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MINUTES City Council May 11, 1988 Ger•vai s Overlook Addition (Cont.) R&S Automotive Expansion Agenda Item No. 8 The Ci ty Cl er•k poi nted out that the sewer• i s the Metr~o Sewer Inter~ceptor•. The City Engineer• r•epor•ted that Maplewood specifications could be followed for• the sewer•, however; Little Canada specs would need to be followed for~ the water•main. The Ci ty Engi neer r•epor•ted that he wi 11 deter•mi ne the costs for• br~i ngi ng Little Canada water•main to the edge of the proper•ty and will ask Bob Voto deter•mine a connection char•ge based on the for•mula used to deter•mine Cub Foods' connection char•ge. However•, the City Engineer pointed out that water•main would have to be br•ought past 7 or• 8 lots in Little Canada some of whom may not be in favor of a watermain improvement and ther•e ar•e also some lots in Maplewood that the City could not assess. Blesener suggested that the costs be put together• and pr~esented to Mr~. Nelson. It may be that Mr•. Nelson will have to assume the total cost in or•der~ to get water• to his pr~operty. This is something that Nelson will have to consider•. Fahey noted that the pr•evious r~esolution of Apr•il 13th still stands which dir•ects the City Engineer• to put together~ the estimated costs for• br~i ngi nq uti 1 i ties to the edge of the Ger•vai s Over~l ook Addi ti on. It was noted that only the water•main costs need to be deter•mined. The Mayor r~eviewed the Planner•'s repor•t dated May 5, 1988 r~egar~ding the R& S Auto Salvage expansion proposal. Since the applicant did not r~ecei ve a copy of the r~epor•t one was pr~ovi ded. Fahey al so instr~ucted the City Cler•k to pr~ovide similar• repor~ts to applicants pr•ior• to the meetings so that they may be pr•epar~ed to r•espond. Council r•eviewed the Planner•'s r•ecommendation that since there ar•e two pr•incipal uses on one lot, the pr~oper•ty should be subdivided. This would also requir•e the clean-up of the auto salvage oper•ation which would be located on the newly cr~eated lot. Scr•eening of the auto salvage oper~ation would also be r•equired. Collova asked if the building expansion would be sprinkler~ed. Louie Rustad, R& S, r•eplied that the expanded pole building would be spr•inkler~ed. Blesener~ suggested that the applicants meet with the Planner to discuss his r~ecommendations and deter~mine whether~ or• not the proposal is feasible. Scalze suggested that at the time a lot split is appr•oved, the City may want to r•equir~e impr•ovement of the cul-de-sac at the end of Woodlyn Avenue. Fahey suggested that the City Engineer• look into this at the time a lot split is applied for•. In the meantime, the applicant should Page -9-