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danuary 11, 1978 Pa~e 3 ~ ad~oiM ng properties minimal access and in general was not the best street plan Por Che tqtal dfstrict. The City ha~ Midwest Pianniny do a s•iudy of the area bounded by 35W, County Road N and County Road H2 and Edgewood, in terms Highway 10 use in its present state and after New 10 has been developed. The inltial median cut that was proposed for the development on Highway ltl has now been moved to a more centrallzed location between County Roads t~ and H2, ~.hich wi11 allow better syncMronization of the traffic tight system, Official Rose stated that M9dwest P7anning feels very strongly that traffic within the development sYouid be abte to move from County Road H to County Road H2, thus the Quincy connection. Official Rose pointed out that one othar~ change which had been made ~aas to allow one road to go out to County Road N, which shou7d make it much easier for traffic to reach north or south hound 35W. The State also has p7ans to put the connection in for southbound Nighway 10 within the next year. Official Rose addad that the unly two reclassif!cations of streets would be County Road H into a minor arterial and Quincy into a collector. The proposed AOT for the entire area is approximatzly 29,000, oP which horthcrest Properties plans to generate almost 14,000. Official Rose clarified that the proposed use for Quincy would be comparable to that of Long Lake Road and that the proposed changes woutd not exceed the capabilitles of the roads. '. Commission Member Fedor asked if there wouTd be any problem in running the additiona] r' trai`fic past Pinewood School. Official Rose replied that Red Oak School present7y ---' fias approximatety 2000 cars going through its fntersection. This would be comparative tn Quincy with the added A.D.T. Canmisslon Member Burmeister pointed out that Sunnyside School has even more traffic. Chairperson Haake stated that it had been dec9ded a long time ago not to a11ow any more cur6 cuts along County Road N2. Official Rose replied that most of tha optlons that had been presented eartier to avoid a curb cut had been discussed and discarded unevened~sftrf~ut~on Pe~clems, such as emergency vefricle access, traffic stacking, Commission Memtier Fedor asked if the othcr property owner, Mr. Waste, had been infonned that a road might be going throu~h his pruperty. 6fficial Rose replied that he had noi been notified yet but th~". .e had earlier indicated very strongiy that he wou7d like a road to border Ms p; ~ erty, Official Rose po9nted out that the cunc ~ut could no2 6e made any closer to the High- way 10 intersection on Couttty Road H2 because of stacking problems and added tbat it was very important to have a curb cut along H2 fur both emergency vehicles and the h a y traffic f1ow. F!a also ointed out that there wi11 a7ways be an additional impact o~ l~ D.T. sanewhere vlhe;i any land is developed and that from a P1ann9ng.standpoint, you attc-mpt to d9stribute it on the be~t avallahle streets. Officia7 Rose also pointed out that as far as zoning was concerned, the acreage per use remains basically the same as was viewed in the concept stage. Official Rose rep~rted that the public improvements have been pet9tioned for and that a feasib111ty stud,y will oe prepared upon preliminary piat approvai. The public iniprovements that will be required are sanitary sewer, water main, including reloca- tlon of an existing 12" line a7ony platted Raymond Nvenue, concrete curb and gutter, straets, including upgrading County Road,H2 to its 5tate Aid design of 4R' wide,