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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 17, 1998 David Farley, 777 Viking Drive, asked about the concept of lowering the road and whether or not 4he reliever road would be lowered. Farley pointed out that the 12-foot reliever road provides buffering from Highway 36. The City Engineer replied that the road will be lowered by a half foot at the largest reduction. The road at the southern point will match the existing grade. The Engineer pointed out that the road is bein~; lowered as a result of his comment regarding driveway elevations on the new houses. The lower elevation will allow these driveways to drain toward the street. Farley indicated that he is opposed to the four-lot development. Farley indicated that at the time the Gilanderi Road improvement was done, the property owners in the area were informed that the Kimmes property wou(d <~evelop as two lots, possibly three. Farley indicated that the neighborhood was willing to compromise at a three-lot development fee(ing this pushed the edge with regard to the character of the neighborhood. Farley stated that havin~; gone to the edge of compromise, the four-lot development is taking the neighborhood beyond what it thought or believed possible with this property. Farley also expressed concern with the drainage at the northwest portion of the plat, and indicated that he has seen nothing that will addresses the concerns raised at the Planning Commission meeting. ~'arley expressed further concern with the additional traffic that this plat will generate in the neighborhood, specifically on the 12-foot wide reliever road. Farley stated that he has seen no response to the requests for research into the impact that this traf~'ic will have on the area. Farley stated th2t he would like to see a study that applies civil engineering standard~ to the traffic issue showing what would be reasonable within the parame'ers ofpublic safety. Farley felt that preliminary plat approval should',~~ withheld until the results of a traffic study are available. The City Engineer pointed out that of the four-lot proposal, three lots woutd front on Viking Drive. These additional three homes would generate between six and ten trips per home per day, or an additiona( 30 trips per 24-hour period. With regard to the reliever road, the City En~ineer stated that he did not feel the increase in trips would exceed what the 12-foot wide road could handle. Scalze suggested that the reliever road be made one-way.