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and the current city council has placed this entire neighborhood area into an unsafe fire safety accessibility issue due to the Grey stone flats development and now with the proposed Woodale apartments this would only add to this safety issue with another single high traffic driveway on to Woodale and only one egress path for trucks to access the area again as it was back when the fire chief brought his concern forward. This is not what the city should be approving. Woodale is already unsafe with speeds and traffic. 3) Finish previously approved projects first (the Gate between Greystone flats parking lot and Greenfield cul-de-sac has not been installed yet. I have several emails from MV admin and Jon Sevald stating this was to be installed by the proposed project and would be followed up on for completion, still unresolved) Finish this project before starting any others. 4) The project proposal of a Single driveway does not allow enough room for fire truck access due to the center on ground parking directly in front of the driveway as shown on proposal drawings. And the amount of parking is a bare minimum for this size development. Not to mention what is going to happen with heavy snowfall as this leave no room for pushback and snow truck removal is yet another noisy traffic that is not needed for this area. We already have plenty of noise with the Central sandblasting all night work and the Allina ambulances using egress into the neighborhood as their preferred routes with and without sirens or lights, always with excess speeds. This has been reported to city admin many times. 5) Project calls for residential group gathering areas yet the plan drawings do not show any areas in the drawings. 6) Setback variances reduced with reduced public screening vegetation reduction. This needs screening and trees added back to the property if developed as it has taken away so many older mature trees that make the city and clean the air from the 35w addition as you know the air study was never completed and pollution was a concern when this was being developed and the trees around the bridges were removed. 7) This Land site is way too small for this size development. And is a first impression when traveling into Mounds View. Trees and green space need to be preserved and this is a first view of what Mounds View has to offer, save it as is. 8) Proposed 4 story building Height is too tall for this area with additional parking level under 4 stories, makes it 5 stories. Way too tall for this hilly area. 9) A Single development driveway onto Woodale is not enough and will cause additional traffic into the neighborhood as the school parking lot driveway and the Greystone flats project have done.