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1 to build another house on the back portion of his lot some time in the 2 future. However, one of the residents in the Erickson Addition on 3 Silver Lane, had indicated to him that one of the things he liked about 4 the Evergreen proposal was that it would prevent the properties behind 5 him from being split in two. 6 John White , 3404 Silver Lane, said he was one of the Erickson Addition 7 property owners (Lot 1 ) and his neighbor, Richard Oertwich' s main 8 concerns were that the developer make the building adjustments and 9 provide the screening for their properties promised at the Commission 10 hearing, so "we won' t have to look at a long, blank townhouse wall. " 11 Mr. White said he didn' t think either of them would like to have a 12 street running next to Mr. Oertwich' s property either. 13 Mrs. Monroe Hall, 4020 Fordham Drive, wondered whether traffic from 14 the undeveloped lots would be accessing off Fordham, saying she 15 perceived private homes back there wouldn' t be the problem an 16 apartment house or townhomes might be. She was told there was a 17 possibility that the same developer might want to purchase all that 18 land for more townhomes and in that event a private road would 19 probably be developed to provide those residents with a Silver Lane 20 access . The property owner was also assured that although the R-3 21 zoning would probably remain once it was changed, the City' s intent now 22 is not to delay the final reading of that ordinance until after a 23 redevelopment agreement is signed with the developer who would have to 24 also provide a Letter of Credit to assure the project would go forward.• 25 No final rezoning would be done until all those conditions were met. 26 Mr. Soth told Mrs. Hall that even with an R-3 zoning, nobody could 27 build townhomes there without subdividing the property for that 28 purpose, which would require Council approval after another public 29 hearing before the Planning Commission. 30 Evergreen Developer Says Not Ready to do More Than 37 Units At This 31 Time But Expansion of Townhomes Could Be a "Workable Possibility" in 32 the Future 33 Vernon Hoium, Ursula Sheehy, Jim Hill, and Steven Yurick, were again 34 present to indicate the Evergreen Corporation' s interest in providing 35 the above with tax increment financing of the necessary soil 36 corrections. Mr. Hoium reacted to the concern that soil corrections 37 might prove too big for his project by reiterating Evergreen had 38 already received a firm bid not to exceed $327, 000 from a very 39 reputable firm to make any soil corrections which would be necessary 40 for the townhome project. He said he had no reason to doubt they 41 would be able to perform as promised and reaffirmed that Evergreen 42 can see no reason for not following through on their proposal to 43 construct 37 townhomes on that site after the soil corrections are 44 made. The Evergreen President requested the Commission recommendation 45 be modified to allow the developers to "berm or screen" the project 46 along the railroad track, saying the elevations at some points made 47 planting trees and shrubs more feasible than berming. Mr. Hoium told• 8