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-5- Mr. 2eppar pointed ou~ that the Ciky is trying to keep commes•cial ~ehiclee out oE the residential areae and e*,ated tha~ paople would ~ve to drive through the aommercial area to reaeh their homes. Also, 'the area is not made ior heevy traffic Elow that ia anticipated. Mr. Olson stated that the original propoeal had planned for a aeparation betwaen the commercial and xesidenti~3 areas hut that the Planning Commission had wanted more residential aroa. Aleo, the traffic f].ow was checked from Long Lake Road and Eound to be acceptable and that a signal would probably be put in once the traffic reached a certain point. Dennie Olaniok, 7918 Groveland, asked Mr. Olson what price range the duplexea would be in. Mr. Olaon replied that thoy would be similar to the duplexes presently located on Silver Lake Rond and Miseiesippi. PaulinP Steller, 2454 County Road H-2, etated that she had talked to Ramaey County regardinq the trafEic flow and that shA helieued the increaeed traffic would be a hazard ta children in the neiqhborh~od. Mr. 2eppor asked if the Planning Commission was nware oS ehe tra£iic already on the road. Com~iasion Member. Foss replied that moat of the traffic on tt-2, other than the apartments, was basically from people going to work at Medtronics, Onan, marget and ao torth, and that the pxoposed duplexes would not increase the traffic a great deal. ~r., Zepper stated that he did not want to sae any commercial huilflings =-~oing directly out to Long Lake Rnad, Chairperson Haake pointed out hat all the planned building fox Lonq LaY,e Road would be R-2, '~--v~hich would have a low traffic Elow and the commarcial buildinge would be exitina onta Highway 10. Councilm~mber Batungartner pointed nut that the wooded area is quite heavily in~ectad with oak wi].t and that many of the trees wiA1 bs loat within the next year or so. Cqmmission Member Foss pointed out thah. in Mounds View the majority of the developmant has besn in single family homes aud that taxes have gone up considerably and that the citizens should be planning ahead and allowing commercial development to help relieve the tax situation. Commiesion Member F'e3or asked if the holding ponfl would ba used ae a park at nome time. Chairperson Haake eaid it w~uld not. Ghe also pointed ouL that medium deneity allows up to six units per lot and that the developer is on2y aeking Por two. ~ MSP (Haake-Blanchard) to recommend to the Council that they approve ~ thQ praliminary plat for the 0'Neil ~ddition, dated 6/23/77, as presented to the Planciinq Commission. Also, the plat requires a variance oE 5' for the f.rontage of Lot 4, Block l, Second Addition. It will also require an addittonal 10' 'utility easement on Lots 7 aud 8, Hlock 1, Second A3dition, and a 10' easement on Lots 4 and 5, Aioek 1~FiYat Addition, the common lot lines (total 20'). The plat will requira a rezoning .~f Lot 11, Block l, First Addn £rom R-2 to H-1. A downzoninq af Lots 17., 13 and.14, Block 1, Eecond Addn from H-2 to B-1 would be requirea, along with the downzoning of Lots 2-11, Hloak ~ Second Addn from 8-2 to R-2. The Planning Commission also recommenda that the hold~ng pond be raquired an~ thst it be maintainad by the owner ko meet the specifications