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Planning & Zoning Board August 10, 2005 Page 10 APPROVED MINUTES Chair Rafferty stated it would have been nice if they would have presented options at the neighborhood meeting. Mr. Ols on stated he was not at th e neighborhood meeting, so he did not know what was presented. Quinn Bergman, 990 Lois Lane, he asked the Boar d to addressed the fact that there were no plans to improve Lake Drive and to take into consider th e amount of traffic increase. He stated it was an inconvenience for him to get into his neighborhood at this time and did not believe people would not use Lois Lane as an access. He asked the Board to not approve this until a decision was made about Lake Drive. He indicated this was already a high density area with respect to traffic. Tom Weirns, 1015 Lois Lane, stated he had bought his land 22 years ago and he lived there because he wanted to not because he had to. He realized this had to be developed and requested this be developed properly with nice size home and lots and to leave Lois Lane the way it was and to not connect Lois La ne to this development. He stated he wanted to preserve what he had. He asked them to keep the two neighborhoods completely separate. Ray Radtke, 860 James Street, st ated James Street also had a lot of traffic going down it on a Friday night. Mr. Hyden made a MOTION to close the pub lic hearing at 8:48 p.m. and was supported by Mr. Pogalz. Motion carried 6-0. Mr. Hyden asked if this was currently zoned R1X. Mr. Smyser explained the zoning in this area, noting it was zoned RX and Rural. Mr. Root stated he believed there were some open issues including traffic. He requested an analysis at both Lois Lane the way it sits now and with the proposed Street A. He asked for the traffic counts at peak time. He stated until they understood better what Anoka County was going to do with the inters ection and Lake Drive, he was not sure he could vote on this tonight. He noted the de veloper was also not in attendance and he had some questions for the developer such as ha ving all of the properties complying with the R1X zoning. He stated he also wanted to know if the develope r would be willing to install sidewalks. He indicated because of these open issues, he wanted to see these answered first prior to voting. Mr. Bengston stated they had done a traffic st udy and he would provide this to the Board members. He noted there was no scientif ic basis for determining how many people would use Lois Lane as an access. He noted the traffic study had been reviewed by the City Engineer and they had approved this. Mr. Root stated he wanted to see the details of the traffic counts, the peak times, and the Lois Lane traffic also, as well as James Stre et and Vicky Street. Mr. Bengston responded he would get them copies to review.