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III I I "',"". '. Council Meeting Minutes July 28, 1987 Halva stated, because of the Associationls by-laws, owners must be notified of an open meeting to discuss a maintenance agreement or the sale and the Board of Directors must vote (two-thirds majority of the Board is required). Benke asked if negotiations will be on-going; Halva indicated the Associationls Board is willing to discuss the issues with McCalla. To her knowledge, applicant Dolores McCalla, stated no one from Windsor Green uses the road other than for maintenance; and refer- red to several documents indicating her right to the easement. Regarding liability, McCalla stated traffic on the road has decreased rather than increased; and indicated she would be wil- ling to sit down with Windsor Green to discuss the purchase of the property. McCalla stated, from an economic standpoint, she needs the eighth town home unit and did not feel her project should rise or fall because of question of the road. McCalla showed sketches of project building on 19% of the land and noted she can blacktop as much as council feels necessary, but stated it would detract from the overall appearance of the pro- ject. Mr. Raag, the proposed projectls southerly neighbor, has agreed the development can use his parking lot in the evening for overflow parking in special situations. Jens Beck, architect, briefly reviewed the plans for the project, and pointed out that, as a result of reconfiguring floorplans, window placement had changed. Louis Jacobs, Windsor Green, stated pictures can be deceiving and expressed concern that cars will park in the driveway which would not leave sufficient space for emergency vehicles. Beck stated every unit has a two-car garage and indicated there is additional parking (for a total of almost four spaces per unit); regarding fire access, reviewed the cityls fire code regarding hydrants. McCalla stated units would not be large family homes (two-bedroom, two-baths) so lot of parking space would not be re- quired. Benke stated it has been council IS experience that all legal dis- cussion be concluded to everyone's satisfaction before council gives approval; in order to arrange financing, McCalla asked that the project not be delayed until an agreement on the easement can be reached. Benke advised council also needs to have the density issue resol- ved because it is constrained by the language in the ordinance which speaks to hardship; economic need or economic hardship is not grounds for a variance; the Planning Commission has not been able to document a hardship or a unique circumstance that applies to the property. Blomquist asked how many situations there are in the city where access is by an easement, and whether or not such a situation is lIunique;lI Locke indicated there are other situations in the city, but was not aware of a number but would not consider it lIuniquell under the definition for a variance request. Page 6