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uNAppRovED Page 9 May 11, 1998 Mounds View City Council 1 Dan Johnson,7359 Park View Terrace,noted that within one block of the theater project,there are deaf 2 and blind residents. With the steady increase in traffic on County Road H-2,he has concerns in the safety 3 of these children and asked the Council to consider this when voting on this issue. 4 5 Al Gregerson,7366 Park View Terrace,asked where the cars exiting onto 11-2 will go. Also,there will 6 also be an increase in pedestrian traffic. If the stop sign remains at County Road H-2 and Long Lake and 7 there are 50 cars turning onto Highway 10,it will cause a backup. He believes there will be a greater 8 traffic impact than what is predicted. 9 10 Tracy Swig, 5292 Edgewood Drive, stated she would like to invite the mayor to come to her home from 11 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. and see the number of students walking along Edgewood. She believes these are safety 12 concerns that the Council needs to look at. 13 14 Kelly Rosenthal,2425 Ridge Lane,stated prior to Thursday's meeting,the residents on her street were not 15 informed of the meetings on this development. She stated she cannot understand how the traffic consultant 16 estimated an additional 50 cars per hour on County Road H-2. 17 18 Mr. Jopke explained that the traffic engineer predicted that the vast majority of the patrons will use the 19 Highway 10 entrance. The peak hours are 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. 20 21 Mayor McCarty noted that residents within a designated distance of the proposed development are notified 22 in writing of the Public Hearings in regard to the project. Additionally,the Public Hearings are published 23 in the local newspapers. 24 25 Council member Stigney stated that he has taken the entire community into consideration in his stand on 26 this issue. Additionally,he plans to listen to the residents,as he promised. The cost of the re-alignment of 27 Edgewood should be covered by the developer. He would like the Council to consider a 50/50 split on the 28 costs between the city and the developer. 29 30 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Gunn to Amend the motion to state that 50%of the cost of the re-alignment 31 of Edgewood and the signalized intersection and associated costs be paid for by the developer. 32 33 VOTE: 2 ayes 3 nays(McCarty/Koopmeiners/Quick) Motion Fails 34 35 MOTION by Stigney to table any action on Resolution No. 5226 until after the pending petition is 36 resolved. MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. 37 38 VOTE ON AMENDED RESOLUTION NO. 5226: 39 40 4 ayes 1 nay(Stigney) Motion Carried 41 42 Mayor McCarty recessed the meeting. 43 44 The meeting was reconvened at 9:25 p.m. 45