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Planning & Zoning Board February 12, 2003 APPROVED MINUTES Page 15 Mr. Lyden asked if the road did not go thr ough, how long did it take to the neighborhood. Chief Bennett replied it took 3-4 minutes. Mr. Lyden asked how many residents were wi thin 5 minutes of the fire department. Chief Bennett stated the average response time from time of call to time of delivery was 7.03 on average. Mr. Lyden asked what was the acceptable res ponse times. Chief Bennett replied that was a matter of opinion. He noted the ambulance ro ute had the same rout e as the fire route had. Mr. Lyden noted without the Ca rl Street connection, they w ould still be below average. Chief Bennett replied he was not taking into account the response time, so he believed it was about average without the connection. Chair Schaps asked about having only emerge ncy accesses. Chief Bennett noted he was opposed to that idea because th ey were not plowed in the winter and to stop to remove the barrier cost them in response time. He noted if the road was plowed, even though it would be only for emergencies, the road would be used by the general public. Mr. Rafferty asked if they would have more corners to take if they put Carl Street through. Chief Bennett noted an additiona l corner would not be an issue. Mr. Rafferty asked if he had a house at the e nd of Carl Street and it was currently a cul- de-sac, what would you think if a new deve lopment went behind you in and your cul-de- sac went through. Chief Bennett replie d he could not speak on that issue. Police Chief Peecha stated their position was a little different than the Fire Department. He stated he had prepared a study on Grid 7 and stated for the emergency calls in that area it took 2-5 minutes to respond to a medi cal emergency. Anything over five minutes, the Fire Department was usually there. He noted with the new development, he expected their response times to be similar. He noted there were several a dditional accesses off of Lilac and Sunset to get into that area. He st ated it may or not be beneficial to have access off of Carl Street depending on where the officer was located. Chair Schaps asked if the police had any opin ion about the access off of Carl Street. Mr. Peecha replied as long as they had sufficien t access off of Sunset and Lilac, it did not impact them that much. Chair Schaps invited appl icant to make comment. John Johnson, engineer, stated they were in agreement with the c onditions in the staff report. He noted they still needed to disc uss phasing in detail. He stated they had submitted two phasing plan. Option one would not include townhomes in the first phase and would not include a connection to Carl St reet. At the completion of pahses one and two there would be 120 units. Option two woul d have 79 units in the first phase, which would include the townhomes and the Carl Street Connection. He noted this option would have 122 units. He stated they were optimistic they could begin construction in