in support of the closure; providing her personal historical per- spective since 1962; changes to the neighborhood; her previous neighborhood pe-