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P. C. Mintues 5/26/92 Page 2 . Szklarski briefly reviewed the goals and objectives that were outlined in the Focus Area Study and staff's response to these and how this proposal would meet these goals. Staff is recommending approval because staff feels the zone change is consistent with the these goals. Mr. Weicht was present and had no additional comments at this time. Chairman Nadeau opened the public hearing. Dennis Anderson, 18943 Jackson Ave., stated that he was representing the four homeowners who owned property along the east side of Jackson Avenue. He felt that the four homeowners property had already been affected because of the paper saying a possible Menards and Walmart might be coming to the area. They were opposed to the request for the following reasons: They were concerned with the conservation of their property values should this area be rezoned to commercial PUD; future access to City sewer and water, and the possible upgrading of the streets in the area as they do not wish to be assessed for it, especially since they recently paid for an upgrading of Jackson Avenue. Terry Maurer, City Engineer, briefly explained the City's assessment policy. He believed that they would be excluded from any assessment or cost sharing for the road upgrade or sewer that was for a commercial development in the area, as long as these properties remained residential. . steve Rohlf, Building & Zoning Administrator, cautioned the Planning Commission that with a zone change they must consider all the uses that could be allowed. Mr. Rohlf briefly reviewed his concerns with the zone change request which included buffering potential commercial sites from the adjacent schools, a more intense traffic situation, and how to properly buffer the four remaining residential homes east of Jackson Road. Gary Santwire stated that he didn't object to the underlying land use that was shown in the Focus Area study as they did a good job of buffering the schools and residential property. Mr. Santwire questioned whether the developer at this time had a legal access to this property from School street. Mr. Rohlf stated that there is no guaranteed access through the school property. That doesn't say the City has to approve a plat until that access is assured. . Terry Maurer distributed a memo which addressed the traffic study for the proposed development. He briefly reviewed a list of improvements that will very likely be needed to handle the increased traffic volumes resulting from proposed development, as outlined in his memo dated May 26, 1992. Mr. Maurer also explained how they arrived at a total of 25,290 daily trips for an average day. Mr. Maurer suggested that if this zone change is approved that the City should do a more detailed traffic analysis based on a specific site plan.