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Mrs. Larson reported that they did a good job of patrolling and worked over the
weekend.
MSP (Hodges- Baumgartner) to recess the regular meeting and call the special
hearing to order to consider subdivision request of Keith Harstad for
Greenfield Plat No. 3. 3 ayes
Mr. Harstad presented his preliminary plat to Council and explained the parcel
was bounded by Bona Road on the west, County Road 1 110 feet south of the south
boundary, east side is Edgewood Drive. The street is completed but sewer and
water was installed in the early 1960's. North side of property abuts Lund's
Second Addition. It is a relatively small plat with 16 lots, 90 X 130' is the
smallest lot, there are a couple lots at 105 X 130'.
He said an easement is planned through the center of the plat in an east /west
direction. Another easement north and south extends only to the center. He
suggests this easement be extended and the east /west easement be increased another
ten feet. The plat shows ten feet on the two 105 foot lots. There is no objection
on his part to this. He said he started on this plat a couple years ago and he
got in a tither about the park fund dedication. Now he feels it was rather
childish on his part, so he has decided to pursue the platting again. He said he
shows a ditch in the central part of the map on the east /west easement with a
projected culvert 100 feet through the center of the plat.
He said the front yard should have a ditch and conduit. He does not want to
have water problems either.
He asked that the east /west conduit be left open. He thinks that Rice Creek
Watershed prefers it left open and it should be landscaped and designed
better than if it were closed.
Lots 6,5,4,3 have undesireable soil that has to be removed and he plans to fill
because they are relatively low. He envisions some kind of split entry walkout.
Mr. Harstad said he realized that he would not be able to have full basements in
this area because of the water table.
He said he agreed there should be a ditch in the front and there is some concern
that if he plats this the way it is, he will abandon Lots 4, 5, and 6.
He said he felt the Planning Commission had the two things confused: one is the
platting and the other is the installation of Edgewood Drive. They asked
for a front ditch on Edgewood Drive. He has not done it because he feels this
is an engineering function.
If the street is a problem it will be assessed against the property. He
doesn't think the street has to be part of the approval of
the plat and if it is, he still wants the street anyway, but is concerned right now
with the platting.
Councilman Hodges said if the sewer and water went in we must have some record
on the type of soil that is there.
Mr. Harstad felt that the soil wasn't a singularly oppressive problem due to
the fact that sewer and water went in without piling.
He said he did some soil tests before he purchased the land and is willing to
subject himself to any kind of an agreement.
Engineer Bearden commented that he had spoken to Mr. Harstad at 3 p.m. He said
the water went in in 1960 and sanitary sewer in 1965. Mr. Bearden said he did
not find any soil borings on record but the people who worked on the project
remembered there was a lot of peat.
Mr. Harstad said that the tests he took before he bought the land revealed
that the land around Hillview is not bad and around the wellhouse the land
is very good. The land on the other side of the street roughly 400 feet has
bad soil.
Councilman Shelquist said the original request was to surface Greenfield so he
had referred it to the Planning Commission because Mr. Harstad had been before