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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL l8, 1983 PAGE 5 • in two ponds that are interconnected. There will be an easement for utilities, which is 30 feet wide, which can be used for a trail for pedestrians to get from Hewlett-Packard and City Ha11 to the park. He also explained the trail easement (15 feet) on the north edge that goes thru to the park. The easement could be relocated if desired. Water drains nicely to the south and all drainage will be handled on the site with no water on adjoining neighbors. Drainage problems should be cleaned up in the regrading program. Most nursery trees will be maintained. As far as the traffic generation issue is concerned, they concur with Jack Anderson's report that the access to Cleveland Avenue is not warranted and would be of no benefit. They are willing to hold a lot for possible access for one year but does not feel there would be a need to penetrate to the west. The expense of doing so does not gain ar~r benefit. Carolyn Gay, 1930 Summer, stated the only advantage for an access to the west would be a benefit of the people coming from the north. ^.11 three exits become one at Prior Avenue. John Urban advised that the traffic generated by the development will not be above and beyond what a normal residential street would carry. The traffic counts are going to be much lower than what normal residential streets carry. He agrees with Jack Anderson that trips per day would only be 150 at the most. Eighty-five percent of the residents living in the new development and in Falcon Woods will want to travel east while only 15 percent will travel west to Cleveland. The cost of penetrating other land is far beyond the benefit received. Carolyn Gay then asked if the new streets will be the same width as existing streets? tr. Urban stated that the existing streets are • undersized and they will be building to the standard required street size. There will be room for on-street parking within the development. r1rs. Gay then asked what would happen to the on-street parking on the existing streets and Mr. Urban replied that in Jack Anderson's report of April 1 on-street parking on both sides could still be accommodated. NIr. Anderson did make recommendations for improvement--changing some visual items and widening a portion of one street. She was advised previously by the City that she lived on a dedicated cul-de-sac and wondered how now it could be called a stub street. Harold Nilsen advised when the homes were built a turn around such as what was installed was necessary at the time bat. _ar~ ez~ctension was always plat~.ned to go south when the land was developed. What is cul-de-sac now would be straightened out and the additional land would become the front lawn and boulevard of the adjacent property owners. Mrs. Gay wondered who would pay for the straightening and Mr. Nilsen felt it would be part of the development costs. Bob Schunicht reviewed how the utilities would be placed on the Good Value Homes site. The utilities are in conformance with a plan that has already been developed and established. Phil Chenoweth asked if there would be adequate capacity for the property that was just rezoned and Mr. Schunicht advised that the ponds have been sized considering that Hewlett-Packard, and the Hawkins property were fully developed as a commercial business type use with 70-?5 percent covered with roof and asphalt. Harold Nilsen reviewed the Task Force recommendations received a year ago in their letter of April 9, 1982, to Mr. Stefanson, Chairman of the • Planning Commission as follows: ~~In accordance with the directive of the Planning Commission on P4a.rch 29, 1982, the Tatum Woods Task Force has developed the enclosed criteria regarding development of the Hawkins- Hermes property. In your review of the overall plan, please note the JOHN URBAN (CONT'D) CAROLYN GAYS JOHN URBAN/ NILSEN SCHUNICHT/ CHENOWETH NIILSEN