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I I I Council Meeting Minutes October 14, 1986 Public Hearings, continued Mark Houge, Harstad Companies, stated he concurred with Locke's) presentation and had no further comments. Matilla stated the Planning Commission held a special public hearing last night for the rezoning and minor subidivision and Matilla then briefly reviewed the actions taken: approval of minor subdivision and rezoning; requested council to direct staff to study feasibility of access for the proposed office building site which came from concern expressed by Mr. Ralph Steiner. In response to Benke's question, Kenneth Briggs, Harstad Companies, stated he believes it is Atonement Lutheran Church's wish that Harstad not transfer their property from Harstad's site through Atonement's site to Rice Creek Road. With regard to the amount of traffic being generated by the proposal, Briggs felt the proposal would generate less than one percent of the current traffic on Creek Road. Briggs further explained those using the office building would do so during non-rush-hour traffic. Benke recalled some discussion about the church using the office parking lot for overflow parking and, if that were the case, asked if there would be a connection between the two and, if so, asked if that would encourage transverse movement through church property; Briggs stated there is a portion in the Purchase Agreement to allow the church to use Harstad's parking lot with a sidewalk connecting the two properties but no vehicle crossing. Eva Jeppson, 1901 - 26th Avenue N.W., stated at one point the development was subject to a traffic report to be done by Ramsey County and asked for a copy of that report; Proper recalled going through the report (1700 vehicles per day at that point on Silver Lake Road) and believed the conclusion was the difficulty would be coming out of the area and going northbound, or northbound traffic going into the project and that this might result in the signalization of Silver Lake Road and Rice Crrek Road earlier than it would have without the project. Proper stated he would send a copy of the report to Jeppson. Stan Satre, 1917 - 26th Avenue N.W., asked if there is any possibility that sometime in the future an impact on the residents' quality of life and property values would be helped by some reduction in their taxes. Benke understood that if the residents feel their property values are reduced because of this project, they could appeal to the county, which does the assess- ing, for a reduction in assessed value of their property. Satre stated the original plan had a gradual transition planned and feels the proposed project is a glaring example of disregard for that kind of transition, and asked council to consider what the adjacent residents are losing for the betterment of the community. Page Five