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City Council meeting of June 16, 2003 Page 5 Haas made motion, Granger seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2003-29 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR COMPLETION OF PELOQUIN INDUSTRIAL PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. VARIANCE REQUEST FOR ACCESSORY BLDG (BAHM) At its June 2, 2003 meeting, Council discussed the variance requested by Raymond Bahm for the construction of an accessory building on his property at 6310 132"d Street. Council tabled the issue and directed staff to complete an inventory of the property to better determine whether the classic cars, equipment, and trailers could be stored in the accessory building. Building official John Benson and planning intern Derrick Jensen met on site with Mr. Bahm and completed the inventory. City staff stated that it would not be possible to store all of Mr. Bahm's possessions inside the accessory building and recommended Council deny the variance request for Mr. Bahm. Mr. Bahm was not present at the meeting to further discuss this request. Haas made motion, Miron seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2003-30 APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT DENYING VARIANCES TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM SIZE PERMITTED FOR AN ACCESSORY BUILDING FOR RAYMOND BAHM AT 6310132 STREET NORTH. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND PUD FOR DIAMOND POINT EAST/WEST Emmerich Development Corporation requested a comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning to PUD, PUD general plan, and preliminary plat for "Diamond Point East" and "Diamond Point West" consisting of 175 homes on 239 -acres located on both sides of Goodview Avenue, south of 1451° Street. At its May 22, 2003 meeting, the Hugo Planning Commission considered the requests and voted to recommend approval. At the June 2, 2003 City Council meeting, staff recommended that the item be tabled to allow additional time for the applicant to work with the City to resolve the outstanding issues related to the road, drainage, and phasing. City Planner Kendra Lindahl provided a report with an overview of the discussion that occurred at the June 2°d meeting and was present to go over the report with the Council. The developer will now pay $920,000 toward the reconstruction of Goodview Avenue, with the City's share being $300,000 for sewer and water improvements, and $130,000 in deferred assessments. Council member Granger again stated his concern with traffic taking.a northern route through a residential area. Staff will work with the developer to develop traffic calming devices to discourage traffic to the north. Water Resource Engineer Pete Willenbring stated that the elevation of Goodview Avenue will be determined by the 100 -year flood elevation of Egg Lake. Traffic and drainage will be addressed at the time of final plat. Haas made motion, Miron seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2003-31 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR DIAMOND POINT EAST/WEST.