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• • COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 9, 2001 City Planner Smyser stated the City always has to deal with the question of how much notification is sufficient. It is not possible to have enough notification. The second plat was received far too late to get to residents before the meeting. Also, staff did not bring a full recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Board meeting and recommended the hearing be continued. He noted that plats are not always sent out with notices and the City was short two (2) staff members at that time. State law requires a public hearing but copies of the plat do not have to be sent out. Council Member O'Donnell inquired about the length of the proposed cul-de-sac. City Planner Smyser advised the cul-de-sac would be longer than the City's maximum cul-de-sac length. Staff feels public safety will be served if a cul-de-sac is developed, however, a cul-de-sac is not necessary. City Engineer Powell stated another option is to put a cul-de-sac at the north end and also midway on the road. Mayor Bergeson advised a public hearing was held on May 9, 200 <x, ` o� er, the Council will take brief comments. Mr. Don Dunn, 6885 Black Duck Drive, came forward an st �Ky'he es not live in this area but his children's children do. He stated he knows the area ve w is to keep the children out of harm's way. The project puts the children in the are •pi's way. He stated he could not believe it when he saw an access at Kildeer as he thought t care of He asked why residents would attend a meeting when no access was shown tie data>. as available and staff was aware of the change. He stated he does not agree that th n s o act have been met and there is no written documentation supporting any of them rre . o traffic issues and stated a traffic impact study was not performed for this project. fair to expose the residents without a traffic study. Staff did indicate they wer, m .lm' stimates of traffic but have not distributed them. He stated he spoke with Chair Sch Planning and Zoning Board and he indicated the reasons for denial are in the report. The . . are '' the report and the Planning and Zoning Board did not feel the project is worth the SA k, -r could be a better project that will need MUSA and has less issues surrounding it. He . - project needs to be tabled and go back to the drawing board. Residents need to be in on pl . ning process. He added there are many places in the City that have only one access. He stated E^ does not think the residents would be opposed to an emergency gate. The Council needs to consider all the issues and the Council does have enough concerns to deny this project. Mr. Mike Prieve, 1047 Aspen Lane, distributed a copy of a petition that was signed by most of the residents in the neighborhood. He stated the biggest problem is residents feel that they were misled. The plat originally showed no connection at Killdeer so residents did not attend the meetings to discuss other options. He stated his subdivision has 90 homes that are using two (2) accesses and a proper way to shift the traffic pattern is needed. He stated his neighborhood can not handle any additional traffic. Screening may not be needed if there is no second access. The residents feel very cheated and misled. He asked for a no vote and indicated residents want to be more involved. 5