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1 COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 14, 1988 area citizens of Lino Lakes in the construction of the park on LaMotte Drive in Centerville. This park was developed with no entrance off the street and this is causing a parking and traffic problem. He also added that the City has provided no written material for area residents on the proposed plat and felt the City could have provided better communications on this matter. He noted that he took a day off last week and noted the large number of children waiting for the bus on LaMotte Drive. Increasing the traffic on that street could be causing a serious safety problem. Allan Irwin, 6466 Totem Trail - Mr. Irwin noted that he is a member of the P & Z Board and did not vote in favor of this preliminary plat and felt as a citizen he should tell what happened at the P & Z Board meeting. He felt.this plat was not the best design available and indicated the long cul -de -sac as one concern. The proposed design would make it difficult to extend the cul -de -sac in the future. The platted road "County Road" is not practical since the Regional Park would not be interested in building it and neither would this City. Vacation of this right of way would eliminate the need for a variance for double sided lots. There had been some discussion regarding extending the cul -de -sac and then not be able to cross the St. Paul Water Works right of way. It can be crossed and has been crossed in other instances. He felt the best thing to be done with the plat is to extend the cul -de -sac to the southeast corner of the plat so that in the future when the adjacent land in Centerville is developed this cul -de -sac can be extended into a loop street. In addition, the right of way marked "County Road" should be vacated. These two actions would eliminate the need for any variances and provide for a loop street in the future. John MacDonald, 6901 LaMotte Drive - Mr. MacDonald expressed concern because there are future plans for another ballfield in Centerville Park and the Regional Park plans to build a trout pond. These two installations alone, will cause a great increase in traffic. The plat would only add to the hazardous conditions on this street. A gentleman from the audience asked if the residents could have a question and answer session with the builder. Acting Mayor Reinert said that the builder may speak but this was not a debate, the purpose was to take testimony from all persons concerned about the preliminary plat. PAGE 6 239