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Planning & Zoning Board <br />April 10, 2002 <br />Page 15 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />“suddenly overwhelmed by the growth”. He asked if it was possible to make this a <br />longer period (such as 5 years) rather than two years. He asked if growth was occurring <br />too fast, could the plan be modified with less homes once the project was started. <br />Bernie Rolstad, 1505 East Holly Drive, stat ed he had lived on Holly Drive since 1960 <br />and he had watched a lot of growth and cha nge within the City. He expressed concern <br />about the density of the project and the incr ease of traffic. He expressed concern about <br />the traffic on Centerville Road. He stated if they put 200 more cars on Centerville Road, <br />this would make a great impact. He stated he had spoken with Anoka County and there <br />was no plan in the immediate future to improve Centerville Road. He stated this increase <br />would make it difficult for people living on Holly Drive to get onto Centerville Road. <br />Herman Zurtel, expressed concern regardi ng the wetland area. He emphasized the <br />wetland area had not been delineated. He st ated he believed the City’s maps did not <br />show the wetland accurately. He expressed concern about the road going through the <br />wetland area. He stated progress was comi ng and he did not know what could be done <br />about it. He stated in previous discussion wi th the City, they were told that as far as <br />MUSA went they could not get MUSA from the west, that they had to get MUSA from <br />some other area. He asked if there was a pl an for this, should it be included in MUSA. <br />He asked that they look at the fu ture and what was going to happen. <br />Harold Breyer, 1521 East Holly Drive, stated he liked wh at he heard. However, he <br />expressed concern about the property owner who was going to have a road right next to <br />their home. He asked what was going to happen with the wildlife in the area while <br />construction was going on. <br />Gil Johnson, Holly Lane, stated he lived on Holly Lane since 1983 and he expressed <br />concern about the increased traffic and density. He stated they had always realized the <br />property would be developed at some point, but he did not realize th e density would be so <br />high. He stated the develop had planned to jam as many homes as possible in this area. <br />He stated 102 homes on 70 acres was too dense. He stated he believed the City also <br />believed the density was too high or they w ould not require traffi c/road studies. He <br />stated he would like to see a much lower density of homes in this project. <br />Mr. Weiland stated they were the fee owners of the property and they were not denying <br />that there was not going to any impact of tra ffic, but they were go ing to be sensitive to <br />this issue and would be willing to work wi th the City and County regarding this issue. <br />Mr. Rafferty made a MOTION to close th e Public Hearing at 8:40 p.m., and was <br />supported by Ms. Lane. Motion carried 5-0. <br />Chair Schaps asked if this was the densest pr oject in the City. Mr . Grochala stated this <br />density was lower than previous projects. He asked if this was tabled, how long would <br />this be tabled for. <br />Mr. Corson clarified a road w ould not go through a resident’s property, it may go up to it, <br />but not through it.