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April ^c6, 1978 Page 4 amnissior MemLar Foss asked what the City wouid do in the futurP i` tli~y ~id not get i ha easement now, Mr. S3odin r~plied Chat he would prefer having the road go out to Spring Lake Park Road. Comnission Member Foss pointed out that the residents of the area were not yet ready to sell land to gat a road through that way. Official Rose a~ded that the City would try to get easements necessary for the road without going through condemnatlon. Mr. S~odin steted that George Payne had been trying tu get together a petition for a road at one time. Councilmember Baumgartner explained that the City could nat do anything untii they received a petition from 35 percent or more ot the property owners. Mr. S~od1n steted that he woutd be wi111ng to sign a pe*.iLion and stated that he would iike the City to make a decision on the road. Comnission Member Fedor questioned if the City would have to pay for condemned tand if the road went in along the back of the property. Official Rose replied that there is a dtfference betwe2n condemning 30' of land and taking a buiidable lot. Ne added that the Councii has tha right to decide whether to pay for property or require that Tt be dedicated, but if the prroperty ovmer did not ~ant to make,the dedication, the owner could take the City to court. Mr. S~odin stated that he had two aiternatives, to ask for a minor lot split for one side of the praperty, or to ask fcr a building permit on it as it is and locate the house to one side und in the future spiit tne land off. Ile added that if he did sit ,.•--~on it, there would be no reason to go ahead with any deveiopment. Mr. S~odin also ! stated that he could not s::~e any advantage to lir,ing up the ctreet with Sherwood and ~^-r'that he felt for safety purposes it should not be lined up. Official Rose replied that Mr. S~odin could build a house with a covenant and se11 it with a set amount of property, which lias been done before. He added thaC if he was willing to do that and keeP the house as far north as possibte, it would be acceptable Official Rose added that the Planning Comnission shoutd be carefu] not to start a step that wouid put the City in a posit on it would not want to be in ~~•e. creating two buildable lots on Spring Lake Read~. Chairperson Haake pointed out that if a covenant was put on, with a time 11mit of five years, a decision shauld be made on the road by then. Comnission Member Fedor yuestioned if Mr. S~edin was aliowed to build on the lot with the thought thet one lot wouid be a r.urner lot, cuuld they require a 10' setback, with the garage on the nortti s9de of the lot for a larger setback. Official Rose replied that the P7anning Commissiun coutd request Mr. S~odin to come up with a house plan whicn would not require a variance for construction. Mr. S~odin stated that he does have a buyer for the lot already and that they would like a typical split foyer and that he ~as not sure if he cou7d take a?0' setback on the south s1de. Mr. S~odin added that he did not feel the rnad woutd evPr go through as there were toa many trees and the land was lower at the other end, which would maY.e it cheaper. Officla7 Rose rep7led that the price of the land would remain the same, high or lnw. MSP (Haake-Blanchard) to recamiend to the Council approva'( of the minor subdivi;ion ~,^equest of Ken S~odin, 8106 Groveland Road in accardance wlth the surveyors certifScate dated April 18, 1978 with the foilowing stiputations, that a covenant with the deed be filed which would restrict development until the Knollwoud Extensian Nas resolved or until a specific period of time, i.e., 3-5 years, during which deve7opment cannot occur on the 7ot designated Lot B. 5 ayes