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Bluebill Ponds March 8, 2000 page 4 The problem with the Main St. access is that the extension of Wood Duck Tr. south of Main St. would cross the property of the House of Praise church. The developer and the church are negotiating a land trade that would allow the Wood Duck extension. The church would best be served with a full intersection rather than partial access to Main St. The developer would have better access for the new development. It will be safer for churchgoers to have access on the new extended Wood Duck Tr. than to access Main St. directly. The City will benefit from the improved safety because of the better access management, and from improved circulation in that area of the City. The goal is a result that benefits the developer, the church, and the City. As proposed, the Bluebill Ponds plat is designed to have Bluebill Lane as its immediate access. A Wood Duck access could be created in the future. City staff believes the present proposal should be redesigned after the negotiations with the church are settled. The redesign should address the public safety concerns of access to Main St. and create the Wood Duck intersection. The landowners also have submitted a petition for public street improvements, which would include road access to Main St. This petition will require a decision by the City as to whether the City will undertake an eminent domain action to take property from the House of Praise Church for the Wood Duck Trail extension. Road Along Mar Don Acres: Mar Don Acres is immediately south of the Bluebill Ponds site. When Mar Don Acres was platted in 1978, the northern 30 feet was included in an easement. This 30 feet was intended to be the southern half of a right of way for a road. The other half would be supplied when the land to the north (the Bluebill Ponds site) was developed. -- Following the first review of Bluebill Ponds by P & Z in October 1999, several residents of Mar Don Acres informed us that they wanted the road built along the south border of Bluebill Ponds. They want the option of subdividing their lots. Staff held a neighborhood meeting on November 9, 1999 to discuss this issue. Residents along the alignment of the desired road were invited, including those in Mar Don Acres, Sherwood Green, and unplatted properties to the north. Based on this meeting and follow -up calls to residents who were not at the meeting, staff found that six of eight property owners in Mar Don Acres wanted the road. Residents in Sherwood Green and lots to the west of BlueBill Ponds did not want the road. Staff directed the developer to include a road on the plat. The submitted plat shows the road, but it starts on Lot 3 of Mar Don Acres. The west end should extend to halfway across Lot 2 Mar Don Acres. •