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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 25, 2012 Keis noted that the Klidzejs driveway is on public property. Norma Klidzejs indicated that the situation was established years ago when her father -in -law built the house to the west of the Mercil's. There was discussion at the time relative to access, and Klidzejs indicated that the City did not require the improvement of Mitchell Trail at the time. Aleks Klidzejs reviewed the existing easements and rights -of -way in this area. He suggested that rather than allowing the Mercil property access to the south, that the City require the new garage be constructed on the north and allow the Mercil's a Variance to place the garage five feet from the northern property line. This would result in a 16 foot separation between the front of the house and the new garage. Aleks Klidzejs pointed out that having the garage on the north maintains the existing access to the north and does not open access to his driveway on the south. Klidzejs felt a shared driveway on the south would result in safety concerns. He reviewed pictures of the area and indicated that there are children that use his driveway to access the lake. He felt the additional traffic and the fact that sight lines are not clear would be a safety concern. Klidzejs felt there was enough space to place the garage on the north and avoid the safety concerns. He again suggested a variance from the north property line to gain more separation between the house and garage. Blesener suggested that if the garage is placed on the north, it be pushed east to allow enough space for parking in front of the garage. The city Planner indicated that there should be at least a 20 foot setback from the west property line to provide adequate parking area in front of the garage. The Council discussed a concern raised relative to guest parking on the driveway to the south. The City Administrator reported that issues such as parking could be addressed in a license agreement. The Administrator also indicated that there should be a license agreement in place to govern the driveway use over a public right -of -way. He noted that currently Norma and Aleks Klidzejs are using this right -of -way on the south with the permission of the City. If that driveway is shared, a license agreement would govern future improvements, maintenance, etc. The Administrator indicated that ideally a shared driveway situation would not exist. Keis indicated that his opinion is that the Mercil property should not have two driveway accesses. He noted that the northern access is via a private easement agreement. The southern access would be over a public easement and right -of -way. Keis stated that he did not know if allowing the Mercil's to have access from the south would impact the Klidzejs' property values. He indicated that to him the southern access was the best solution and that a maintenance agreement would have to be worked out. 6