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I letter he had received from Comstock and Davis, the original surveyor 2 for his property, which referred to the road easement for Lot 5 which 3 referred to the easement feeding the 11 lots straight north of him in 4 Mounds View Addition as being "accepted by the City of St. Anthony and 5 the Planning Commission, which indicated a clear intent to access 6 Villella Addition, Lot 5 from Silver Lane to the North. " 7 Mr. Hoium told Mr. Nordahl that he had spent an hour and a. half .of the 8 Council'•s time April 26th giving the same testimony after which the 9 Council had told him that the Evergreen property development would have 10 no effect on his property. Mr. Nordahl indicated he did not agree with 11 that assumption but believed instead that "what's happening now is 12 contrary to what was done in 1967 when my lot was created." He again 13 conceded that the bottom half of a cul du sac shown on the survey of 14 Lot 5, Villella Addition was not shown on any of Mounds View Acres, 15 Second Addition surveys, but reiterated that the survey language had 16 caused him to assume access would be provided to his property. 17 Mr. Childs indicated he perceived Evergreen's willingness to provide an 18 access easement across their project was only the first step towards 19 providing that access with the rest to follow with the development of 20 the intervening lots between Mr. Nordahl's Lot 5 and the project. 21 Mr. Nordahl said he didn't perceive "access off Fordham Drive would ever 22 be in the cards" and that was why he perceived "there had to be a 23 dedicated street in the plat plan for the townhome project or, 24 otherwise, end up with landlocked property. " Chair Wagner disputed this 25 assertion that there would never ben an access off Fordham, telling Mr. • 26 Nordahl he believed "things. could change." He told the protestor that 27 all of the same statements of his position had been clearly reported 'in 28 the april 26th minutes and although the Planning Commission had concern 29 about his property being buildable, they agreed with the Council that 30 since it was not even adjacent to the townhome project, his problems 31 were not germane to the plat before them that evening. 32 Commissioner Franzese indicated she perceived it was now up to Mr. 33 Nordahl to communicate with his neighbors to the north who could give 34 him an easement if they wanted. She felt his success in getting access 35 was dependent on that rather than on the City's course of action on 36 property 500 feet away from him. .She pointed out that by allowing 37 the townhome project the City was not creating his problem. 38 Mr. Nordahl said he talked to Mr. Reid who was willing to develop his 39 property in the manner which was discussed with access from the north, 40 but the other property owner "is not approachable. " 41 Chair Wagner indicated the minutes would reflect Mr. Nordahl's request 42 for a dedicated street as well as the fact that Evergreen has offered 43 to negotiate an access easement across their property when the 44 intervening lots are developed. 45 The hearing was closed at 8:38 P.M. 6