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Page 2 January 28, 1980 a high rise and he met with the neighbors regarding that. Sue Kimball stated that she lives on Second Street and was not notified about this meeting. There was discussion on the fact that this had happened more than once in the past year and the matter was to be looked into regarding changing the procedure. Mr. Kimball was concerned about the amount of traffic that would be created by the 8 units with the possibility of 16 additional cars on the street. Also Mr. Kimball indicated his concern that it would create a hazard for the unusual number of small children in the area. The question was raised why put 8 units on 4 lots, which are intended for single family units. Mr. Boyd stated that he wanted to provide the kind of housing people could afford. The square footage would be llOO to 1460. The price of a single unit home would be out of the reach of about 90 percent of the people. Mr. Gene Chouinard owns 3 lots across from the said property and bought with the intention of putting an apartment building there. There was questions that the additional apartment unit would bring even more cars possibly 16-l8 onto Second Street. The public hearing was then closed. A question raised if the housing would be service off of the highway. This is a cul-de-sac and there is no in service strip and is not wide enough to put one in. It will definitely remain a dead end road. The square footage is 4,000 feet which is required, they wi~l have 6,300 square feet. It was explained they would have to get acceptance of the re-platting and the granting of a side yard variance on the units. Mr. Boyd protestedJapplying for a side yard variance and said that he had cleared this with the City Administrator, Robert Middaugh. Mr. Boyd was concerned about waiting another month before going to the City Council and returning with a variance request. There was consideration of a special meeting, but it was decided against. Mr. Adolphson felt that the Commissioners could grant preliminary re- platting and submit it to the City Council to act on. Commissioner Zabee recomm- ended to have it check out in the meantime by the City Attorney. Commission Fox indicated if the City Council choose to approve the re-platting, they could decide if Mr. Boyd needs a variance. COMMISSIONER LUCAS MOVED TO APPROVE THE RE-PLATTING OF THE (2) TIvO, (4) FOUR UNIT TO~mHOUSES ON SECOND STREET. COMMISSIONER TRACY SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 5-0. 6. Lot Size Varinace and Final Plat Approval of the Tamarack Development Drawings showing the park plans and changes were presented to the Commissioners. Several changes were made. Basically these changes were providing extension for the park area and there was some area changed to a 20 acre parcel. The parking plan was changed, it had to be moved around to still be in the park plan, the baseball field and foot path area, and the football field areas were changed. Project development cost is $650,00Q, excluding engineering and surveying. The question was asked how many houses they will end up with. They said there would be approximately 92. It was also indicated that the park would be completed in about 3 y~ars. Terry Tempesta owns the 10 acre exception lot on the east side, but was not present at the meeting. Don Marty, former owner was present because he was notified. The public meeting was now opened. It was indicated that the average lot size would be 2.5 acres with some lots being as small or smaller than 1.3 acres. The question was asked why the lot size changed. One person stated that he was required to purchase five acres to build on and now they want to go do\vu to one acre. There was a question regarding who would be responsible for maintenance of the park. It was indicated that the park would be the City's responsibility. Emma Hosan asked about the possibility of the farms in the area being so close to the property that people could object to the smells of cows, pigs, etc. Commissioner Fox explained this could be taken care of in the new ordinances. Also, the question was raised about trespassers, especially children and how to keep them off the farms. It was suggested that a fence be put around the building project, that was rejected because of the expense. The houses would range in price from $64,900 to $80,000. Marshall Augeson asked if the sewers were going to drain into the creek and if