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Planning Commission Minutes — February 23, 2006 Page 4 Hempel said he had never heard complaints about the congestion. They do hold public meetings and he heard about not enough parking in the 2nd Addition. The residents may not have been aware of the on - street parking. He said they had followed City ordinances on parking stalls and garage sizes. LaVonne Fitzgerald, 4505 Victor Path, Unit #8, was told by the sales person there would be no townhomes and possibly retail or something to do with the community center such as a workout center. She had a layout that showed one small building on it. Bob Weir, 4477 Cossette Lane, showed where other properties were supposed to be commercial but were now townhomes, and they were never notified of the changes. He speculated that Dave Bernard is not building there now because he didn't abide by the rules and regulations and they seemed to want to continuously change the rules and regulations. The pool and building were no where near the size that was necessary. He said they've had to fight for everything. Erin Buie, 4505 Victor Path, Unit #4, said she purchased her home in May 2004, and the sales representative told her the area could not be built up and had to be left open for the community. It was not right for them to be able to present anything they wanted to buyers. Jedd Larson, 4517 Victor Path, Unit #4, said that parking was a big issue. He was told by David Bernard the spots on the streets were turn-arounds and now CPDC is saying they're parking spots. Cars parked on Victor Path are a safety hazard with the blind corner. He suggested it be no parking as a matter of safety. The area was the center of the community and should be available for City use. Cory Berkenes, 4541 Victor Path, Unit #6, said he moved in late October of 2005 and the area was shown as open space then. He said the parking was ridiculous, and cars coming around the corner do not see cars parked along the road. Schumann said with commercial space, there would probably be as much or more traffic as with residential. LaVonne Fitzgerald brought up a flyer showing only one building on the site. Mr. Kirk said sales people who made the representation were no longer there. They paid $5,000 premiums as did their neighbors facing the property. Rachel Kirk, 4393 Victor Path, said she had only met Mr. Hempel twice before and had been given misinformation. She said there would be insignificant parking with retail also. Many of the townhomes have 3 to 4 bedrooms and she assumed two adults per unit would be driving plus children driving. The garden on the property is the only garden in Victor Gardens. They were misled by the sales representative. They were told it would remain open space. Hempel said for the record, there was no garden on the land office site; there was a water feature and rose bushes around the perimeter of the building. He said he understood how the brochure could have been misleading. He said he did work with Mr. Kirk on a plan which was reasonable to them, and they used that plan. He agreed that the time of year the parking study was done was not good. He said they have annual HOA meetings and residents had inquired at that time what would happen to the land office site. They were shown commercial development which they were now changing to townhomes. There was a limitation to what could be built there.