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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, September 21, 2015 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 8 of 10 <br /> <br /> <br />Leskinen noted this is a sketch plan review and that typically a public hearing is not required but that <br />there are a number of people in the audience that may wish to comment on the proposal. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated it would not necessarily be a public hearing but that the Planning Commission could hear <br />public comments. <br /> <br />Chair Leskinen stated she would allow public comment at this time. <br /> <br />Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, stated as it relates to concerns about traffic in the neighborhood, he <br />would note that in the morning traffic is usually going toward Excelsior and Highway 7 or Highway 15. <br />If someone is going to Minneapolis, going out on Shadywood is not going to work since they would not <br />be able to make that left turn. Kempf stated what someone will be able to do is go down to Kelly, not <br />drive through the neighborhood but take a right, go by the grocery store, and then merge with a right turn <br />onto 15. Kempf stated the cars will not go all the way through the Kelly neighborhood. <br /> <br />Berg stated that is not what happens. <br /> <br />Kempf stated for the other people who are going toward Excelsior, it would be quicker to go out and take <br />a right on Shadywood rather than drive through Kelly. Kempf stated if he was going out to 15, he would <br />run out and take a right. Kempf stated if he was going to Excelsior, he would not drive all the way <br />through the Kelly neighborhood. Kempf stated in his view the fire marshal would have a problem with it <br />as well as the county given the left turn. Kempf stated it is likely the county will require an access onto <br />Kelly. <br /> <br />Judy Fredrickson, 2575 Kelly Avenue, stated she is incredibly disappointed to be back tonight and that <br />she is also disappointed with the applicants as well as with Mr. Gaffron. Fredrickson stated she realizes <br />Mr. Delaney has the right to come back and address the Planning Commission, but that he does not have <br />the right to keep coming back with the same plan. Fredrickson stated he continues to come back with a <br />plan that proposes access onto Kelly Avenue. The applicants have brought a plan for Kelly Avenue time <br />and time again and the City Council has voted no. Fredrickson stated Mr. Delaney has every right to <br />bring a plan forward for the Shadywood part but that the City Council said no on the Kelly Avenue side,