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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • May 23, 1995 Page 6 1 Mr. Bob Graham, 4020 Fordham Drive, indicated he was a new resident in St. Anthony. 2 He reported while working at his computer Saturday morning, he counted one car pass 3 every minute for fifty minutes. He stated the residents have a unique relationship with 4 the City Council as they have voted them to act as their personal representatives. He 5 stated the residents need the Council to act as their professional representative and 6 customer service representative. He reported he has had people honk and pass him while 7 he was driving on his own road because he was driving too slow. He asked the Council 8 to mitigate this problem now. 9 Ranallo explained the public hearing had been conducted before the Planning 10 Commission. He indicated the Council does listen to what the residents have to say but 11 they have to look toward professional statistics to make decisions. He stated the 12 Metropolitan Council's prime function is to provide statistics. The City viewed the twin 13 homes as a good decision as they generated less traffic than the single family homes. 14 Fleming indicated the traffic problem of people cutting through on Fordham Drive was a 15 separate issue which needed to be addressed. She stated the Council was available to 16 address this issue but did not recall hearing the concern previously. & Mr. Graham stated he was concerned with the city supplying $250,000.00 in increment 18 financing to Mr.Nedegaard. He felt this was not in the City's best interest. 19 Morrison indicated the developer had requested$250,000.00 but the City was only 20 offering $150,000.00 for soil correction. 21 Marks answered an earlier question by stating he lived on Silver Lake Road and would 22 gladly trade places with a resident on Fordham Drive. He indicated the street was very 23 quiet compared to the amount of traffic in front of his house. 24 Enrooth indicated he agreed. He stated he lived on Skycroft Drive and the tiaffic count 25 there was 600 to 700 per day. 26 Commissioner Horst reported the option of the property being developed into single 27 family homes was not discussed at the Planning Commission meeting as it was not 28 possible due to the size of the parcel. The parcel is too small to support a public street. 29 Ms. Linda Jessen, 3475 Silver Lane, expressed her concern with the Evergreen 30 Townhome drainage issue. She indicated she did not have confidence that the Rice Creek 31 Watershed District would care for the residents' interest. She stated she thought the 32 Planning Commission recommended the subdivision with certain conditions. 'R3 Ranallo indicated the Planning Commission recommended approval of the property 34 subdivision with the condition there be visual separation of property between Mounds