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-9- 1 feet and a corner lot of 11 ,000 + square feet for which _no variances •. 2 would be needed, unless Violet Dorumsgaard, the property owner to the 3 west, -can come to some agreement with the Walbons to straighten out 4 the lot line on the east side of her property. In which case , a 5 variance would- be required because the resultant lot would not be 6 wide enough at the setback line. The Manager said the .survey had 7 been completed with the tentative lot split. 8. . 9 Robert E. Halva, 3948 Central Avenue N.E. , ,representing Mr. Walbon, 10 indicated his client would have no-problem-with Mrs . Dorumsgaard 11 acquiring the triangular parcel of the property which is in front of -12 her picture window, but he perceived negotiations between the two had -13 been- unsuccessful to date because -Mrs . Dorumsgaard- had failed to 14 realize the costs involved in splitting Torrance property , ' including 15 attorney fees and having - a registered land survey done would be __16. incurred if the. property is split into three parcels .__ He indicated_: 17 he had advised his client that a reasonable renumeration for the 18 469 . 29 square foot triangular piece would be $2 ,000 and she had 19 offered one dollar instead. He later inferred the $2 ,1000' was not 20 the final price which his client would accept. 21 2.2 Commissioner Zawislak wanted ,something done now about the variance 23 which would be necessary should the negotiations become successful 24 and said, if the lot becomes undersize with Mrs . Dorumsgaard'-s 25 acquisition of the triangular piece , the resultant lot would,-be 26 undersize for future single family development. • 27 28 Mrs . Dorumsgaard was present and indicated n her oppositio to sub- 29 dividing without platting unless she could come to some agreement 30 with the owner. She believes the City of St. Anthony should never 31 have issued a building permit for a lot like hers at 3612 - 33rd 32 Avenue N. E. , which she termed "ridiculous" and she now perceives the 33 City is intending to create. another. jus.t as ridiculous . She told the 34 Commissioners that before she bought the property a friend at the = 35 Hennepin County courthouse. had- ass.ur.ed-.her that the subject property . 36 would never be used for anything except a park. Commissioner Bower.- 37 .man. recalled the Ci-ty had turned down an offer from the Country -t'o 38 donate the land to St . Anthony for that purpose . . Mr. Childs said 39 it -had. since been determined that the property ..belonged .to-,-the-jWalbons 40 who have had to. pay back taxes ' of ` about 10 years . 41 :., 42 Commissioner Jones asked Mrs . Dorumsgaard if she would . be. wil-lin'g to - 43 pay $1. 89 a square foot for the parcel and she replied she -Wouldinot , 4-4 since it was at the bottom of a hill , and in front of a .trucking : - 45 business. which made it of no use to anyone except herself . She said 46 she had offered to trade''two feet of easterly boundary to Mr.. Walbon 4'7 but Mr. Halva had said the cost of that transaction would also be 48 very expensive because of surveying costs and attorney fees . Mr. Halva 49- indicated the subdivision should be approved without giving any land 50. to Mrs.__Dorumsgaard or -taking any. away from her, . saying .his .client , - 51 had. been- :reaLly amenable to _resoly=ing_ .their differences but $1 or.: 52: $2 _ a- square foot wouldn' t- even pay.- the costs of transferring the land. • 53 54 Commissioner . Zawislak .wondered if, sometime in the future the owner _95.-.might -need that.- additional two: feet to sell the. land .and, if at .