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1 Mr. Rogers was told copies of the Preliminary Plat would be made 2 available for any residents who wanted one and Mr. Hoium told him the • 3 developers had been able to negotiate soil corrections costs down to 4 about $273 ,000.00 which was a lot less than first anticipated. The 5 questioner was again assured that the final rezoning of the property 6 would not be done until after the Redevelopers Agreement has been 7 signed and the final platting for the property had been submitted for 8 Planning Commission review. The property would only be rezoned for 9 townhomes after the Council had approved both documents. 10 Richard D. Oertwich, 3408 Silver Lane, was assured that at least a 15 11 foot setback would be left between unit #1 and his property line which, 12 if his own residence was 12 or 13 feet from the lot line, would leave 13 about 30 feet between the two structures. Mr. Oertwich also wanted 14 assurance that some sort of screening would be provided between the two 15 properties. 16 The Chair reiterated that this was one of the conditions which had to 17 be met before the property would be rezoned and that setback would most 18 likely be included in the final plan which the City Manager expects to 19 have back for Commission review in about 30 days. 20 Mr. Childs indicated he would send out notices of not only the 21 Commission review of the final plan but also the meeting where the 22 Council would most likely be giving the third reading for adoption of 23 the ordinance which would rezone his property. 24 There was no response to the Chair's invitation for further comments. 25 Ms. Sheehy reported that many of the prospective buyers of the 26 townhomes had told her they had no objections to trains and since there 27 was a chance that line might be discontinued altogether, she wondered 28 why any screening of the tracks was necessary. She said one of the 29 persons who had reserved a unit had told her the railroad had replaced 30 the short tracks with long ones which left only the noise generated by 31 the engines to make that steep grade. Although the berming was no 32 longer considered necessary with the placement of the street between the 33 structures and the railroad tracks, the general consensus was that 34 screening should remain a condition for rezoning the property. 35 Sketches of the individual units were shown to the residents with the 36 proponents indicating the exterior would be of rough cedar appearing 37 vinyl. 38 The Chair closed the hearing at 8:13 P.M. but reopened it at 8:14 P.M. 39 when Mr. Mordahl requested he be given an opportunity of making a 40 formal statement of his concerns about the project. 41 His presentation included repetition of his position on the issue as 42 stated in his letter to the City Manager, copies of which had been 43 provided the Council before their April 26th meeting. That position 44 was that by allowing Lot 5 of the Villella addition to be developed 4