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Planning Commission Meeting July 10, 2003- page 2 Director said the City was considering a future trail along 147th Street North. Rosenquist suggested additional parking on the north and south side of the garages. He asked if the Fire Department had reviewed the plan and the CD Director said they had and requested additional hydrants be installed. McRoberts said that access to the units off 147th Street was important and there should be no parking in front of the garages due to fire concerns. Raymond Pruban, Solid Ground Development, said the site was approximately 100' X 400' which made it challenging to develop. He showed the Commission pictures of the apartment building and mini -mall to the north, residential and commercial to the west, residential to the east, and apartments and residential to the south. He explained how he felt the townhomes would make good use of this transitional piece of property. He also indicated on the plat where pine trees would be planted as buffering to the east, indicating it had been discussed with the property owners at a recent meeting. Pruban said they had partnered with Avalon Homes to build the townhomes. McRoberts asked about walkout access to the streets and Pruban said it seemed reasonable and logical but they had not given it much thought. Rosenquist asked how more parking could be created, and Pruban said he was unsure because they had not calculated the amount of impervious surface. Schumann reconvened the public hearing. Aaron Hass, 14786 Foxhill Avenue North, asked what the minimum height of the trees to be planted would be. Spencer Grundhofer, 14754 Foxhill Avenue North, said he would like to see an eight -foot fence constructed all along the east side of the property. McRoberts asked whose property the fence would be on and Grunhofer said that was still in question. Keith Greenwalt, 6421 165th Street North, said he would be disappointed if the Planning Commission recommended approval of the plat when there was a dispute about the property line. Greenwalt said the issue should be resolved first. Ray Pruban introduced the surveyor, Jason Rud, from E.G. Rud and Sons, Inc., and explained the due process involved in clearing up property line disputes. Pruban said the County acknowledges the overlap based on the legal descriptions and the property would need to be quit claimed to the homeowners to the east. The homeowners have fences on the property in question. Jason Rud explained how they used Washington County's boundary corner monuments and not the descriptions of adjacent property owners when surveying the property. Rud said it was not uncommon to have property line disputes since the equipment used today is much more accurate than past methods of surveying.