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Planning&ZoningBoard <br />December13,2006 <br />Page 5 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr.Smyser statedthat theyrecentlyreceived atrafficanalysisforthearea .Heexplained <br />thatther esults showedthata bigbox commercialunit wouldprob ablynotbe <br />accommodatedbytheroadsystemevenafterthe trafficsignals areaddedandasecond <br />majoraccesspoint accountedfor .Abigboxwould potentially pushthetrafficcapacity <br />over t hethr esholdfortrafficgeneration. <br />Mr.Nelsonpointedoutth ats ignals areclosertoeachotherin thecityofS horeviewwith <br />trafficflow ing justfine.Mr.SmyserrepliedthatHodgsonRoadisa nAnoka County <br />StateAidHighway ,andthat Anoka C ountyandRamseyCountyhavedifferent <br />approaches.Ramsey County ismu chmoreurbanizedandtheirpoliciesreflectthat.Ms. <br />KrallstatedthattheCountyhasstatedtheirstandardsforthecity. <br />Mr.Ladenasked if the fullydevelopedretailcouldpushtraffictothelimit.Mr.Smyser <br />saidthatstudiesuseaninflationfac torforbackgroundtrafficandthenaddnew <br />development.Mr.Laden askedwhatthetimeframeforthisdevelopmentis.Mr. <br />Smyser repliedtheyarelookingat 2015forfulldevelopment. <br />Mr.Nelsonaskedabouttheproposalforutilitiesandiftheyhave specificsolutions.Mr. <br />Smyserrespondedthattheplanwillbeimplementedwitheachdevelopmenttoeventually <br />fitwithintheplanandthatutilityconnectionswillbedeterminedasdevelopmentoccurs. <br />Mr.Rootaskedifstaffanticipatesthatdevelopmen twilloccur throughPlannedUnit <br />Developments(PUD).Mr.Smyser repliedthat mixedusealwaysrequireaP UDi nthis <br />city.Headdedthat PUD ’s willprobablybethemosteffectivesolution. <br />Mr.TralleaskedMs.KrallifHodgson Road willremaina55mile perhourroad.Ms. <br />Krallsaidshehasnotbeengiventhatinformation.Mr.Smyserpointedoutthatin <br />urbanizedareasyoudon’tdriveasfastwhentherearenotwideopenspaces ,andthat <br />theyh avenotproposedreducingthespeedlimit. <br />Mr.Tralleexpr essedconcernaboutincreasedtrafficbeingasafetyconcern.Ms.Krall <br />respondedthat oneofthereasonstodoamasterpl a n is tomakesuretheymakethe <br />necessaryroadimprovements. <br />Mr.Smyserpointedoutthattheoverlayimagesshowthattheexisting businesseshave <br />beenplannedtocontinuetoexistwithinthisplanuntiltheymaydecidetodevelop <br />differentlyinthefuture.Staffandconsultantsdidthebesttheycouldtoplanaround <br />existingbusinesses. <br />Mr.NelsonaskedifSadder’swouldbeable toremain.Mr.SmyserandMs.Krall <br />expressedthatphysicallytheycouldremain.Ultimatelytheyhopethateventuallythe <br />entireplanwilldevelopasproposed,but that mayoccurpiecebypiece. <br />Mr.PogalzaskedwhatAnokaCounty’splansarefor anexp ansionof CSAH 49.Staff <br />repliedthatA noka C ountyhasnoplanorfundingfor an expansion.Mr.Studenskistated <br />thatthemoney thatwaspreviouslyproposedforthisarea wasusedelsewhereand thatthe <br />improvementsatB i rchStreetand thebridgeimprove mentsareit.