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AM EN D EDIAPPROVED: 01 /03/06 Elmo Development Agreement to $1,797,500 as recommended by the City Engineer and City Planner. VOTE: 3:0. 3. Tapestry at Charlotte's Grove The Planner said Tapestry is nearing completion. The City Engineer and City Planner recommend reduction of escrow from $2.53 million to $372,500. The Planner said the City Forester has looked at the project and she is impressed. The developers have done far more than they planned. One portion of the site is not yet landscaped but the developers have already met their numerical goals. The Planner said the Council could reduce landscaping to zero but recommended leaving in $20,000 for plantings not yet done on one portion of the site. M/S/P, Conlin/Johnson, To approve reduction of the required development security for the Tapestry at Charlotte's Grove development agreement to $372,500 as recommended by the City Engineer and City Planner. VOTE: 3:0. 9. Planning, Land Use and Zoning A. Site Plan Amendment -Country Air Golf, Resolution No. 2006-142 The Planner said the applicant wants to add a covered sidewalk to their tee box structure and to change to asphalt shingles on the roof. On December 12, the Planning Commission recommended approval. M/S/P, Conlin/Johnson, To adopt Resolution 2005-142 approving an amendment to the Site Plan of Country Air Golf to add an 8 foot covered walkway to the west side of the previously approved tee box enclosures, and to substitute asphalt shingles for the roofing material previously approved. VOTE: 3:0. D. Xcel Energy Easement The Planner said that Xcel has requested an easement to place a gas service measuring and regulating facility and pipes with shrubbery screening at the southeast corner of the water tower site on Langly Court in the Old Village. Normally Xcel puts those facilities in the right-of-way but Langly Court only has one-half the usual street right-of-way width. Colette Jurek, Xcel Energy and Bob Stieck, Xcel Engineer The applicants brought a map for the Council showing the site plan. They presented a photo of the depicting facility at Keats and Hudson and a landscaping plan. The representatives said this facility could help the City of Lake Elmo because Xcel can reinforce their gas system in the city. The odorizer currently located on 30u' Street, west of Lake Elmo Avenue would be replaced by this one, and it will be less visible. This equipment will not need upgrading for ten years. Should something go wrong, Xcel offers a guaranteed response time within one hour. There are six other stations within the neighborhood. Councilmembers asked if the neighbors were notified. Mr. Stieck said the Hardwood owner owns the apartment building and has been notified but the neighbor to the west has not been notified. This is not an odorizer station. No odors should be noticed. The mayor asked about notices being mailed and about Xcel's timetable. Mr. Stieck said they were not planning to mail notices and they wanted to schedule this winter in January. Administrator Rafferty clarified that Xcel has the right to use of the right-of-way, and the Lake Elmo City Council Meeting Minutes of December 20, 2005