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-3- Mr. Berg's August 12th letter to Mr.- Craig Morr"is. regarding the condi- tions set for .operation .of his barber-beauty shop at 3909 Silver Lake Road was included in the Commission packet as was a draft of the letter to be . sent to Gordon Hedlund, Mr. Morris , and the First State Bank of New Brighton, regarding the irrevocable letter of credit issued by the City to assure compliance with the remodeling and land- scaping agreements for that property. The latter was to be sent after Mr. Burlingame' s directorship for the bank is confirmed. Staff was requested to notify Mr. Morris that if he does not immediately remedy the non-conformance of the revolving barber sign on his building, he will be cited for non-conformance with the City Sign Ordinance and a possible penalty imposed. At 8: 32 P.M. , the Chairman opened the informal hearing on the possible redevelopment of the Walbon property along Old Highway 8 to which all property owners within 200 feet of the site had been invited. Seven persons were present including the owners of the property, Irving Walbon, 196 Windsor Court, and Harland Walbon, 3225 Skycroft Drive. Mr. Berg had included a copy of the redevelopment feasibility study from Westwood Planning and Engineering Co. , which had been authorized by the City Council , in the agenda packet. In addition to this there was included a memorandum recommending that the Commission consider the compatibility of the suggested 50-70 condominium units at $63 , 000 each (or some correlation of units with price, such as 25 townhouse units at $126 ,000 each) with the existing surrounding . usage and density. He told those present that the 2 .3 acre site is . zoned R-1, single family dwelling, with a legal non-conforming commercial usage and it would be necessary to rezone the property to permit the density necessary to make the project feasible for tax increment financ- ing. He asked the owners whether they saw any other method of developing the land which might involve the City to .a lesser extent, such as housing revenue bonds. The Walbons responded by saying they have become frustrated trying to find an acceptable redevelopment of the property over the years and the existing economic conditions have discouraged them even further. Irving Walbon pointed out the excessive costs they anticipate for relocating the buildings and business even if they could do the demolition work themselves. Vi Dorumsgaard, 3612 33rd Avenue N.E. (lot 3) was concerned with the development of the triangular outlot which the County had given back to the Walbons which adjoins her $106 ,000 home built right on the property line.. She said when she bought the home in 1974 she had been assured by City officials that the outlot would never be developed for anything other than perhaps a City park. She felt it was the responsibility of the City that her property was plotted with, "crooked lot lines, and her house built closer to the lot line than is legal under the City ordinance" , and wanted the City to provide a remedy. Mr. Jones told her the City can' t do anything with private property, and a remedy will have to be worked out with the Walbons. She was also reminded that if the City should acquire the land through the HRA, something could probably be worked to her satisfactions.