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. Mounds View Planning Commission March 19, 1997 Agenda Meeting Page 11 Henry Ruggles, 2629 Lake Court Drive, requested more information on where the ingress/egress will be for Parcel A and expressed his concern regarding short- cuts that may occur using Mounds View Drive and hoped it would be designed to accommodate anything that is developed there. Director Sheldon pointed out on the map that the proposed access point for Parcel A does not line up with Mounds View Drive. Mike Weber, 2512 County Road H2, informed the Commission that he is one of the residents who did not accept an offer from the Developer. He expressed that he does not like the plan at all and is concerned with the traffic, teenage problems and drainage control. He believes that their neighborhood is residential and that the plan is not good for the area and that the Commission should listen to the concerns of the people of Mounds View. Joe Beaton, representing Louise O'Neil, addressed the audience explaining that Louise O'Neil, who is 82 years old, has owned the property for over thirty years. He understands that everyone would like a woods in their back yard, but the property is a great tax burden for her. She pays approximately $60,000 in property taxes each year on this land. He commented that the question is not if there is going to be a development on this property, but it is a question of who is going to develop it and how it is going to be developed and when. He indicated that they have had numerous offers over the last 25 years for this property with quality and non-quality developers. He explained that Mrs. O'Neil has delayed this decision as long as she could and when Mr. Anthony came to them, they found that he is a developer with a sterling reputation offering a very high quality product and hopes that the community will consider his project. Steve Miller, 2614 Clearview Avenue, wanted to know who paid for the traffic and theater studies. Director Sheldon indicated that the traffic study was administered by the City and paid for by the Developer and the market study was submitted by the Developer. Mr. Smith responded by saying that they only paid for the traffic study so the City could use their traffic engineer in order to give an unbiased decision based on the studies already conducted for Highway 10. Mr. Miller indicated that he is not asking that the property not be sold, but that the City consider further what will be developed on that site. He added that he does not have an opportunity for a buy-out and must stay and live with this project, which is part of his opposition. Russ Nordstrom, 2536 County Road H2, wanted to inform the audience that he 111 has opted not to accept the buy-out offer from the Developer, although it was a good offer and believes it was done it good faith. He feels that there are a lot of