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Planning Commission Meeting November 13, 2003 - page 4 Fred MaCalus, 15350 Everton Avenue North, said he felt the buildings were too close to his property and he was concerned about the elevation. Holly Mulvaney, 5340 157th Street, appreciated that they were providing the greenway and setbacks on the east side of the development as was discussed, but said she felt that it would be impossible to put a trail in the wet openspace behind them. Mulvaney also said she would like to see sidewalks mesh with the existing sidewalks in Creekview Preserve. She also questions how buses would flow through the development. Linda Maleitzke, 15786 Fenway Circle, asked why they continued to revisit the trail issues and asked who really wanted it there. Maleitzke said she thought it was too wet to put a six-foot paved path in the area. A resident at 15830 Fenway Avenue North said she does home daycare and was worried about a path across the open space behind her home. She said that because of an NSP easement, she was unable to fence in her backyard. Udsteun suggested they eliminate some of the six and eight-plexes and rearrange the rest of them to provide a larger buffer in the southwest corner. He also suggested they put single family homes in the southwest corner instead and locate the multi -family homes to the north. Patrick Kilawee, 5335 157th Street North, said he was concerned about the creek and flowage being disturbed in the open space on the east side of the development and felt there should be no path there. Mulvaney asked who would maintain the trail and the Community Development Director said it would be a City trail. Maleitzke said she doesn't want it to be a recreational corridor that would allow snowmobiles and ATV's. Happ said he never received notice of the meeting, and recalled from the Everton Avenue discussions that there were to be buffers between the Everton Avenue properties and the development. Schumann said that the area had been in the MUSA since 1973, and the property had been slated for development. McRoberts said he was at all the Everton Avenue meetings and the proposed development complied with what was discussed there except for the housing density was to increase as it went to the west. This development proposed the highest density in the southwest corner. Todd from Pulte Homes was present with Mike from John Oliver and Associates. They explained that the highest point in the development was in the southwest corner and was the only location that the type of proposed units would work. They discussed the possibility of moving the multi- family buildings so they would be parallel to the road.