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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 08, 2010 Page 9 mited to the Roseville side. Councilmember Pust opined that the City of Arden Hills needed to prove to the City of Roseville their interest in finding a coopera- tive solution to this traffic issue. Councilmember Pust further opined that it ap- peared that the most sensitive thing for Presbyterian Homes would be to make the circulation and traffic adjustments on their plat rather than dumping additional traffic into a residential area and increasing an already bogged down traffic area. Additional discussion included the revisions made to the Presbyterian Homes to- date regarding the "triangle area" previously proposed for development and re- moval of that part of the proposals due to concerns with driveways being too close to a busy intersection. Councilmembers Roe and Johnson concurred, in reviewing the site, that moving the proposed access site further west by Fairview would create less of a direct path for traffic into the residential neighborhood. Public Co Bob Espes, 3656 Shorewood Lane, Roseville At the request of the neighborhood, Mr. Espes advised that he was serving as spokesman for the Wheeler Street and Shorewood Lane neighborhood, and ad- vised that those Roseville residents in the area felt that they had been left out of the entire process to -date; and reviewed the notice area(s) used by Presbyterian Homes for their neighborhood meetings, and by the City of Arden Hills' Planning Commission for the public hearing regarding this proposed redevelopment. Mr. Espes advised that the main concerns of the residents was the increase in traffic coming onto those purely residential streets and through the secondary entrance at Presbyterian Homes, particularly employee traffic during shift changes and rush hour traffic. Mr. Espes suggested on the Presbyterian Homes' site map that a cul- de -sac could be designed on the campus and onto the lot at the soccer field level to provide the same emergency access. Mr. Espes asked, on behalf of the neigh- borhood, that the section of the road south of Shorewood Drive be eliminated, with a service road access provided for townhome residents, preferably as sug- gested by Councilmembers Roe and Johnson, west of their proposed location to facilitate Shorewood Lane, rather than providing a straight shot. Mr. Espes re- viewed a significant increase in area traffic over the last 10 -15, and the common practice of drivers to further complicate the traffic patterns to avoid intersections; cautioning that Wheeler Street and Shorewood Lane would become service roads for the Presbyterian Homes redevelopment. Mr. Espes noted that the access road had previously been proposed elsewhere, but when Arden Hills residents ob- jected, they were accommodated. However, he noted that Roseville residents, si- milarly affected, did not have the opportunity to voice their opinions, given the lack of notice of the proposed development by either Presbyterian Homes or the City of Arden Hills; and asked that they be given the opportunity to have some participation on the parts of the proposed project having significant impacts on their neighborhood and quality of life.