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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 27, 2011 Page 6 matter of reducing lot coverage to below 35% and they thought they had done that with the pervious pavers. Mayor Faust suggested a friendly amendment to the motion to extend the 60 day rule by 60 days so that the issues can be sorted out before making a final decision. Councilmember Gray agreed to the friendly amendment to the motion. 9 The motion failed for lack of a second. 10 11 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 1I- 12 060; Approval of the Request for a Garage Setback Permit and Variance to the 528 SF Maximum 13 Allowed for a Garage Setback Permit for 2610 -301h Avenue NE. 14 15 Councilmember Jenson stated that he could support this, but the City Council and staff need to 16 add clarity to the Code regarding impervious surfaces. He felt the intent of the 35% lot coverage 17 requirement is not to have an entire yard that is paver bricks versus grass. 18 19 Councilmember Stille stated he felt that the best option might be to take a step back and be 20 certain about what is being approved. He indicated the imperious /pervious issue needs to be 21 addressed and he felt it was only fair to the community to table the matter. He noted that the 22 proposed garage is a 45% increase in size from what the Code allows and the City Council may 23 be bending the rules to the detriment of the surrounding property owners. 24 25 Motion failed 1 -4 (Faust, Gray, Jenson, and Stille opposed). 26 27 Mayor Faust stated that the City Council voted against approval which creates a denial of the 28 variance request. 29 30 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 31 32 None. 33 34 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 35 36 Interim City Manager Hartman reported on the following: 37 • Finance Director Roger Larson will be retiring January 1, 2012 and the position has been 38 posted in a number of publications including the League of Minnesota Cities as well as 39 on the City's website; the posting will run through October 201h. 40 41 Councilmember Stille requested an update on the recent patch job on Silver Lake Road. 42 43 Interim City Manager Hartman advised that the road was reconstructed in 2008 -2009 and 44 recently developed a sag or swale in the road which has gotten worse over the summer. He 45 stated the County was contacted and the contractor felt it was a compaction issue or deficiency in 46 materials. He stated that last week, the area was milled out, borings were taken, the compaction