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-4- 1 the Council who makes the final decision. . The store owner said he needed the sign 2 so badly he wondered .if he shouldn't just go ahead and put, up a 54 foot sign for 3 identification since- he attributed poor sales since he had opened up to the fact 4 that most people didn't know he was in that location. 5 6 At 8:15 P.M. , -the Chair opened the publi.c .hearing to consider the request from 7 Brighton Development Corporation for preliminary plat, approval for the Village 8 Townhouses in St. Anthony, a 29 unit development to be located at 3242 Old Highway 9 8 on what is commonly referred,to as the Walbon property. 10 11 Notice of the hearing had been published in the May 7th Bulletin -and sent to all 12 property owners of record within 350 feet of the subject property. Three of these 13 residents were present for the consideration and none of them reported failure to 14 receive the notice or objected-to .its content. 15 16 Mr. Childs reported the Fire Department and, Publi,c Works Department had both 17 reviewed the plans and had indicated they had no problems with them, and the 18 Manager reiterated as stated in his May •1,6th .memorandum on the request, that 19 staff's recommendation was that the City approve the preliminary plat. 20 21 Linda Donaldson of Brighton' Development was- present to-answer questions about the 22 project and she gave a detailed description of the various' townhomes which would 23 be built. Commissioner Bjorklund had indicated he would like to see it spelled 24 out on the plat that there would be no access from the project site onto 33rd 25 Avenue N.E. once the townhomes are built. Ms. Donaldson said the plans would be 26 amended to indicate no access on 33rd once the project is completed, but her 27 understanding with staff had been that a ,temporary access would be permitted off 28 33rd during the construction period so that traffic would. not have to interface 29 with the regular traffic along Old Highway 8. 30 31 All bids for the project had been let. and, Ms. Donaldson indicated that as soon as 32 they and the City' finishes their paper work, her firm is ready to sign and to start 33 construction on the first units, which w_ould `be built on the corner of 33rd 34 Avenue and Old Highway 8. 35 '36 One of the residents who was present reported there are refr_i.gerator trucks again 37 on the Walbon property and he asked when 'the Walbons had to be off the land. 38 Mr. Childs told him ,that according to the .purchase agreement° the deadline is 39 September 30th, which would be enforced even if the Walbons have difficulty 40 getting a building permit in Little Canada for their new building. The Manager 41 promised to investigate--the truck running report. 42 43 No one spoke against the platting or project and -the hearing was closed at 44 8:30 P.M. 45 46 Motion by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to recommend 47 Council approval of the preliminary platting for the Village Townhouses of 48 St. Anthony, a 29 unit townhouse project being developed by Brighton Development 49 Corporation at 3242 Old Highway 8, with the addition of the description of unit 50 sizes; identification of utility easement location; and the spelling out that 51 there would be no access permitted onto 33rd Avenue. N.E. , except during the 52 construction and initial sales periods. 53 54 In recommending approval , the Commission finds that: 55