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City Council Minutes May 2, 2016 Page 4 Brent Roberts, 19203 Lincoln Street - agreed with all the comments so far regarding the connection to the Sunset Ridge Development and the traffic study. He questioned the validity of the traffic study because he believes traffic has increased, not decreased as the study shows. Dave Green, 19110 Kennedy Street - stated he is not in favor of a connection to the Sunset Ridge Development and he doesn't understand why staff believes a connection will benefit anyone in Sunset Ridge. He likes the idea of a trail connection. Howard Johnson, 19184 Lincoln Street - agreed with everyone who spoke already. He is not in favor of a vehicular connection to Sunset Ridge because he believes the intersections are dangerous enough already. He would be in favor of a walking or bike path. Randy Barney, 19008 Lincoln Street - stated he is not in favor of a connection. He explained he believes another traffic study should be done in 15 or 30 minute increments to get an accurate picture of traffic during peak times. He added the roads are not well lit and additional traffic could cause issues for people walking at night. Pat Voltzke, 19172 Kennedy Street - indicated she doesn't understand how the Council can just change the zoning. She also expressed opposition for the project because she believes it will ruin the reason residents moved to the area. She added she would like to see the traffic study redone as well. There being no one else to speak to this issue, Mayor Dietz closed the public hearing. Mayor Dietz indicated it seems the only concern of the residents is the vehicular connection to the Sunset Ridge Development. He added taxes would not increase for repair of the roads as the Pavement Management Fund covers those expenses. He explained Twin Lakes Road is a county road and the city has no jurisdiction so all improvements would have to be initiated by Sherburne County. Counciltnember Wagner reiterated Twin Lakes Road is a county road and the city doesn't have much control. She explained she is familiar with the traffic around the area as her children go to Twin Lakes School. She stated she spoke with the city engineer earlier to see about improving the site lines and he worked with the landowner and cleared many trees which helped. She noted a majority of the accidents are deer/car accidents. Councilmember Wagner stated she does have concerns with adding traffic on to Lincoln Street but wondered if the Sunset Ridge Development would benefit by an alternate access to Twin Lakes Road. She explained she understands resident concerns and is not disagreeing with anything stated but she questioned what the negatives are for not making the connection and wondered if they outweigh the benefits. P0W1IRID 6T