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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - MARCH 29, 1999 9 Councilmember Larson confirmed that the property configuration with five parcels, as shown on Options A and B, is what the developer is proposing. Ms. Randall stated that this was correct. Councilmember Rem requested confirmation of what is being requested of the City Council. Is the request simply to change the Ofncial Map, or is the Council expected to also decide the property configuration. Mr. Fritsinger stated that the request on the table is an amendment for the proposal that the applicant has made. The Council is to determine whether to leave the Official Map as is with the straight through aligmnent, or amend the Official Map with a different configuration as either suggested by the applicant or the Plauning Commission. Mayor Probst invited the applicant to add any additional information he may have at this time. Mr. Frank Rekuski, 3170 Hamline Avenue, stated that at this point there appears to be three options. Two choices include double cul-de-sacs, which is not an acceptable solution. The other choice is to extend the road with the straight through aligmnent, which the neighbors do not want. He suggested the best option might be to leave the Official Map as is and allow the construction of a temporary 50 foot radius cul-de-sac. It is unknown whether the two dead-ends will ever be counected and this option would result in temporary cul-de-sacs to both the north and the south and resolve the issue of changing the Official Map. Mr. Rekuski stated that, ifhe were allowed to construct a temporary 50 foot cul-de-sac, he would only be able to develop the parcel with four lots rather than five as proposed. He indicated he has two clients ready to build homes and a third who is waiting to sign the purchase agreement. If the only solution were to leave the map as is and construct two temporary cul-de-sacs, he would be willing to give up the fifth lot to resolve the issue. With regard to the history of the area, Mayor Probst stated that he had been serving on the Planning Commission when the property to the north was being subdivided with one access from the existing street. The concern at that time was that if this were allowed, the other oversized lots might subdivide and create additional access concerns. At the time it was believed that the remaining parcels would not be subdivided. Now, two out of the three properties have been sold and are being developed. Mayor Probst agreed that the back-to-back, double cul-de-sac option does not make sense. He indicated, however, that he was not compelled to run the street through the property. For this reason there may end up being two cul-de-sacs which are not the most desirable configuration. Mayor Probst stated that one reason for the Plauning Commission having drawn up an Official Map was that there was some belief at the time that there were other configurations possible, which would require participation of the Bachman property. One configuration had Lake Lane cOlmecting to Shoreline Lane, however, since the area is not being developed as a group and is coming in as individual parcels, this is not possible. Therefore, it is unlikely that the City Council would be willing to approve a condemnation.