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COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 24, 2004 APPROVED 1 Scott Anderson stated there is no requirement to have any screening along the road and that here is no II, 2 headlight issues along the road. He stated they would be adding to the screening. 3 4 Acting Mayor Carlson asked why there was no 80 percent screening. 5 6 City Planner Smyser stated that the Ordinance does require 80 percent, except on that part of the 7 property considered the front of the property on the street side. He said since the front of the 8 property is 20`h Avenue, the 80 percent requirement doesn't apply, and that it would be on the sides 9 and the rear of the property. 10 11 There was a further discussion regarding screening, and City Planner Smyser stated they will have to 12 plant what was approved on the plat. He stated that the preliminary plat had included the approval of 13 the landscaping plan, and that the final plat is not dealing with those items. He stated this is a big 14 piece of property so you will be able to see beyond the screening. 15 16 Councilmember Dahl asked if screening could be defined for the Council at the next Workshop 17 Session. 18 19 Community Development Director Grochala indicated the grading plan had previously been approved 20 by the Council. He stated a final review would be done to make sure everything was consistent with 21 what had originally been approved. 22 23 Acting Mayor Carlson asked what recourse the neighbors had if there was a dispute between them ilk 24 and the applicant regarding the 80 percent. 25 26 City Planner Smyser stated City Staff and the Rice Creek Watershed District has already reviewed 27 that and found it acceptable, and that the City council had already approved it; that they have to build 28 what was approved. He stated that there were a lot of people who opposed this church, and that they 29 are probably going to continue to call. 30 31 Acting Mayor Carlson asked if there was anyone in the audience wishing to speak. 32 33 Scarlet Rehbein stated she lives across the street from the church, and she would like to see more 34 trees in between them, according to the ordinance. 35 36 Ron Marier, 1801 Sunset Street, asked City Planner Smyser how he could have said a certain area 37 was heavily wooded, when in fact it was open. 38 39 City Planner Smyser stated he did not say that area was wooded and that he was being misquoted. He 40 had said the area to the west of that is wooded. 41 42 Councilmember Reinert stated it doesn't really make much sense to almost have a public hearing 43 about screening when it had already been passed that the screening for the abutting properties would 44 be at 80 percent. 45 46 City Planner Smyser stated the final plat has nothing to do with the landscaping or drainage grading. 47 48 Mr. Marier asked if the Council would enforce the 80 percent screening for all adjacent property. 9