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Mounds View Planning Commission February 4, 1998 Regular Meeting Page 6 Mr. Johnson added he is also concerned how the Walgreen project will affect the time it takes for a person to sell his home if he decides that he can't live in the neighborhood once the project is given the go ahead. Mary Polachek-King, 7751 Greenwood Drive, stated she has concerns about how traffic would affect the residents' ability to safely use Hillview Park. She added that the Walgreen project would also bring with it more rental properties to an already over- saturated rental property climate in Mounds View. Bob Cunningham, with TOLD Development, Walgreen's project developer, stated it is the developer's desire to cooperate with the City and the neighbors. This could include implementing traffic-slow-down designs into the streets and also re-engineering existing drainage problems to alleviate flooding in the properties that boarder on the development site. Mr. Cunningham stated that the building-to-lot-size ratio is 9 percent; typically a retail development lot-size-to- building ratio is 20-25 percent. He added that the average number of cars entering into the Walgreen facility would be six cars an hour at normal 410 times, with the number of cars increasing to nine cars per hour during peak-use periods. Mr. Cunnignham told the Commission that the project would generate 35-45 jobs. Approximately 15-25 of the jobs would be part-time with the balance being full-time, and of these there would be 7-8 executive positions, including manager, assistant manager, and pharmacists. Mr. Johnson stated he has asked the City on numerous occasions to close off Greenwood Drive to help eliminate some of the accidents that occur because of the high traffic flow on that street. He has been told by the City that Greenwood Drive cannot be closed off because of Fire Department, Police Department, and school bus use. However, now the City is saying that it is okay to close off Edgewood Drive. Mr. Johnson said if Eastwood can be closed off for tax-base reason, then Greenwood should be able to be closed off for the safety concerns of the residents. Commissioner Obert suggested that all the facts, traffic counts, accident reports, etc., be collected so the discussions that are taking place can be based on fact and not on conjecture. Chairperson Peterson recommended that a broader traffic analysis be done because the current traffic study addresses only the areas north of Long Lake Road and County Road • I.