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-2- Estimated purchase price will- be $70 ,000 per unit. The developer was urged to immediately contact the. Ramsey County Highway Depart- ment to verify whether he will be permitted to retain the existing curb cuts off Silver -Lake- Road.; _ Mr. Jones then reported the concerns of the Commission members regarding the extent of the lot size variances it appears will be necessary to permit the proposed splitting of the 15 ,000 square foot R-2 (two family dwelling) zoned lot on the corner of Harding Street and 37th Avenue N.E. , as proposed by Mr.. and Mrs . Michael Spielman, the owners. The Spielmans, who live in one of the double bungalow units at 2614 37th Avenue N.E. , .had requested conceptual review of their plans to retain the R-2 zoning for 8 ,500 square feet of the parcel to accommodate the existing double bungalow and utilize the remaining 6, 500 square feet under R-1 (single family dwelling) zon- ing for their own use. Lot size variances of 5 ,500 square feet for the corner property and 2 ,500 square feet for the R-1 property as well as a 10 foot width variance to the City Zoning Ordinance requirements will be necessary to develop the property as proposed. The Metropolitan Council's indication of approval of smaller lots than now permitted in most metropolitan suburban communities was acknowledged by Councilmen Sundland and Marks. The latter reported that during the last state Planning Agency seminar in. which he had participated, it had been estimated that, even assuming there is no major raise in birth rates, as many homes will be needed to be built in the next twenty years as have been constructed during the last • thirty years which will put greater pressure on municipalities to allow higher density housing. However, Councilman Sundland said he thought Commission member Sopcinski had probably been very accurate in his prediction that long time residents in St. Anthony will probably be strongly opposed to relaxing building standards . Mr. Berg confirmed that most of the homes whose backyards border the Spielman parcel have 265 . feet long lots and that the Spielman lot exceeds the 14 ,00.0 square foot requirement for corner lots by 1,000 square feet. Mayor Haik.said,. ..although at . first she was concerned with the extent of the variances which_will be necessary to permit the split, she had concluded "we certainly won't be crowding that neighborhood where there are such largelots" and she believes she "could be receptive to the proposal as long . as there is no opposition demonstrated from the neighbors" . At the conclusion of his report, Mr. Jones told the Council the Commission had concurred with the Manager's recommendations relating to housing maintenance codes, agreeing most complaints regarding new homes would probably not be corrected through City inspections and there could be some liability for the City involved. Councilman Marks informed the Commission representative that his Chairman, Brad Bjorklund, had recently been appointed to serve on the Metropolitan Council. Land Use Committee and requested the Council 's congratulations be extended to Mr. Bjorklund. He then urged the Com- mission to reconsider their attendance at the Minnesota Planning