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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 28, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 17 (4. #13-3638 SOURCE LAND CAPITAL, 405 NORTH ARM DRIVE – LAKEVIEW GOLF COURSE ROPERTY – CONTINUED SKETCH PLAN REVIEW, Continued) Bremer stated safety impacts would be an important piece since the residents have raised concerns over the safety of intersections. Bremer stated in her view the topography is challenging as well as the intersections and that those things will need to be taken into consideration by the traffic consultants. Hiller noted there was an accident up the road a few weeks ago but that it was not a result of the intersection. Hiller stated there was a lane closure and the person ran into the car that was stopped ahead of him. Hiller stated he will go ahead and have a traffic study performed. Hiller asked if Staff has a particular entity or individual in mind. Gaffron stated the City Engineer did a traffic study for Stone Bay approximately 12 years ago, which is an option in this situation, but that he does not have a particular recommendation on who should do the study. Mattick stated any outside study that is done would be turned over to the City Engineer to review. Hiller stated he will go ahead and contact a private consultant named Data Sources that his engineer is familiar with. Hiller stated the traffic study will hopefully be completed by the time of preliminary plat. Bremer stated in that example provided by Mr. Gaffron there were some raw numbers that were provided by someone else and then the City Engineer looked at those. Bremer stated to her recollection the City took a more active role in that study. Gaffron stated he does not have any issues with the applicant hiring a private consultant but that Staff will check into Data Sources to make sure we have no issues with them. Levang stated as it relates to Exhibit D, which is Hennepin County’s traffic analysis of County Road 19 and the North Arm Drive intersection, it talks about the entering sight distance for vehicles from North Arm Drive entering on to County Road 19 meets the minimum sight distance that is required, which is 500 feet, but dos meet the desirable sight distance of 700 feet from the intersection looking north. Levang stated she would encourage the applicant to review that data and how that can be mitigated since that is one of the concerns that has been raised by the neighbors. McMillan asked if the next step in the process is to bring the preliminary plat before the Planning Commission. Gaffron indicated it would be. Hiller stated they would hope to have the preliminary plat application to the City by the end of August. McMillan noted there would be a public hearing before the Planning Commission. Hiller stated the EAW comment period expires on August 6.