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• • Bluebill Ponds June 14, 2000 page 3 The issue with the Main St. access has been that the extension of Wood Duck Tr. south of Main St. crosses the current property of the House of Praise church. The developer and the church have negotiated a land trade that allows the Wood Duck extension. The developer will have better access for the new development. Access on the new Wood Duck Tr. will be safer for churchgoers than access on Main St. In addition, the church will best be served with a full intersection rather than partial access to Main St. 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 new roads through the plats in the area will be very curvy. They will not be very good for a shortcut route between Main St. and Lake Drive. Rather, the new roads will provide circulation through these neighborhoods and access for the residents. Road Along Mar Don Acres (Street A): 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 want the road built along the south border of Bluebill Ponds. They want the option of subdividing their lots, which requires the road to provide access. 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. Mar Don Acres Want Road? Yes or No Lot 1 No Lot 2 Yes, on east half of lot only Lot 3 Yes Lot 4 No Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 Yes Sherwood Green Lots 1 -4, Block 1 No We have received a petition for public improvements that would include roadways within the site. This petition was scheduled for action by the City Council on June 12. Staff will have an update for the P & Z.