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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d A ugu st 11, 2 004 Page 9 APPROVED MINUTES was something that was hard to get a hold of and give the City what they wanted. He noted time was important for them on this deve lopment. He stated this development met the City’s requirements and requested it be l ooked at as presented, but he was willing to talk with staff about the possibility of an open space corridor and a trailway. Mr. Root thanked the applicant for their willingness to work with staff on this. He stated he supported the open space concept, but they had to figure out how to do this effectively. He encouraged applicant to be as flexible as they could be. Mr. Black replied it would assist developers if the City put in the regulations and ordinances what the open space requirements were going to be, so the devel opers had something conc rete to work with and knew what was required prior to starti ng work on developments plans. Mr. Tralle asked if they had spoken with th e owner of the propert y where the tower was located. Mr. Black replied they had not spoken with that property owner, who he believed was Comcast, and while they could plan for a second access, he was not the owner of the property. Mr. Tralle suggested Mr. Black contact Comcast to see if there was any possibility in the future of purchasing that pr operty. Mr. Black replied he was not sure he wanted to purchase that land. Mr. Grochala noted having an access off the Comcast property would only bring another traffic issue at Old Birch. He indicated a second access w ould not alleviate the traffic concerns. Mr. Black noted they had an expert c onsultant prepare a traffic study and he recommended the City have their consultant look at their report a nd determine if it was accurate or not. Mr. Tralle noted every ne w development in this area created a domino effect with respect to traffic. He indicated the next development to go in would have the same traffic issues as this development was having. Chair Rafferty thanked applicant for working with the City, but expressed concern about the impact of the development to the west. He also expressed concern about the traffic and the access. He asked Mr. Black to look at the possibility of a dding an access to the north. He stated the residen tial homes immediately to the we st of this development he believed would be impacted by this developmen t. He stated he believed the open space plan as presented by Mr. Schoenbauer was a good one with respect to the western edge of this development. He asked applicant to look at the western lot issue and the access concerns for the next meeting. Mr. Root made a MOTION to table Preliminary Plat for Fox Den Acres, Royal Oaks Realty, a 50-acre development south of Birch Street and east of Deerwood Lane, at the east end of Fox Road to the September P & Z meeting and was supported by Mr. Hyden. Motion carried 4-0. VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Temporary Signage update