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COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 APPROVED 288 He informed Mr. Borsheim that if he does not want his property to be rezoned or develop, he would •289 not have to do so. 290 291 Mr. Borsheim stated that he thinks if a pipe is in front of his house he would be required to connect if 292 he sells his property. City Planner Smyser stated a resident would only be required to connect if the 293 current septic system fails, but not until that time. 294 295 Mr. Borsheim stated his concern is that the MUSA line will be moved and provide a "legal door" for 296 future development and utility costs. He stated he objects because he does not want to be forced to do 297 something when he sells his house. Mr. Borsheim stated he thinks this will make it difficult for him 298 to sell his house, believes there are too many "ifs" with this project, and no answers. 299 303 Mayor Bergeson asked if the vote on the Comprehensive Plan amendment requires a roll call vote. 301 City Planner Smyser stated it does not but does require a 4/5ths affirmative vote to pass. 302 303 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-140, Amending the 2002 304 Comprehensive Plan. Mayor Bergeson seconded the motion. 305 306 Councilmember Carlson stated she is having a difficult time with this decision because the sewer and 307 water is on the back side of the lots andprevious promises have been made on the plat to allow these 308 lots to develop. She stated that the other side of the issue is the number of changes being made to the 309 Comprehensive Plan, some of which are not really necessary such as the MUSA trade and setting up 310 the different bank. Also, the neighborhood seems to be somewhat split on the development. She 0311 stated she would have preferred a more comprehensive plan for the neighborhood and would like that 312 to come about. Councilmember Carlson asked other councilmembers how they are basing their 313 decision. 314 315 Councilmember Reinert stated he is surprised staff is recommending approval since they are such 316 "sticklers" on everything. He stated he is concerned about the size, realizing it is only a few homes 317 and the majority of the neighborhood wants it. However, as Councilmember Carlson has raised there 318 are a lot of changes so maybe the City is going too far to accommodate this project. He asked if staff 319 would still recommend approval if the same situation existed with more homes, say 40 homes. Or, 320 does the fact that this is just a few homes impact staff's recommendation for approval. 321 322 City Planner Smyser stated the two main reasons for staff's recommendation of approval are the fact 323 that Arlo Lane was built behind these properties as the first or second step to keep the "development 324 ball" rolling. Those property owners have strongly voiced that they want the opportunity to divide 325 their properties and had that road built to keep that "ball rolling". Secondly, even though not a 326 serious problem in this neighborhood, several systems have failed. City Planner Smyser stated he 327 likes to avoid situations where properties cannot connect should their system fail. 328 329 Councilmember Reinert stated if it were a larger project staff may look at it differently. City Planner 330 Smyser agreed that even though this is an odd situation, the small project size does make it easier to 331 "swallow." 332 333 Councilmember Reinert asked if this project completes a cycle of what those properties wanted to 334 occur so they could develop in this way. He also asked if it was an oversight to not have included W35 these properties in the Comprehensive Plan. City Planner Smyser indicated that he would not view it 7