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City Council Meeting Minutes August 31, 2021 Page 3 of 14 Mayor Stolzmann stated she prefers the alignment of Campus Drive be further north and connect to Paradise Lane. She is concerned the proposed location of the intersection of Campus Drive with 96th Street is too close to the Northwest Parkway and fire station entrance. She is concerned the traffic queuing will be extremely long and will impact travel times. Bill Fox, applicant traffic engineer, stated that they have reviewed the queuing time and feel this alignment with the additional southbound through lane is preferred and it won't back up traffic back to the school. Mayor Stolzmann stated she is concerned that at build out the roads in this area will not be able to maintain a Level of Service C as we want for this area. Jordan Swisher noted their preference for the proposed alignment of Campus Drive as it maintains the buffer with Paradise Lane which is what is stipulated in the Northwest Parkway IGA. She also noted that the applicant does not control Paradise Lane so aligning Campus Drive with that would require the owners' consent. Public Comments Jill Sjong, 601 Dahlia Way, stated she feels the footprint is too large and the development should be limited to those areas that were previously developed. She does not think the City needs the development. She urged a no vote. Sherry Sommer, 910 South Palisade Court, asked Council to consider the public sentiment and expertise that has been provided related to climate change in addition to the code in their decision. Irfan Azeem, 631 West Street, stated he has many concerns about the development and is specifically concerned that adding new commercial space to the City will divert users from space that is already empty. He feels the development will have an adverse economic impact on the city. Beth McQuie, 972 St. Andrews Lane, stated the current open space proposal is too small. She encouraged requiring all land north of Disc Drive be dedicated as open space to protect the areas that have not been previously developed. She asked for more trails in the dedicated open space. She asked the development be limited to 2.5M square feet. Stephanie Rowe, 631 West Street, asked Council to consider the public comments they have received. She stated people are not against any development on this property but they feel this particular development is not appropriate and does not meet the Comp Plan. She supports making all of the area north of Disc Drive as open space. Michiko Christiansen, speaking through an ASL interpreter, 543 Adams Avenue, asked Council to deny the application and asked council to use this area as a buffer with