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Planning & Zoning Board <br />February 12, 2003 APPROVED MINUTES <br />Page 48 <br />Mr. Rafferty stated he was not as concerned about the bitu minous on the road, as he was <br />with respect to safety. <br />Chair Schaps invited appl icant to make comment. <br />Jim Keefe, 6300 Rolling Hills Drive, thanked everyone for their support and effort during <br />this process. He thanked staff or pushi ng this through. He stated he had worked <br />something out with the bank today. He stat ed the association was in the works. He <br />stated he had lived there for 40 years, and if someone did not want to maintain the road, <br />he would do it himself because he had to ge t in and out. He stated his neighbors were <br />against a trail running through the area. Mr. Grochala stated they would like to see what <br />options they had with respect to a trail. <br />Mr. Keefe noted the only option for a trial w ould be through his front yard because the <br />rest of the area was too wet. He stated ever yone in the area did not want the trail. Chair <br />Schaps asked if he would work w ith staff regarding this issue. <br />Mr. Keefe stated he would prefer to give the City money for the park dedication instead <br />of having a trail run through his property. He st ated he did not want a trail right next to <br />his home. He stated he would be willi ng to get a petition from the residents. <br />Mr. Keefe stated his suggestion was with th e road was to keep the existing width of <br />Rolling Hills Drive. He noted the neighbors did not want to 20-f oot wide road there <br />because of people driving on their property. He presented the various road widths in the <br />area and stated there was no point in wide ning the road. He indicated emergency <br />personnel could get in the area. He stated the association w ould make the road as wide a <br />Rolling Hills Drive. <br />Chair Schaps stated if the road was 12 feet wide, it should not be 12 feet wide and <br />emergency personnel needed to get in the area. Mr. Keefe noted he would be willing to <br />widen the road in the future if this developed any further. <br />Chair Schaps stated it was reasonable to wide n the road and not have it paved. Mr. Keefe <br />noted if a 20-foot wide road was put in, significant trees would be lost. <br />Mr. Corson asked staff to look at the road and determine the width. He expressed <br />concern about parts of the road not being 12 f eet. He asked if the road should be 5 or 7 <br />ton. Mr. Grochala replied 7 ton was the City standard. <br />Mr. Keefe stated they intended to have this as a private road and they did not want people <br />to come in and turn around. He noted if serv ice vehicles needed to turn around, they just <br />drove down to his home and turned around. He indicated he did not see the point of a <br />cul-de-sac. <br />Mr. Hyden asked if they could put a sign stating it was a private road.