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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL. MINUTES JUNE 6, 1989 PAGE 6 Chuck LeMire, 8084 Hill Trail N., stated he lived there 16 years and would like .the City to" compensate Mrs. Meier for the property and keep it as a nature area. A. Siegel, 7951 Hill Trail Ct., stated he didn't like the idea of hacking up the residential area with later day roads. The area is of low elevation and has a concern on runoff and more swamp and brush. He asked who would pay for an improved access. Arlene Grayson, 1916 E. 4th St., St. Paul, daughter of Mrs. Meier, asked if theycould collectively come together with creative thinking to address this situaiton now. Richard Meier, son of Mrs. Meier, stated his father has been paying taxes on this property since 1958. Perk tests have not been done until access can be determined. Mayor Dunn closed the public hearing at8:35 p.m. Councilman Hunt asked the City Attorney.if the Council should not approve this right-of-way access, does this constitute taking of land. Knaak answered that this land has been unbuildable for many years, but the Meier's would not be aware of it until they came in with a request. The Council was under no obligation to approve this request. Larry Bohrer stated there is access to the property, but building a driveway to a house is another matter. The attorney stated she can utilize this as an access, but to bear in mind, if she should miss it, she would be considered trespassing. MIS/ Graves/Moe - to deny the variance request for lot size and frontage based on no hardship was presented, and there was a potential for other variances being required because a contour map, building site plan and soil borings have not been submitted and potential disruption to the adjoining propertyowners. Councilman Williams suggested the propertyowners and. Mrs. Meier get together to decide if they are interested in buying this land. Councilman Hunt was against the variance requests, but favored keeping the public hearing open so the Council could respond to the propertyowners' requests. M/S/P Williams/Hunt - to postpone consideration of this motion until the June 20th Council meeting in hopes the property owners can get together. (Motion carried 4-1: Graves: He sees variances for: lot size, road frontage, building a non -conforming road, size of the lot for septic system (perkable soils) with potential variances needed to put a structure in the future. If multiple variances are granted, this makes our code ineffective) The Council suggested Mrs. Meier contact the assessor for a fair market value and the City would provide them a list of adjacent propertyowners to contact that might be interested in purchasing this land. E. PLANNING COMMISSION FORMAL MOTIONS: May Meeting An extract of the Planning Commission motion of their May 22nd meting was submitted to the Council.