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-6- Mr. Bowerman indicated he personally had been satisfied that the Parkins had established. a need for additional space .which, in his opinion, would constitute a hardship if they were not granted, what Mr. Bowerman sees is a minimal variance, to construct the addition. When Mr. Soth .was. questioned whether-or not a sufficient hardship had been established, he replied that. "if the Council. assumes. there should be an addition to the garage, they could make the finding that it would be a hardship for: the owner to build .the garage in any other fashion than proposed because the addition would probably have an adverse effect on the property to the east if built on the front. of the existing garage structure" . The. Council then accepted the additional reasons for granting the variance -which had been cited by three of the Planning Commission members during their August 17th deliberations . Motion�,by Mayor Sundland and seconded by ,Councilman Letourneau to grant a five foot variance to the City Zoning Ordinance rear yard-setback requirements which would permit the 22 foot wide by 24 foot long garage addition to be constructed as proposed by Mr. and Mrs . Walter Parkins 20. feet from. the rear lot line of the property described as Lot 11 , Block 5 , Moundsview Acres Second Addition, finding as did the Planning Commission that: Cl). five feet is a relatively minor variance to be granted in light of the need that has been demonstrated, (2) the variance would not appear to create a hardship or have an adverse impact on abutting properties , but, (3) would, instead, permit an economically better method of construction for the addition, and, finally , (4). .that though the structure could be built without a vari- ance five feet in front of the existing garage, this would create the hardship for the applicant of closing off a living room window:_- and would block . the patio and deck area. of the neighbors to the east from the late afternoon sun as well. The Council agrees with the Planning Commission recommendation that the City Ordinance requirement that there be at least ten feet between a swimming pool and a major structure should be waived in this case because the garage is not the major structure on the Parkins property and the topography of the site would appear-. to eliminate any possibility of damage from leakage. Motion carried .unanimously. All quotes for the pickup truck budgeted for the .Public Works Depart- ment to replace the 1957 truck now in service were reported by the Manager in his August 19th cover memorandum. Mr.. Childs indicated staff is recommending the $7 , 600 bid for the GMC truck be accepted because the - bid included radial tires which can be expected to give .greater gas savings and because of the substantially better EPA mileage ratings of the GIIC. Mr. Soth agreed that the City could assume the cost saving. in gas mileage would more than offset the minor differences in bids below the GMC quote -which had come from two other bidders who did not include radials . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to authorize- the purchase of the GNIC truck. for $7 ,600 . • Motion carried unanimously .