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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 <br />for a Variance to meet the hardship test. Schorn felt the City was Looking <br />to make exceptions for this development, and was looking for reasons to <br />do something that was illegal. Schorn stated that if proper procedures are <br />not followed, the situation will be litigated. <br />Schorn indicated that the 1,050 foot long cul-de-sac was not a temporary <br />cul-de-sac, but rather a cul-de-sac to nowhere. Schorn questioned the <br />Mayor's statement that he did not care about artifacts found 22 years ago. <br />Blesener indicated that that was not the statement he made, he said that <br />there was no follow on these artifacts by the agencies that Mr. <br />Himmelbach discussed them with. <br />Schorn indicated that Mr. Himmelbach did not pursue the artifacts since <br />there was no issue of development of the land. The proposed development <br />now lends an urgency to this situation, where there was none 22 years ago. <br />Blesener stated that if what Mr. Himmelbach found were truly artifacts, he <br />would think that these agencies would have followed up within a <br />reasonable amount of time. Himmelbach stated that he just showed the <br />artifacts to the U of M, he did not leave them with the university. <br />Schorn felt the Council had totally made up its mind on this development <br />proposal without any consideration for the general public. Schorn stated <br />that he found the situation appalling. <br />Gary Quam, 2934 LaBore Road, felt that consideration of the development <br />should be done in a cautionary manner, and indicated that the area is <br />sensitive. He noted the old, established trees. He expressed concern about <br />how the developer would treat the area, noting that he came home the <br />other day and found that the contractors working for the developer had <br />been trespassed onto his property constructing a temporary road and <br />pushing brush onto his land. <br />Soby stated that he has not seen the situation that Mr. Quam refers to, but <br />indicated that the property was staked and his contractors informed to stay <br />within the boundaries of the Richie property. Soby reported that soil <br />borings were necessary at certain points on the property, and small areas <br />had to be cleared to accommodate these borings. <br />Allan asked about the property line dispute that Mr. Schorn raised at the <br />Planning Commission meeting. Soby reported that the property line <br />dispute is in Mr. Schorn's head. There was a typographical error made in <br />recording at Ramsey County. This error was confirmed and the County <br />has corrected the error. Soby stated that if Mr. Schorn wants to litigate <br />this situation, Lauren Development is confident that they will prevail. <br />Soby noted that this is a civil matter between Lauren Development and <br />Mr. Schorn. <br />15 <br />