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Mounds View Planning Commission May 4, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Mark Schnor of 2949 Highway 10 addressed the Commission and said that he agrees the <br />developer did not do his homework for this project and if you put townhomes in that area he <br />questions what they will do to the houses in the area. He added that he was not approached <br />about being bought out and wonders why. He further commented that this is commercial but if <br />you put the townhomes in there you cannot get another business in there unless you take out <br />some houses. <br /> <br />Mr. Schnor indicated he does not like that there is only one access to the development. He <br />further stated that he does not think this will work because he is right in the middle of this and <br />would rather have a drainage ditch than townhomes. <br /> <br />Cindy Johnson clarified that they were not formally approached to be bought out but a realtor <br />brought over a card and gave it to her son a month after her husband passed away and told him to <br />have his mother call when she is ready to sell. <br /> <br />Stan Meyer of 2812 Sherwood said he would strongly oppose any development taking out the <br />house and putting a road there because that is not an acceptable alternative and there should be <br />no access onto Sherwood Place. He added that there is already enough traffic on Groveland and <br />asked the Commission if they would be willing to state in writing there would never be a <br />development with access onto Groveland. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson indicated that this is a concept plan and the access points would be discussed if <br />the developer comes with an actual plan for approval. He further clarified that the City cannot <br />state that they would never put an access point in that location at some point. <br /> <br />Mr. Meyer indicated he is against the whole project. <br /> <br />Grace Thomas of 8040 Groveland Road indicated she is very concerned with the obvious <br />potential of putting an access road out to Groveland Road. She said that she understands the <br />developers wish to pack as much as possible onto a parcel for monetary purposes but that does <br />not make sense for the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Ms. Thomas indicated that she understands they are not proposing an access at this time but she <br />wanted to make sure the City knows the residents have fought to keep access off of Groveland <br />Road as they have a lot of traffic and they have tried to keep it single family homes and fought to <br />do so. She then said that they have little enforcement with traffic issues to lower speed on <br />Groveland Road. <br /> <br />Ms. Thomas indicated that packing this many people into that small a space with one access <br />point concerns her. <br /> <br />Fred Peterson of 2825 Sherwood Road said he is strongly opposed to going out to Groveland as <br />they use it for a racetrack now and he knows they are going 50 plus miles per hour. He said this