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z . INFORMATIONAL MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION • CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA INFORMATIONAL MEETING September 17 , 1986 Edgewood Community Center Mounds View, MN 55112 Chairman Mountin opened the meeting at 7: 40 PM on Wednesday, September 17 , 1986, by introducing the Planning Commissioners , Charlotte Forslund, Jean Miller, Robyn Zollner and herself, and Public Works/Community Development Director Steven Thatcher and Recording Secretary Pamela Rose. Chairman Mountin explained the purpose of the meeting was to have the developer present their proposed development to the residents and allow them an opportunity to see what is proposed and ask questions and voice any concerns they may have. She emphasized that the meeting is informa- tional only, and is not a public hearing, which would come later , at the Council level. Tim Nelson, with JLN Development, introduced himself and the other members of the development team, Bill Franke, president of JLN Development, Phil Carlson, the planning consultant, Tom Snouffer, the controller, and Jim Benshoof , the traffic engineer consultant. or. Nelson made a slide presentation of other developments they have done in the past few years in the metro area, to show the type of work they do, and some developments they presently have under construction. Mr. Carlson showed aerial maps of the area, indicating where this proposed development sits and the areas that surround it. He explained they would have two types of structures in the development, office service buildings and light industrial, and how they would differ . He stated the project is approximately 60 acres in size, and it is essential to open it up for traffic flow, and he showed the layout they are proposing for the development, and where the docks would be located, and what the truck and traffic flow would be. He also presented sketches showing the proposed layout along County Road H2, from the front doors of the residences along that road, to the buildings in the development. Mr. Nelson stated they have been told from the very beginning about the major concerns the residents and City has on the impact the development would have on the neighborhood, and they have kept that in mind in all phases of planning this development. Mr. Benshoof stated he has completed a comprehensive traffic analysis of the development, and he reviewed the process they followed in compiling their data. He indicated they used figures supplied to them by the City of traffic counts done in 1985 , and then did recent counts, ilio update the figures.