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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES December 15 , 1981 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bjorklund at 7 : 30 P.M. Present for roll call : Bowerman, Enrooth , Bjorklund, Sopcinski , Peterson and Makowske. Absent: Jones . Also present : Ron Berg , Administrative Assistant. Motion by Mr. Sopcinski . and seconded by Mr. Bowerman to approve as submitted the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting held November 17 , 1981. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Bjorklund indicated he intends to resign his position as Chairman of the Commission and would like to serve as the Commission' s re- presentative at the Council ' s January 5th meeting so he can deliver his assessment of the preceding year and discuss the issues he believes will involve the Commission next year. At 7 : 32 P.M. the Chairman reconvened the public hearing on the variance request from the required density for the St. Anthony Court which had been tabled at the November 17th Commission meeting. He read the notice which had again gone out to -all property owners within 200 feet of the site . No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its contents . As reported in Mr. Berg' s November 13th memorandum and in testimony taken November 17th by the Commission, . a density problem was created for the townhome development approved for the Hedlund PUD when during the title search for the final platting of the property it was dis- covered Mr. Hedlund had dedicated a 10 foot easement along Silver Lake Road to Ramsey County , a fact that apparently was not known by the City, the Developer, or even Ramsey County officials until the platting process was begun. Mr. Berg said the County has agreed to provide written assurances to the City that the ten feet is not planned for widening 37th Avenue and could be used for landscaping , sidewalks or snow storage , which letter has not reached the City offices to date . But , since the easement represents only a 5 . 90 portion of the total site area, and will in all probability never be used by the County, the Administrative Assistant stated that if Mr. Johnson could be allowed to include the space in his original calculations , there would be sufficient open density provided to satisfy ordinance requirements for the 25 unit project; whereas an unnecessary hardship may be imposed on the developer if the variance is not granted, since he will have to resite his buildings , with a loss of some units , and will be forced to negotiate the resiting with the Rice Creek Watershed District. The economic difficulties being experienced by builders should also be taken into consideration, according to Mr. Berg , who also told Mrs . Makowske there is little likelihood the County can be persuaded to sell that strip to the developer since County officials have indicated to him they view