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Mnrch 22, 1978 Page 5 tAr. Oleon presented the sketch plans and prelintinr~ry p].ate that had elready gaie ~heEore the Plsnning Q~nmiesim Eor tlx~ir ravickt and in9lcated how each hr~d etsanged. ~He stated that he believed tlta treffia problene oould be wcuked out rrlth 3taff end presented a sketch ~f the plarured traPEio pattern vul etatell that tho majority af the traffic wou].d be &r.in the zesiden4s of the ~evelopnt~nt. osrmiseior~ Mac~er Fbes queetioned what the Fire Depatmenti's objer.~rion xwla be to the plan Mr. Eige~il~eer praec~nted. Official Ibse replied that Che Fire Departmait's pmb2en ie that they do not like to eee a eingu]rs acce3s into an area of that type and that they would prefer to eee two aatnectione. Fie ad8ed hhat the Poli.~ Depatt' ment fnreees pxoblens with oontrolling traf.fic arn9 nuieance xmnlaints. officia]. Ii~se a~kled that tl~e island ux~uld have to he m3intained and hhat the City nnat likoly L•i the futur9 c~auld have ~ow plvaing turned over to tha^. ~ran the C`~unty, And thus sltiould kc~ep developrtier~ts eaey to rnaintain. Cknmiseion t".~iber Hurn~eister Fvint~d eut thati problens the City c~cperienced tv,o years ago w}r.n the storni liit tJ~e trui2er park nnd there w3e anly ane accees. Official I~ etated that Staff'e pmposa7. triea bo match up xoad d ptha as e]osz2y as pos~ible. He sleo poir.ted out: that• Lots 15 and 2 uwld e~e the hesdlights of anya~e driving inYC t]~ davelo~nent at niyht. He aleo atated t•hat Staff's p~an was presented 6o Mr. Pigerilmer )x£ore Mr. Eigeni~eer suYmitted hia present ~lan, so that Mr. Eigenheer was aware of the optirne. t~. Eig~r}~er staGOd that the entsance could be widened tut that he did not feel ~~'°'\ anytlilng oould happen tliat the entrance could not tsandled as far as acc~e~s. i "' Mr, oleon ataiid tliat }ie dl3 iwt Eeal tt~re ~,nuld be a prablen wii:h nuisance prohlgns. lie added that he felt Staff wae tzying tn diatate F;~w an a.:me* 9h!~uld develop his pmperty. ornmi.seion Diertd~er Mackeben stated t~at he had a ha~t time eeeing a rsafety prcblan witn a 100' opening into the developmnt but that he did ~cel the center island aould poasibly pzeaent pxotalens. He added that in other citiea tha neigh6osa maintain the isiands, which ~.ca.il.d be a calc~ilated risk the City maybo sfnuld or ~hx~ld not take. He also pointed wt that 10 of the 21 hanee in the dcnnelo~.~nent c~ould haw sweas fran othez roads. Mr. Olaon stated ttw+, one of the zeae~r,.~ for tYia wide ~ter is7.and c~wld Ix3 to ~mvide a p7.ace to put Yhe sr~. tie a&1e?, that it would be designsci laa c~ough that e~x~ency vehicles could d~cive over it. CUmii.saian Member Fedor questimed how wide the eta.eots wwld be aming into the developrent. Mr. Olson reF,lied that tttiay Hou7.ci be appmximztely 24' . wiih tvx~ 12° lanea, with lOG' of right-oE-wey. He added that 28' ca~uld be uaed up t~y the boulevard, which ~.ould leave 72' of driv~cvay. He also atuted that he felt the isl~d would be asthetically pleasing. s•SP (Fedor-Fbae} to reoartmsui tp thy City Crnmcil that they apprare hhe majoz sulidivisi,rn xequest oi Eiycnks^cr eui.ldera, Inc, locatAd at 2331 Wimty I~ I ae preeertted an the preliminary plat dated 3/15/78 a~i to re~u~~ikn3 thaL L;tc 10, ~ l1, 12, I4 and 27 be rezoned fmm R-1 to R-2 and aleo to grant a varianca of 5' `,.,/alalg Lot 3, Hlx1c 1 And 10' a~ Int 12, Block 1 anc9 a variance for the 50' stxeet right-of-way to the rwz~thern property. 6 ayea 1 nay dcmniesiocier DY~nber Duxmeister voted nay on the motion, feelinry there is a saf.ety and nuisance problc3n with the prooosed access.