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i I -9- 1 feet and a corner lot of 11,000 + square feet for which no variances • 2 would be needed, unless Violet_ Dorumsgaard, the property owner to the 3 west, can come to some agreement with the Walbons to straighten out 4 the lot line on the east side of her property. In which case, a I 5 variance would be required because the resultant lot would not be 6 wide enough at the setback line. The Manager said the survey had 7 been completed with the tentative lot split. 8 9 Robert E. Halva, 3948 Central Avenue N.E. , representing Mr. Walbon, 10 indicated his client would have no problem with Mrs . Dorumsgaard 11 acquiring the triangular parcel of the property which is in front of 12 her picture window, but he perceived negotiations between the two had 13 been unsuccessful to date because Mrs . Dorumsgaard had failed to 14 realize the costs involved in splitting Torrance property, including r 15 attorney fees and having a registered land survey done would be 16 incurred if the property is split into three parcels . He indicated 17 he had advised his client .that a reasonable renumeration for the 18 469 . 29 square foot triangular piece would be $2 ,000 and she had 19 offered one dollar instead. He later inferred the $2 ,000 was not 20 the final price which his - client would accept. 21 22 Commissioner Zawislak wanted something done now about the variance 23 which would be necessary should the negotiations become successful 24 and said, if the lot becomes undersize with Mrs . Dorumsgaard' s 25 acquisition of the triangular piece, the resultant lot would be 26 undersized'Torfuture single family development. 27 28 Mrs . Dorumsgaard -was present and indicated her opposition to sub- 29 dividing without platting unless she could come to some agreement 30 with the owner. She believes the City of St. Anthony should never 31 have issued a building permit for lot like hers at 3612 - 33rd 32 Avenue N.E. , which she termed "ridiculous" and she now perceives the 33 City is intending to create another just as ridiculous . She told the 34 Commissioners that before she bought the property a friend at the 35 Hennepin County courthouse had assured her that the subject property 36 would never .be used for anything except a park. Commissioner Bower- 37 man recalled the - City had turned down an offer from the County to 38 donate the land to St. Anthony for- that -purpose. Mr. ..Childs said 39 it had since been determined that the property belonged to the Walbons 40 who have had to pay back taxes of about 10 years . 41 42 Commissioner Jones asked Mrs . Dorumsgaard if she would be willing to 43 pay $1. 89 a square foot for the parcel and she replied she would not, 44 since it was at the bottom of a hill , and in front of a trucking 45 business which made it of no use to anyone except herself. She said 46 she had offered to trade two feet of easterly boundary to Mr. Walbon 47 but Mr. Halva had said the cost of that transaction would also be 48 very expensive because of surveying costs and attorney fees . Mr. Halva 49 indicated the subdivision should be approved without giving any land 50 to Mrs . Dorumsgaard or taking any away from her, saying. his client 51 had been really amenable to resolving their differences but $1 or • 52 $2 a square foot wouldn' t even pay the costs of transferring the land. 53 ' 54 Commissioner Zawislak wondered if sometime in the future the owner -55 might need that additional two feet to sell the land and, if at