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Planning&ZoningBoard <br />May10,2006 <br />Page 5 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />neighborhood s .Shewonderedhow pedestrianst othenorth are supposedtocross B irch <br />Streetinorderto accessthe proposed trails . <br />Greg G raves ,6532K ildeer D rive,stated that herecalled whentheS addle C lubarea was <br />developed t h erewouldbe noadditionalaccessesallowedoffofBirchStreet.He stated <br />concernaboutfutureroadextension andincreasedtraffic .He askedwhatwouldh appen <br />withthetemporaryculdesac andwasconcernedaboutpotentialdamagetotheroads <br />duringthedevelopmentprocess . <br />Michael Prieve,1047 A spen L ane ,expressedconc ernaboutroadissuesandwondered <br />howthisdevelopmentwouldconnecttotheFoxboroughdevelopment.Hes uggestedthat <br />theroadeventuallyconnectto62 nd street.He alsosuggestedimprovingtheentirepond <br />insteadofonly ¾ofthepond asproposed. <br />Sha wn McArdle,6508KilldeerDrive,statedthatwhenthep roposeddevelopmenttothe <br />west wasdiscussedbythecity,thePoliceChiefsaidtha tBirchStreetcouldnotsupport <br />anyadditionaltraffic .HerequestedthattheChiefofPolicebeinvolved andask ed if <br />B irch S t reet c ould holdthisamountoftraffic . <br />KevinOvergaard,6511 P heasant R un South,wasconcernedabout dailyeventsand <br />activitiesatBi r chParkthatcause overflowparkingontotheroads .Hewasconcerned <br />about increasedtrafficandspeed,an dthe safetyofresidentsaccessingthepark .He <br />askedifanexpansionoftheparkingl otwouldbepossible. <br />Clydie D ouglas ,1100T rapper ’s C ourt ,wonderedifthedevelopmentwouldimpactthe <br />floodplainfor N orth T rapper ’s Crossing.Sheaskedwhatthe conservationprojectwould <br />entail,andwa sconcernedaboutpedestriansinthewetlandareaaswellaspotential <br />damageoccurringduring the restoration.Shenotedthattherehasbeendamageto <br />existing parkproperty,andaskedwhowouldbemanagingactivit ywithincreasedpark <br />use.Sheaddedthatresidentsdonotalwayscontrolpet waste. <br />DonZ vareck,6331 C ripple Creek C ourt ,statedthatoverthelast1½to2years,therehas <br />beenexcessivewaterretentionintheareatothewestofhishome.Hewond eredifthis <br />wasduetotheFox boroughdevelopment.He wonder ed howth e areaw ould beaffected <br />bythisproject andwantedtopointoutpossibleimpacttothisarea . <br />Tom W eber ,6425 CassiopeiaCourt,sta tedthatthe wetlandareacompletelyfloodswith <br />rai n.Hewasconcernedwithincreasedwaterretention,statingthisistheworstyearhe <br />hasseen.Healso wonderedwhatthesilvertagsonthetreeswerefor .He expressed <br />concern aboutincreasedtraffic,notingthatexiting12 th AvenuewestontoBirchSt reetis <br />almostablindintersectionduetothehillinth e area. <br />Steve Pickhartz,6381 MineralP oint,statedthat whentreeswereremovedinhisareafor <br />a bikepath to c o mein,he wastoldthatthe amountof wetland sfilled neededtobe <br />replaced2:1.He iswonderingwhy thisdevelopmentisnot being requiredtoreplace <br />wetlandfill 2 :1 .HeagreedthatBirchStreettrafficis a concern.