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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON 7~" Pursuant to due call and published notice thereof, a regular meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1976, in the Municipal Building Council Chambers, 803 5th Avenue N.W., New Brighton, Minnesota Present; Mayor Gayle C. Bromander, Councilmen Gene Fisher, Paul Hardt, Jim Senden, Fritz Werdouschegg Also Thomas F. Lewcock, City Manager; James J. Kleinschmidt, Present; Director of Public h?orks; Vernon C. Pederson, Clerk-Treasurer Minutes Motion by Hardt, seconded by Senden to approve minutes of October 26, 1976, Motion by Werdouschegg, seconded by Hardt to amend minutes, Page 7, item relative to final payment fox liquor store signs to show--4 ayes - 0 nayes (Werdouschegg abstained) 5 ayes- 0 nayes - carried Vote on motion as amended 5 ayes - 0 nayes- carried Unfinished Business Robert Dexter was present. He presented the Council with two alternate layouts for a garage to be constructed on his property along with a survey. Motion by Fisher, seconded by Hardt to receive alternate layouts and survey. 5 ayes - 0 nayes- carried Mr. Dexter explained the alternates he was proposing. Councilman Werdouschegg asked why the garage was shown to be recessed. Dexter stated it was so that the gas meter on the home could be outside of the garage. Motion by Fisher, seconded by Werdouschegg to waive reading of resolution and to adopt resolution entitled RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A 2.3 FOOT SIDEYARD SETBACK VARIANCE, such resolution to include the following findings of fact: 1. That undue hardship exists because a two-car garage would be precluded because of a 2.3 foot intrusion into the setback area; 2. Unique circumstances applying to the property Minutes VN-163 Dexter RESOLUTION NO. ~-9-7~' t~9~- exists because:. a. The house was to a small degree misplaced on the site; b. Placement of a garage in the rear of the property would create drainage and grade problems; c. The proposed garage being recessed modifies the impact of the variance on site distance at the intersection;