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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d May 1 2 , 2 004 Page 6 APPROVED MINUTES lights on County Road J and Highway 49. Mr. Grochala replied there were no plans at this time. Marvin Emily, 590 62 nd Street, stated all of this prope rty used to be good hunting ground and now it was not. He expressed concern abou t the wetland changes over the years. Cindy Lambert, 6339 Deerwood Lane, expressed concerns about the traffic and the new developments in the area and the increase of traffic with those new developments. She expressed concern about the water drainage. She noted they had a wetland section right outside of her backyard and asked what would that do to her wetland. Janice Beach, asked if there was going to be a decision made tonight or would it be continued. Mr. Schaps repl ied it was the intent to make a decision tonight. Mr. Tralle made a MOTION to close the pub lic hearing at 7:40 p.m. and was supported by Mr. Root. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. Grochala indicated this wa s a challenging site. He stated if they could do a project that would benefit the City, then that was a reason to amend the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Tralle asked the traffic e ngineer what dictated the upgr ade of a road and what was the prime mover of designing or redesigning th e road. The Traffic Engineer replied the traffic volumes of the road dictated when it n eeded to be upgraded. He indicated this was not a straightforward calculation and was based on many different factors including accesses, driveways, etc. He noted Deerw ood Lane had not been set up as a collector road and it was not fair to the residents to make this a collector road. Mr. Tralle stated the driving force to an improved road was after a development and not before. The Traffic Engineer replie d that was the typical procedure. Mr. Tralle reminded the residents that the people who lived around the association before their development had been build had said the same concerns about traffic. However, he understood their traffic concerns. Mr. Pogalz asked if the neighborhood meeti ng was well received. Mr. Black replied there were 30-40 residents at the meeting. He stated they had presented a concept plan that as very similar to this plan. He no ted the general concern was traffic, but he struggled to find an answer to that concern. He indicated drainage was also expressed as a concern. He noted there were favorabl e and unfavorable comme nts made at that meeting. Chair Schaps asked if there was enough time be fore July 9 to rect ify the issues. Mr. Grochala replied staff would be hard pressed to do this. He noted there were a couple of options available to the develope r. He stated he would pref er to see an extension by the developer to extend the time period or withdr aw this application and draw up with a new application.