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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 13, 2017 Page 2 A. Resolution 17 -050: a Resolution to Approve a Request to Keen Chickens in an R -1 Zoning District at 3313 Wendhurst Avenue. City Manager Casey reviewed staff received a request letter and a coop site plan diagram from the Applicants on May 17, 2017. The coop site plan diagram shows the approximately location for the proposed chicken coop in the northwest corner of the rear yard of the Applicant's property. The Applicant is Adrienne Olson. 9 The Applicant's letter describes that the coop will be located in the backyard directly behind the 10 garage and provides an image showing the proposed location in relation to the Applicant's 11 house. The site plan indicates a setback of 35 feet from the rear property line and 22 feet from 12 the side property line. The Applicant has indicated the coop will not be visible from the vantage 13 point of her neighbor's property to the east and that "a large bush will block the view of the coop 14 for the neighbors on the west side ". The Applicant further explains that her neighbors to the 15 north will have a "very limited view" of the coop due to the visual obstruction. The Applicant 16 has spoken to her east and west neighbors and both neighbors are supportive of her interest. The 17 dimensions of the coop are roughly 4 ft. by 6 ft. by 4 ft. with the latter dimension being the coop 18 height. 19 20 Staff has reviewed the Applicant's materials and, based on the reasonable nature of the proposed 21 coop location and design as well as the statement of neighbor support, do recommend approval 22 of this request to keep three hens on the property in question. 23 24 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 17- 25 050; a Resolution Approving a Request to Keep Chickens in an R -1 Zoning District at 3313 26 Wendhurst Avenue. 27 28 Motion carried 5 -0. 29 30 B. Street and Utility Reconstruction Plan. 31 32 City Engineer Todd Hubmer provided the existing and proposed schedules for the Street and 33 Utility Reconstruction Program for the City of St. Anthony Village. The Street Reconstruction 34 Program is reviewed annually to ensure the City is addressing the most critical components of 35 the City's infrastructure. Several criteria were taken into consideration when developing the 36 recommended schedule: 37 1. Flood relief effort. 38 2. Condition of the existing utilities beneath the street. 39 3. Conditions of the streets and anticipated maintenance needs. 40 4. Adjacent infrastructure replacement (construction phasing). 41 5. Funding and requests from project partners. 42 43 Mr. Hubmer noted in recent years the City has revised the schedule to address utility issues on 44 Chandler Drive, pedestrian and project partner availability on Stinson Boulevard, and pedestrian 45 and partner concerns on Silver Lake Road. 46