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? • 41, .-`'- > PLANNING COMMISSION MAY 10, 1988 PAGE 3 prefer.that their streets be ende,d in cul-de-sacs and the two subdivisions separated in order to eliminate drivers cutting through from Barton Road . to the interchange on Stearns Road; school buses could have a problem if roads and turning radii are not constructed nroperl_y, pointing out there is a sharp turn at the end of Westminster Drive with no stop sign; this area is the last to get plowed or salted and there are many accidents now, with more cars this would.be increased; weze concerned because of a previous• subdivision in which Mr. Della Vella was involved where there were some problems; and are questioning if homes would be sold where there is only one access. Councilman Wilamosky addressed the Commission advising that one of these developers.was involve.d in the development of the City Line Subdivisiori which 1s south of ?his:proposal and, at that time, this.area was supposed to be.the second phase of the City Line Subdivision, and one lot on Josephine Drive was reserved as an access from one uhase to the other, that lot was subseguently developed so that the access between the two phases was eliminated,, consequently access for this subdivision must be through.another subdivision. He beTieues that one access on a two lane road for 230 homes will cause the city prob:lems in the future. He requested that the Commission hold this proposal in committee to re- search-the h'istory-of City Line Subdivision because he believes that the developers previously did hold easement for property under the C.E.I. . : lines.. Mayor Petrigac requested that the Coinmission Took at the cul-de- sacs since-they are the most difficult to maintain. The Commission decided to table the re.quest until the next meeting in order to research the former subdivision, to check with both the Police and Fire Departments regarding the one access, and to ask the developer to look into finding a second access. B. Gorris moved to table the Berard Development Company Preliminary Plan pending answers to the following. requests: that copies of -this plan -be sent to -the Safety Department for their input; and request that they pay specific attention to the fact that what is now an approxi- mately 150 family development being served by a single, two lane access road will, under this proposal, be approximately a 230 family development serviced by this same two lane road aecessible from Stearns Road. Tliis • Gommission.further requests that either.the Engineeririg Department and/,or the Building Department research and nrovide us with copies of drawings and minutes from not only this Commission, but any other bodies of the city relating to their review of what was originallv known as the City Line Subdivision, a development accessible from.Barton Road-and consisting of Josephine.Drive and Vita Lane; we further:rectaest input f rom the Law Department as to what protection the city can.request should this parcel be developed as nroposed without alternative ingress/egress being provided ' during construction to insure primar'ily the safety of the residents and also minimizing the nuisance connected with construction., if necessarv bonds should be posted to insure.that should damage be done by the weight of any equipment using these streets, funds be ava'ilable to replace these streetsy and.further request that the"developer try to consider alterna- tive methods of ingress and egress to the completed subdivision, either from C.E.I. or wherever; further, we request that the developer submit documentation as to_ options held,on this property; we also request that the develoner submit to this Commission an expanded plat showing the adjacent subdivision and how it ties into Stearns Road, including the . relationship of this development to Barton Road, and. also ask that the develoner include in these plans some type of saund buffer or mounding