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4 • • • Planning & Zoning Board December 11, 2002 Page 11 noted option 1, divided that into a 61 lot phase one with no connection to Carl and the connection to Carl would be done in the second phase and there would be no detached townhomes. He noted they would like to do option two. He handed out a memorandum to the Commission responding to staff's recommendations on the project. He stated they would attempt to coordinate the hangers as much as possible. He stated they had addressed all but eight of staff s 26 concerns. Mr. Lyden stated he was for the Comprehensive Plan amendment. He noted it was possible to get a quality product in this development. He stated he had a concern about the density issues. He stated the people who were responsible for a quality development were the people on this Board and the City Council. He noted the Metropolitan Council could not tell the City what to put on this land. He expressed concern about traffic on Carl Street. He indicated they had told people that Carl Street would never be connected. He asked if emergency vehicles could get through there, but nobody else. Mr. Johnson replied it would be possible to make a cul -de -sac at the end of the street and have the connection only be for emergency vehicles. Mr. Lyden stated the Metropolitan Council did not care that Lino Lakes had extensive wetlands, and high density did not work in Lino Lakes. He stated they did not have the capability to handle it. Ms. Lane asked if something was designated a certain density, that they could build lower density, but they could not go higher density. She asked if they could go with a lower density. Chair Schaps asked if they were of the opinion, except for the 8 items, did they believe they were ready to go forward. Mr. Johnson stated he believed except for those items, they could address all of the other issues. Chair Schaps invited the public for their comments. Dave Hunter, Airpark Association, stated they had been trying to watch what was going to happen in this development for many years and at one point, they felt that the development of the area was going in a way that was not going to be in the benefit of the Airpark's interest, so they approached the City and asked them about what type of flexibility they had with negotiating with the developer. The City told him they could not dictate what Mr. Uhde was going to do with the land, and it was up to the developer to negotiate. He stated the Airpark Association had many meetings with Mr. Uhde and he stated he felt Staff was interfering with their negotiations with Mr. Uhde. Specifically, he stated Carl Street had been negotiated with Mr. Uhde that Carl Street should not go through, or if it had to go through it went through as emergency access only. He stated he applauded Mr. Johnson's efforts in trying to build the streets in a traffic calming manner to reduce the traffic as much as possible and by including a four way stop, it would only increase the traffic. He stated the concern with the "L" shaped cul -de -sac was that there was a delineation of their safety zones and as long as it did not infringe upon those safety zones, they were okay with the plan, but this was a concern. In terms of a cul -de -sac for Carl Street, Mr. Johnson said he could move that farther east, and as long as the cul -de -sac would maintain the clearance within regulation, they did not have DRAFT MINUTES