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iHINUTPS City Co wici.l. Sept:. 14, 19II3 :[mp. £33-19 Mr. Nielson replied that ~SP owned this property, (Cont,) '~1r. Pahey asked ~i.f t:he ylan caas revieweci rvi.tli the Pianner or iZn;~ineer. Nir. Ni.elson staCed thaC iC was just ment~i.oned to them. Mr. I~'ahey sCated that 1~c ctid not want to see anytk~:ing that wi.ll jeopardize the future development of. the area. Mr. Pahey aslced if. tl.~e Ci.Cy should r.equise thaC Che road end i.^ a temporary cul-de-sac Co Greenbri_er. ~1rs. Nar.dini. po~inLed out that the co>t of Che :road through t:o Greenbri.er would not warrent the development of: toro adcli.Ci.onal lots. 'Ck~e PLanner staCed Chat Che third a'tter.native i.s ac<:eptable giver~ Che fact that t:he property o~uner. to the west wouid not orant to develop six lots. 'Che }?7.anner felt: tha2: thi.s i.s a decislon Chat Ctie property owne~r shoul.d malce, Al.so the Planner stat.ed that the Ci.ty must deci.de :i.f it wi_11. back the development. Mr. ~f~'ahey stated that i.n the past thc City has not f.undFd devel.opment wi.th Cax tlollar, for one developer. yr. Nielson s[ated that the development would bene£i.t the property owners whether they want the developmc~~nt. or noC. It gi.ves thein opY.i.on, that they previousLy did not have. Mrs. ScaLze staced that the City can rrqucst access to the south w~i.t.:hout say~i.ng that ~the property owners to the south benefi.t;. IC is just pr.ovidin~; for the Ci.t:y's welfare :i.n Che years to come. ~irs. Scal.ze stated that she does not see cnou,h benef:i.t to t!ie C:ity to make it a Ci.ty project, The Clerlc pol.nCed out t:hat .in Ci.ty projects s*reets are assessed at 100% anci water and sewer at 80%. P4r.. Ni.elson sttited tl~at the City's current pol.i.cy forces deve7.opment to be h~indlecl by ~l~rge dFVelo~~ers and does not gi.ve the opportuillCy to small developers. i1r. Ni.el.son stated that the Ci.Cy al.so r.eceives the benef:it oC pi.clci.ng up addi.Cional. dsvc~l.opment. ~Irs, Scalze po4.nted out that the CiCy has ti~e second h9.~;h~st tax rate and one of the reasons is t:hat i.t has pi.cked up assessment percenta~es, Mr.s. Scal.ce al.so pointed ouT. Chat NIr. LeMay mal<es out by pirtting i.n a temporary cu~l.-de-sac. If the street ran sCrai.r;ht throu~;h, there. would be more Lcont footage Co be assessed, N[r., I~eMay poi.nted out t}~at che City fun<ted thc~ Syl.van li,tates development for one developer. Page -f3-