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r: �7 11� r.': ;f will be benefited by .the road, he saw it as cheaper for him to build ' it himself than to have the City build it and assess him for his benefit. He discussed snow removal and storage plans. "No matter what happens, that hill will have to come down" he told the Commission and he saw it as an advantage for the City to have him remove it. Mr. Blanske was unable to give the Chairman an estimate -of the value of the parcel which will be vacated saying "price of land changes momentarily like the stock market" . It .was agreed the economic value was not germane to the vacation as it might- be to the granting of a variance. None of the half a dozen residents present expressed opposition to the proposal and the hearing was closed at 8 : 23 P.M. for consideration by the Commission. Mr. Bjorklund said he agreed that whenever a street has no value to the City it either has to serve the City or be vacated. Mr. Enrooth saw a potential tax revenue increase for the City through the vacation. Mr. Jones questioned whether the DNR might prohibit the i dumping of snow in the holding pond and whether a 30 foot street would be ample enough for trucks of utility companies or the county to turn around. Mr . Berg said the Director of Public [corks had seen no reason for any trucks , other than the City ' s , to go into the pond area periodically. Mr. Sopcinski disagreed with other Com- mission members that no stipulation should be made to include the offer of the builder to rebuild the street as a condition of the • vacation since he saw this as a "unique case" . Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Peterson to recommend Council approval of the June 17 , 1980 request of Bernard Blanske that the southerly half of Sunset Lane, lying between the northerly extension of the east and west lines of Lot 20 , Block 12 , Mounds View Acres Second Addition be vacated and attached to said lot 20, Block 12 , finding that (1) the City has no need either for a roadway nor a II Utility easement on that parcel since all utility lines lay within f a workable area of* the new Sunset Lane; (2) the vacation may increase the taxable property in St. Anthony and (3) the potential for public risk will be diminished when the need to maintain the hill adjacent to Lot 20 is eliminated. Voting on the motion: Aye: Peterson, .Jones , Sopcinski , Bowerman and Enrooth. Abstention: Bjorklund. Motion carried. The meeting was recessed at 8 : 50 P.M. and resumed at 9 : 00 P .M. for the public hearing on the variances necessary for the development of the newly created parcel for mini-storage buildings . The notice iof the hearing was read and Mr . Berg reported it had been sent to all i