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Mounds View Planning Commission <br />Regular Meeting <br />June 16, 2010 <br />Page 4 <br />Commissioner Cramblit asked if the new houses would be elevated higher than the existing <br />homes. <br />Mr. Harstad stated that the water currently drains down Longview Drive to a manhole on <br />Longview Drive. He added that the City will not allow new development to adversely affect <br />neighboring properties. He also added the biofiltration basin was a suggestion from the <br />watershed district. He stated this is the most desirable solution for drainage. There would be <br />one of these basins for every two lots of the new development. <br />Chair Stevenson stated he is having a problem with the hardship criteria and does not feel <br />comfortable setting precedents with the proposed variance. <br />Mr. Harstad stated his family has owned this property for a very long time. He added he is <br />asking for a variance for lot width and not lot size. He added he felt this is a fair request and the <br />concerns regarding granting the variance is related to hardship. This new plan is better for the <br />public safety of Mounds View. The original approval was for 15 lots on this land and the new <br />plan has only 10 lots, <br />Ann Tillmann, 5166 Longview Drive, stated she is concerned about the impact on their property <br />as well as the wetland area. She added that she understands that there will be homes built on this <br />parcel someday but she felt she wanted these to be built the right way. <br />Public hearing closed at 8:33 pm <br />MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Miller. Denying Resolution 927- <br />10 for a Variance to Allow for Reduced Lot Widths for New Lots in a Wetland District for the <br />Longview Estates Property; Planning Case VR2010-002 <br />Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. <br />6. Other Planning Activity <br />None. <br />7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: <br />A. July 7, 2010 <br />B. July 21, 2010 <br />