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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MAY 119 2022 Jackie Durand, 3 043 Edgerton Street, stated she has lived in this area for her whole life and there have been a lot of changes to the city. She stated that she approves of this project because it could be a whole lot worse by being apartments or even commercial. She is asking for consideration of landscaping for privacy and she would like to see a buffer of landscaping between the residential and higher density. She would like to see berming with trees or hedging on top. Roland Stoehr, 3010 Vanderbie Street, asked how he will get out of his driveway during construction when Vanderbie is extended, and feels the new sidewalk is not necessary and asked where it goes. He asked if Lennar will pay for the new street or will he be assessed. Chelsea Keplinger, 2932 Vanderbie Street, stated that she appreciates the concerns from the Council about traffic, which is her main concern, and she thinks the second access on the north is important. Michael Paver, 2870 Vanderbie Street, stated that feels if more people were notified, there would be more here tonight not happy about the increase in traffic on Vanderbie. He is not against the development or more density, and he understands the appeal for more taxes and more housing options, but does not understand why it has to connect to Vanderbie Street. He appreciates that the Council is concerned about the traffic and he appreciates that the developer wants to get the most units as possible out of the development. He stated that if people are going to Highway 36, they are probably going to go all the way down Vanderbie until they have to turn. Emily Sullivan, 469 Allen Avenue, stated that the realtor selling the residential properties next to her to Lennar also tried to buy their property many times, but she loves the large lot and privacy they have. She stated that she loves the amount of land they have and privacy, and is scared of the amount of traffic that will be there and loss of the privacy they have, and the changes that will occur in her neighborhood. She is concerned about a new sidewalk because people gawk when they walk by and she will lose privacy. Mary Claire Reischl, 2994 Sherry Court, representing the Pitrina Park townhome neighborhood. She suggested designating certain roads for construction vehicle use as to not have the construction traffic using the brand new Allen Avenue street and wrecking it. She noted that everyone in the room tonight would probably like to have a U-shaped road instead of connecting to Vanderbie Street. Karin Plessel, 3001 Vanderbie Street, asked when the city would know who is going to pay for the Vanderbie street construction. She said that people race quite fast up and down Allen Avenue now and she is concerned about the little kids. Robert Rudolph asked what the estimated population of this development would be. He estimates about 400-500 people in that area which is a lot of people. He stated it does not seem like anyone is against the project, but would like to see some tweaks. There were no further comments from the public. Upon motion by McGraw, seconded by Fischer, the public hearing was closed. McGraw stated he would like to make every effort to cut the impact of this project as much as possible. 3