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Planning Commission Minutes — April 27, 2004 same. Triemert said he felt the development to the north was well compensated by giving the land for the school in exchange for higher density, but Water's Edge South was offering nothing. John Udsteun, 15190 Everton Avenue North, recalled that there were to be no Certificates of Occupancy issued until Everton Avenue North was closed off to traffic. The Planner clarified that this was never the intention and was not required as a condition of approval for the Waters Edge North Development. All Ayes. Motion carried. Udsteun said that buffering should be more than ornamental trees and the plat should be denied because transition was needed. He said he felt the City would be setting precedent if we allow it to go through without transition; it was not consistent with what has been discussed for years. Mike Happ, owner of property on Everton, said the Everton Avenue process had gone on for years, and Everton Avenue was always to be isolated, and now it is being paved. He said that single family homes were always planned for Everton Avenue and requested that the plan be changed and single family homes be put in place of the townhomes. Chair Schumann replied that it was generally consistent with the overall plan. Laura Syring, 15149 Everton Avenue North, said they purchased the property last summer and moved in with dogs, horses and kids, and were not aware of any upcoming development. She said she attended several meetings but did not get notice of all meetings. She questioned how to keep the residents of the new development from using Everton Avenue North. Syring said they were promised a speed limit sign and construction traffic travels at 50-60 miles per hour. She said buffering was discussed at the meetings and felt townhomes behind their agricultural property was not a transition. She reaffirmed that the whole neighborhood felt the same way, and questioned the liability of owning livestock with no buffer between them and the children in the neighborhood; single family homes would reduce the number. She asked for the City's consideration. Chair Schumann said staff would investigate the speed limit issue and construction traffic concerns. He went on to explain that the vision of Hugo was established when the Forest Lake interceptor was install and in the 1993 Comprehensive Plan, it was affirmed that the east side of Hugo would be rural and the west side would be developed. This area of the City was slated for this sort of development 30 years ago. Syring invited the Commission to walk her property and look at what they were dealing with when asking the agricultural properties to cohabitate with new development. Triemert asked for consideration with transitions, and said that before the previous Community Development Director left, they met with Pulte who had promised them a buffer. -4-