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Lake Elmo City Council Minutes for July 7, 1987 Page 4 Novak felt the council was providing the applicant with future justification for development of the western half of the property and with it the real possibility of sewer. Armstrong stated that she felt the cul-de-sac came in the back door. The motion approving it was without benefit of a public hearing and before Preliminary Plat approval was given. The specific reason for the cluster and the resulting outlot was to retain open space and in permitting this te-mperary cul-de-sac extension to the western boundary of the cluster, the very purpose of the Outlot is defeated. This is entirely contrary to the motion regarding preserving open spaces in the Outlot of this plat voted on by this council on April 7, 1987. The Developer has every intention of filling in this land with dense housing. The soils in the outlot are so very poor as to prevent any development that is not sewered. There is no sewer availability for this land in the forseeable future. The lift station the developer is counting on to provide sewering for this land is intended for and is being paid for by landowners in Oakdale. This should have been platted so that the cluster in the Northeast corner is self-contained and not giving the impression to a future land owner of the outlot that they are entitled to a sewered development simply because the council in 1987 voted yes to something that didn't apply to what was before them. The applicant responded that it would be written in to the developers agreement that only one house would be allowed on this outlot. Also, the reference to future development is for if and when the rules and regulations change and the property is allowed to be developed. Christ stated he has no desire to sewer the outlot, and has no desire to approve septic systems under our existing land use, but perhaps 40 years down the road it would be better that the road is there and has the ability to go on. He feels there may be a definition problem with "temporary" and has no objections to the plat the way it stands, although his intent is not to open it up for future development. Graves concurred with Christ and added that he thought the City was showing some responsibility to our future generations by allowing this street so when the environment does change - when there is a need to develop this outlot, we won't have to tear up someones property to put a road through. It is part of our minutes that our intention is to leave this outlot as open space for the forseeable future - as long as the Comprehensive Plan and our City Ordinances are as they exist. Armstrong felt the council would be hard-pressed to deny a future applicant's contention that by allowing the temporary cul-de-sac the intention of the council was to permit further development when requested. She felt this plat could have been developed in such a way so as to not leave this road hanging in the middle of an outlot. M/S/P Graves/Moe - To adopt Resolution 87-33 grant Final Plat approval to Lake Elmo Heights 2nd Addition subject to the recommendations of the City Engineer and incorporating the conditions of the Preliminary Plat approval given on June 16, 1987, and subject to applicant complying with the recommendations of the Washington