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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 22, 2017 PRELIMINARYAND FINAL PLAT REQUEST AT 2736 & 2744 RICE STREET UNTIL THE MARCH 6, 2017 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Montour. Aye (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. CONCEPT PLAN The City Planner gave a background of the project, explaining that the REVIEW OF A applicant is looking to subdivide the large property into 11 single family SINGLE FAMILY lots on a cul-de-sac on the west side of the property. He noted that the RESIDENTIAL subdivision ordinance requires that any other possible development on the DEVELOPMENT site also be shown, even if it is not proposed at the time, and explained AT 3000 LABORE that is the case with the lots shown on the east side. He stated that this ROAD; concept plan review is the first step in discussing the development and the APPLICANT: THE developer's intentions. He noted that there are formal steps required by LINCOLN GROUP ordinance to subdivide and plat the property that would occur after this if there is City Council support for the project. The City Planner explained that the Planning Commission reviewed this and had a significant amount of discussion and many of the neighbors were in attendance. He reported that soil testing has now been done and the applicant has modified the site plan to add more lots to recoup the development and site preparation costs. He explained that the plan in front of the Council tonight was received by Staff two days ago and has not been reviewed in depth. He reported that the developer has gotten more information from soil testing and is now proposing lot widths and side yard setbacks that are less than what the City Code requires, so the Council should decide if they are supportive of this. The City Planner noted that the Council recently amended the Code to require that lots be wider. Dan Lincoln, The Lincoln Group, stated that they originally came forward with a plan for 11 lots that easily met City requirements, but after getting more soil testing results, more lots that are smaller are needed to make this project feasible. He noted that rather than walk away now knowing that the next developer will need to ask for the same thing, they are going to continue and try to make something work. Dave Nash, Alliant Engineering, stated that the site has the typical one to two feet of topsoil, but then has very soft clay underneath so they would need to deal with another six to eight feet to improve the soil quality. He explained that the clay can be removed, dried, put back in and re - compacted in order to make it stable enough for a house, but that adds a lot of cost. He stated that they are asking to deviate from the required lot 2