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~~IRIUTFS C,ity Council i~iay 2H, 19~3f> Tima Mr. Fahey pointed out that Codr:. requires 50 feet of right-of-~.vay Property for a street. Fahey as'~ed P1r. [)aubney's rationa1 for departinn Division froiri this requirement. (cont.) h1r. f3l esener poi nted out that the Tima property ti~roul c' be ~he only nroperty assessed for Jackson 5treet as it would be the only oroperty benefited. i1r. Dai.ihn~y indicated that the City aiould be the one benefiting from the improvement of Jackson Stre^t bets•~een Australian and Rluvfood as the ~ity ne4ds this stretch of str2nt for traffic ;novement, stree't r~ai ntenance and snoa~~ removal . Daubne.y poi nted out t'nat the City is currently trespessing on the Tima property> h9rs. Scalze felt that the City could Curn around the sno~r~plows urithout trespessiny on the Tima property. Scalze felt iSiere vras no benefif: to the Cif,y from th? improvement of Jac!<son Street. r ahey stated that he a~as eai 17 i ng to go ~rri th the ~40 foot ri ght-of- ~,~ay as proposed because it is a unique situation, hol~dever, I'ir. Tirna would have to brar the cost of tiie asse,sments. Fahey di8 not feel that the !;it,y benefit~c! from the iriprnvernent of Jac!<son. "~1r. Daubney poin~tec oi.~t Chat the cost to iinprov~ Jacl<son f~~~ig'nt be in the neiqhl~orhooc; ofi $20,~00. Daul>ney felt that if Jackson Street ~-~~ere not improved L-ai th the C, i ty picki ng i.ip the cost, the f,ity woiald be deprivinq ~1r. Tima from a property right and tne reasonable us~ oP his property. Dauhne~/ pointe~ out that f1r. ~fima has 3/4 of an acre that eaoulcf be nut bac!< on the tax rolls. ~?r. FahFy cSi d not feel i t tiaas the responsi bi 1 i ty of the Ci ty to improve Jac~cson StreeC so that ~~ir. Tima co~.i1d split a lot. F~hey stat,ed that the roacf would benefit no one else except P1r. Ti;na. ~lubne,y as!<ed if the Cit,y were willing to grant a variance so that Tima could access the property from Flustralian. Daubney pointed out that there is 3/4 of an acr~ involved and. only on~ additiona1 home +,~oul ci be accessed by Austral i an. Fahey sugoestecl tha't the cul-de-sac nption at the end of Flustralian be considered. Fahey suggesteci that if the cul-cle-sac were approved, then Jac!<son Street bet~;~een Austral i an and 31 u~rrood s'noul d be vacated. r•'a'ney also nointed out that tne propert,y o~mers on Australian anc! ~3luaaooc( aaill not ~~ant Jackson Street to be improved as thFy no1•i have ~uiet dead-end streets. T'ne P1anner pointeci out that he has prooosed a 110 foot cul-de-sac and C~de reqiaires 120 feet. Pag~ -13-