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City Council Minutes <br />May 2, 2016 <br />Page 5 <br />Councilmember Westgaard indicated the connection is currently a dead end and the <br />question is whether or not the connection should be opened as the area grows. He <br />stated he also has a hard time believing the counts in the traffic study are accurate <br />and believes a dialogue with the county would be beneficial to ensure the numbers <br />are accurate. He explained he would like to see continuity and connection between <br />neighborhoods adding the city cannot continue to not make connections. He added <br />the Council had these same discussions about 193" Avenue and Line Avenue. He <br />noted he drives Twin Lakes Road every morning and agrees it is dangerous and <br />doesn't believe the Council should contribute to an already dangerous area by <br />connecting at this time but he would be in favor of a connection to the Sunset Ridge <br />Development in the future when traffic concerns with Twin Lakes Road have been <br />addressed. <br />Mayor Dietz explained to the residents that even if the Council decides against the <br />connection at this time, it doesn't mean future Council's won't decide to make the <br />connection. He stated he is in favor of leaving the connection closed for now and <br />evaluate traffic once a portion of the development is in. He added a traffic study may <br />not be necessary if no connection is made at this time. <br />Councilmember Olsen stated he is in favor of staff s recommendation to connect the <br />development to Sunset Ridge. <br />Councilmember Westgaard indicated staff, the Planning Commission, and the <br />developer seem to be a long way apart on what they would like to see in the <br />development and he questioned if this is ready for Council consideration. He added <br />he would like to see continuity between staff and the developer. <br />Councilmember Westgaard explained he had concerns about the high density of the <br />development eight years ago and the density has increased with this proposal. He <br />would like to see the developer work harder to maintain lot sizes from the original <br />plat. He expressed concerns with on -street parking adding if cars are parked on both <br />sides of the street there wouldn't be enough room for two-way traffic. Mr. Carlton <br />explained the streets are standard street width, adding when on -street parking <br />availability is reduced, the frequency of two cars parked across from each other <br />increases. <br />Mayor Dietz stated he found the recommendations very difficult to follow and <br />would like to see recommendations of staff, developer, and the Planning <br />Commission laid out in column format and would like to see all the issues addressed <br />with different options. <br />Mr. Jensen explained he believes staff and the developer are in agreement on many <br />of the larger issues and the main concern relates to language included in some of the <br />conditions. He added there isn't much time left to get this approved in time for the <br />construction season. <br />iP G V I R I 1 6 T <br />'AT <br />