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Planning & Zoning Board <br />August 13, 2003 <br />Page 10 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr. Tralle expressed concern about the traffic. He stat ed he would like to see the <br />development, but asked what was going to happen with the bridge over 35W. Mr. <br />Grochala replied staff was continuing to work on that, but what ultimately needed to be <br />done was a total reconstruction of the bridge . He noted the biggest issue was movement <br />coming off the northbound ramp from 35W. He stated signalization on an interim basis <br />was needed, which would require realignment of the ramps. He stated this was not the <br />highest priority bridge with Anoka County, but they were coming up with a package to <br />present to the County for reconstruction. Howe ver, he noted they did not anticipate the <br />bridge being reconstructed w ith the next five years. <br />Mr. Lyden stated there were only three or four places in the City that would support <br />commercial development and Lake Drive was the place to put commercial development. <br />He noted this site was too valu able to put an industrial site on it. He stated in 10 to 15 <br />years they would want this to be commercial land. He stated the City might have to be <br />patient, but the wait would be worth it. Mr. Grochala replied he made a viable point and <br />this was a piece of valuable land. He stated this land however, had been zoned industrial, <br />and what was being proposed was consistent wi th the existing zoning. He pointed out the <br />land north of this development was zoned commercial. <br />Mr. Lyden replied he realized this, but he be lieved this area should be zoned commercial. <br />Mr. Corson stated he believed this was a difficu lt site to develop and stated he wanted the <br />City Engineer to review any plans. <br />Mr. Rafferty expressed concern about the east elevation and the tr ailers that could be <br />lined up at the doors. He asked why they needed 30 doors on the visible side of Lake <br />Drive. Mr. Grochala stated they did not want to put the doors along I-35W either. He <br />noted what they wanted to do was to put the doors more interior to the site. He pointed <br />out when Lot 1 developed, there would be addi tional screening to the doors. He stated if <br />they faced the doors along I-35W, it would be there permanently with no screening, but <br />once Lot 1 was developed, there would be screening. <br />Mr. Rafferty expressed concern about the lack of landscaping and the loss of trees. Mr. <br />Grochala stated this was a concern of the Environmental Board and they would attempt to <br />preserve as many trees as possible. <br />Ms. Lane agreed she would like to see this area commercial. <br />Chair Schaps invited anyone for or ag ainst the proposal to make comment. <br />Theresa Weinkauf, 7280 Lea Court, stated she owned three properties in Lino Lakes, <br />including TRW Tax Service off of Lake Drive. She stated when the moved her business <br />in there and purchased the prop erty, one of the concerns of the Board was that it was safe <br />for her clients to enter and exit. She stat ed her concern was what was going to happen to <br />the access to her property with the right turn lane being installed there. She asked if her <br />driveway was set back far enough and expr essed concern about losing one of her <br />accesses. She expressed concern about the truc k traffic in the area. She asked how far