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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d Mar c h 10 , 20 04 Page 10 APPROVED MINUTES Mr. VanDeWerken, 156 Woodridge Lane, expre ssed reservations a bout the expansion. He stated they purchased their home because it was a private area with a lot of trees and wildlife. He expressed losing that privacy w ith this development. He expressed concern about an increase in traffic and the sa fety of the children in the area. Chair Schaps pointed out that unless he ow ned the land, there was always the possibility that adjoining land w ould get developed. Mr. VanDeWer ken replied he understood that. Chair Schaps asked if he had attended the neighborhood meeting. Mr. VanDeWerken replied he was not aware th ere was a neighborhood meeting. Chair Schaps asked if the area at the farthe st northwestern porti on would remain as it currently was and not be developed. Mr. McCull y replied that was intended to remain as an open space area and would not be developed. Mr. Tralle inquired about th e 1000’ cul-de-sac and asked if that was feasible. Mr. McCully replied it was feasible. Mary Ann McDougal, lives northwest of the proposed development. She asked about the group home and if that development would put this land back on th e tax roles. Mr. Smyser replied he understood it would be owned by a nonprofit entity and therefore, there would be no taxes paid. Ms. McDougal asked about the open space to th e north of the group home and inquired if that would at some point connect the landl ocked piece of land. Mr. McCully replied there was no intenti on of connecting this. Mr. Smyser stated there was no proposal to connect this and they had not even thought about it. Ms. McDougal asked if they could make larger lots with fewer homes and still make the same amount of money. She asked th e developer to consider this. Ms. McDougal expressed concern about the 1000 ’ cul-de-sac and stated she believed it was too long. Dan Kvinge, stated he was a neighbor, but this was not in his back yard. He thanked the Board for watching for future development to the west. He asked if there was anyway that the group home would turn into some other kind of gr oup home. He stated he did not have any major issues with this developm ent. Mr. Smyser replied the City had some control over a group home, but he did not have the knowledge to say if a different type of group home would be controlled by the City. He stated he would resear ch this and obtain information from the City Attorney. Allan Payne expressed concern a bout moving this to the west a nd the increase of traffic. He asked what would happen to the value of their homes if the group home was built in the area. He expressed con cern about the group home cha nging from a mental health home to a criminal rehabilitation facility.