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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 11, 2003 APPROVED 382 City Planner Smyser summarized the staff report, indicating it is Staff' s recommendation that this 083 resolution be approved. 384 385 Councilmember Carlson asked what type of road this would be. City Planner Smyser stated it would 386 be a 32 -foot width, shown as a minor collector road, but the same as most of their local roads. 387 388 Councilmember Carlson noted they were showing the property the city bought for the Athletic 389 Complex, which the residents paid for, and the road is taking a jog out of that property. She asked 390 why it is not all on the developer's property. City Planner Smyser stated there is a lot of wetland on 391 the subject property, and to make the remaining land developable, they had to jog the road slightly to 392 the north. 393 394 Councilmember Carlson asked how much developable land will be left. She noted the DNR 395 regulations say you have to have a certain size lot, which she believes is 80,000 square feet, or 40,000 396 square feet if on a recreational lake. City Planner Smyser reminded the Council this lot is already 397 there; they are not creating it or platting the land, it is on record already, so the lot size is a moot 398 point. 399 400 Councilmember Carlson asked if City Planner Smyser was saying anyone could build on a lot less 401 than 80,000 square feet and put in a well and septic system as long as the lot already exists. City 402 Planner Smyser stated he was not sure where the 80,000 square feet came in, but if someone has a lot, 403 they have to have reasonable use of their property. The owner of this parcel is proposing to use it for 404 a house, and needs access to it. Staff feels a road is better than a private driveway. 405 •06 Councilmember Carlson indicated she knows it is 80,000 square feet because it was brought up at the 407 Environmental Board meeting, so this remains a concern for her. She noted another concern is the 408 city bought this property and paid interest on it, and calculating the 30 feet, they are giving away 409 about a half -acre of city land. She added someone did bring up the fact that the person who sold tract 410 A to the city sold the other three tracks to a developer. She noted they had a developer in here two 411 weeks ago saying his undeveloped land was worth $50,000 an acre, so they are giving up quite a bit 412 of city owned land. 413 414 Mayor Bergeson stated he has a different view. He commented the City is not land poor in this area, 415 and giving up a half acre of land for someone else to build a road that would provide southern access 416 to the city property seems like a good deal for the city. 417 418 Councilmember Dahl indicated she had a question on reason #1 on the Staff report. It says they 419 require full road frontage on new lots, and these are existing but the owner is addressing them as new. 420 But then they go back to the fact that they are existing lots when it comes to sewer and water. She 421 asked how the developer was able to flip-flop like this on whether they are new lots or existing lots. 422 City Planner Smyser stated perhaps it is the way he worded the report. He explained the developer 423 has chosen to provide these lots with full access on a public road, rather than the less desirable 424 alternative, even though it is not required. The wording was his, not the developers. 425 426 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-121 accepting easements for street, 427 drainage and utility purposes. Councilmember O'Donnell seconded the motion. 428 •29 Motion carried unanimously. 9