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City Council meeting of May ib, 1994 Page 2 Leroux; made motion, Miron seconded, to deny the petition for improvement to Farnham Avenue based on the potential for limited public use, and unresolved issues regarding the petitioners' participation in paying for the project. All aye. Motion Carried. PUBLIC HEARING (EGG LAME ROAD PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS) The City received a petition for the extension of municipal sewer and water services on Egg Lake Road from the east lot line of 6211 Egg Labe Road to west line of Goodview Avenue. The petition was signed by the owners of 34% of the front footage of the land that would benefit from the improvement. Total project cost is estimated at $47,150.00. The public hearing was called to order and residents' comments were as follows: 1. Improvements were not needed. 2. Increase in home value would not equal assessment costs. 3. As long as road is being improved, good time to construct improvements. Barnes made motion, Miron seconded, to table this petition until the Council meeting of June 6, 1994, in order to obtain valuation figures from the City's assessor, and estimate of oversizing costs to the City. All aye. Motion Carried. VARIANCE REQUEST (LANDE) Jonathan Lande, 16040 Jeffrey Avenue, requested a variance to construct a post-framed building in front of the principal dwelling. Given the large lot size, 1,100' setback from the public road, and the topographic limitations on the site, staff recommended approval of the variance. Miron made motion, Leroux seconded, to approve the variance request of Jonathan Lande, 16040 Jeffrey Avenue, for construction of a 1,200 square foot, post-framed building close to the road than the principal building. All aye. Motion Carried. REZONING (WOODS OF BALD EAGLE) Grace Development Corporation has made application to rezone 46 acres, located in the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 31, from SFE and RRl to SFU. The Planning Commission took action on this request on April 27, 1994, and sent the request to the City Council without recommendation. The developer's engineer, Jim Merila, made a presentation to the Council as to his reasons why the property should be rezoned: land located in MUSA, water and sewer availability, benefit to the City, same density could be obtained in SFE zone by Special Use Permit. Adjoining residents opposed to the rezoning, stated the following: high-density development, drainage problems, value of proposed homes too low, potential abandonment of horse area, need for traffic system, lowering of property values. The Council addressed the matter of no written, technical comments provided by other regulatory agencies, and lack of a storm water management plan.