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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d Sep t em b e r 8, 20 04 Page 3 DRAFT MINUTES Chair Rafferty asked if Mr. Ojile was speak ing for the neighbor hood group. Mr. Ojile replied he was only speaking for himself. Mr. Tralle stated he understood it was swamp in the area and the road to the north would be a stub street and there would be no road going to the south. Mr. Ojile stated the associat ion had spent a lot of mone y on their ponds and requested when this development was laid out that th e development did not affect their ponds. He asked their ponds be buffered from this development. Chair Rafferty stated the developer and th e Board were aware of the traffic and pond issues. Debbie Heider, 748 Fox Road, expressed concern re garding traffic. She stated their road was busy the way it was and she did not want to see it increase. She indicated it was not reasonable to add 60 homes with no access to major roadways, other than through existing developments. She noted she had s poken with a lot of he r neighbors and there was a lot of concern about the possible increase of traffic. Tim Abraham, 767 Fox Road, also expresse d concern about the one access into the development and the increase of traffic on Deerwood Lane and Fox Road. He noted Deerwood Lane and Fox Road were not collect or roads. He expressed concern for the safety of the children in the area. He enc ouraged the developer to investigate purchasing the property to the north to put in another access. Dawn Kenny, 6299 Red Maple Lane, asked w ho would be taking care of the existing swamp. She expressed concern about the increa se of mosquitoes. She expressed concern that additional water would be added to this swamp creating more problems. She inquired about emergency vehicle access a nd expressed concern there would not be adequate access for the emergency vehicles. Resident, Deerwood Lane, expressed concer n about the traffic increase on Deerwood Lane. He expressed concern for the safety of the children in the area. He noted he had contacted the City about speed ing on Deerwood Lane and addi ng additional cars to this area was a concern. Rick Kamrath, 779 Deerwood Circle, expressed concern about the drainage system and the ponds. Mr. Studenski re plied the design was curren tly underway for the new development and noted City regulations di d not allow additional drainage onto the existing properties. He stated the Ci ty was aware of the pond concerns. Mr. Kamrath asked what was the timeline of th is development. Mr. Smyser replied the development would not be started this year , but there may be some activity going on at some point next year. He st ated the growth management policy did not allow any further development this year and there was very little growth allowed next year. He noted they were not even sure they would be approvi ng this development so it was premature to state when the development would begin.