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Mounds View Planning Commission March 19, 1997 Agenda Meeting Page 6 • office generation and the peak hour of the street. The traffic caused by the offices was included in the traffic study. Commissioner Johnston expressed his concern with sa et p n re 'd to the increased number of U-turns that will be taking pl Ge at Edi; ,ffi `tDrive and County Road H2. Ms. Hever explained that it i siblek tare. m at an <„.) r,'##;.;iiia x`,iz?:. ft uncontrolled intersection such as Edgewood Qrye could bti n<tiA., ety problecy and if that were the case, the intersection m eed to oste , i turrr Commissioner Johnston also inquired as t ,e pos "lriility of a s j ;�ife intersection at Edgewood Drive and wonderOSOMOgotiations wereg with MnDOT. Director Sheldon informed the CornfOonhat MnDOT was opposed to adding an additional traffic light to Highway 1 O �i~ n,.their typical half-mile spacing and that MnDOT was aware that H1igiwayi'tge changing in character in terms of it being in the middle: Mounds• l ' tiaving a local commercial corridor purpose. However` 1 ,\suggest ti st the County Road H2 intersection be reworked so tha„, i� moved`further north to get a signal closer to the property. Dire'tor Sh dot dt &i hat they were very firm with regard to their policy on tt issue `� i that x ld have further discussions at a higher level. Mr. Smith dried th `they will ontinue to work with MnDOT to try 0 \Exit' '�;+ to get a traffic light appr , `kr the e. µ ;•iii; its"K ,r Commissioner Miller:: quired a ,, : ch of the building was in the wetland bu ` .Directorte pointe .. Khe map the area involved and suggested that ,icimat ' . a building was in the buffer. Commissioner Bra ` iI€ onder i;._ the building was from the actual wetland. Director Sheldatit ted that aos st point was approximately 30 feet. .•i:giiiiiZik, IMP" : Cq�ssi C�:: '. ,',. nson asked if the Fire Marshal had reviewed the plans ich show oti:.:`<,oi a ranee since they normally require two access points for & � Mire purposes. I 'Sheldon said that the Fire Marshal saw the diagram, but _ she would reaff '�' his understanding that it was just the one access point and gmti that wit t e sprinklering of the building, there is less concern with regard to `iz" fire departmeissues. `` r. '�`"``mAar h hair Stevenson turned the floor over to the audience for questions and 1tints. Russ Nordstrom, 2536 County Road H2, expressed that at the outset, he was totally opposed to the project but he is less enthusiastic about having it developed as duplexes. He expressed that he is impressed with the way the developer has worked with the neighborhood prior to making an application for this development. •