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Mounds View Planning Commission March 21, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />Jack Lasota of 5467 Quincy Street noted he agreed with the comments of Mr. Nelson. He <br />further stated the expansion of the parking would radically change the look of Quincy Street as <br />now there is a nice boulevard look with trees that would be removed for the parking expansion. <br /> <br />Vera Olson of 5499 Quincy Street stated she felt the greatest thing to come out of this expansion <br />would be more parking noting she understood that meant changing the look of Quincy Street. <br />She then expressed concern for enforcement of the parking once the expansion is complete. <br /> <br />Mr. Pepper noted there is the possibility to park 24 cars along Quincy on each side for a total of <br />48 and the parking lot expansion will have enough stalls to accommodate those vehicles to keep <br />them off of Quincy Street. <br /> <br />Pat Sharon of 5485 Quincy Street stated the school has had the playground area cleared out for <br />quite some time to allow for parking and no one parks in there. She then stated she felt parking <br />would still be an issue once the expansion is completed. <br /> <br />Mr. Pepper noted the parking issue should be resolved when they stripe the parking lot and add <br />the access. <br /> <br />Ms. Sharon stated she is concerned that the school district will not enforce the parking lot <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Mr. Pepper noted the school would have a sidewalk on its property. <br /> <br />Mr. Hammes noted a sidewalk on the school side does not solve the problem. <br /> <br />Mr. Pepper said he could not speak for the school district but stated he feels sure the school <br />district will do what it needs to do to enforce the parking. <br /> <br />Mr. Hammes suggested Mr. Good request extra patrol from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 3:00 <br />p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and see what the Police Chief says. <br /> <br />Mr. Lasota questioned how the kids would get across the parking area and bus area to the school <br />building. <br /> <br />Mr. Pepper explained there would be a crosswalk and a break between the buses for children to <br />cross. <br /> <br />Director Ericson stated there was a need for feedback from school administration to address the <br />safety concerns. <br /> <br />Mr. Nelson stated he also wanted to see screening from the parking lot. <br /> <br />Director Ericson clarified the parking lot would not be coming any closer than the existing play <br />area but would be going further south with the angled parking.