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Planning Commission Minutes — May 12, 2005 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />Gerry Phillips, 6050 148th Street North, explained that he owned adjacent property to the west <br />and asked if there were any plans to extend 150th Street and if there were plans for another <br />east/west street connecting to Highway 61. <br />Schumann informed him that there were no plans at this time but a connecting street to the north <br />was likely when the properties in that area develop. <br />The Planner explained that there had been conversations in the past about extending 150th south <br />to 148th street and possibly eliminating Geneva Avenue. <br />There were no other comments and Schumann closed the public hearing. <br />The Commission discussed the sidewalk along 150' street. Since there are no sidewalks in the <br />development to the east, and nothing to the west, a sidewalk would not connect to anything. It <br />was unknown how the property to the north would develop. The Commission also discussed the <br />exteriors of the buildings that would be facing Oneka Lake Boulevard and the possibility of <br />finishing a portion of them with brick. <br />Rosenquist said he felt it would be wasteful to put in a sidewalk that did not connect anywhere. <br />Hoffbeck said she felt the architecture looked reasonable and nice and wouldn't suggest putting <br />in sidewalks that had no future and to put brick on the ends of the building was not necessary. <br />Rosenquist asked the applicant if he was willing to put a facade on the bottom sides of the <br />building facing the streets. <br />The applicant Seth Marshall, 9011 Highway 10, said they had planned on putting an extensive <br />amount of brick on the fronts of the building and would be okay with reducing that and putting <br />some brick on the sides. <br />Weidt said he would like to see brick on the street side also. <br />Bailly said she did not see the sidewalk as being necessary and there should be brick wrapped <br />around on the ends of the buildings. <br />McRoberts said he was okay with taking the brick from the gables and putting it on the ends of <br />the building, and he was okay with no sidewalk. <br />Kleissler was okay with brick on the ends to make it attractive from the street and also had <br />questions on snow clearing and on the safety of the shared driveways. <br />The Planner explained the street was reasonably short so emergency vehicles could back out and <br />