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. . . ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MAY 4, 2005 5 Commissioner Bezdicek asked what the ramification of their decision would have on Mr. Peterson's negotiations with Ramsey County. Mr. Peterson responded he believed their decision would have somewhat of an impact on what would happen, Chair Sand asked to what extent the Commission had the authority to do this, He noted they did not have the authority to deny this because the County had eminent domain authority, Mr. Clark respondcd what was important was to make sure the Commission separated the issues that Mr. Peterson's remedies were an issue between the County and the property owner and what the City was doing was saying there would be an impact to the property in the structure being non-conforming once the road was widened and therefore, the Peterson's would need a variance for the non-conforming structure, which would be helpful to both the Petersons and the City, Commissioner Larson asked if granting the variance at this time was timely considering the negotiation was not complete, He asked if this favored the County. Mr. Clark replied all they were remedying was one issue, which was the non-conformity. Commissioner Larson asked if the variance was in place, did this aid the County because there was not the non-conformity question. Mr. Clark replied from hif perspective, the answer would be no because there was two issues - the non-conformity and the negotiations the County was having with Mr. Peterson. Commissioner Zimmerman asked what brought this to the City's attention. Mr. Clark responded staff had looked awhile ago at what properties were going to be affected with this road reconstruction and staff wanted to make sure that these types of requests were all done at one time, He noted it was quite common to look at these issues in advance of a road reconstruction, Chair Sand asked if the County had already prepared a survey, Mr. Clark replied they had. Chair Sand indicated the only thing that had not been established was the amount of compensation to the Petersons, Mr. Clark replied that was correct. Chair Sand closed the public hearing at 7:49 p.m. Commissioner Thompson moved, seconded by Commissioner Zimmerman to approve Planning Case No. 05-14, The City of Arden Hills, 1105 Amble Drive, Variance, The motion carried unanimously (6-0). c. PLANNING CASE 05-05: CITY OF ADEN HILLS. 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96: REZONING THE OLD CITY HALL AND PUBLIC WORKS SITE 0440-1450 HIGHWAY 96) FROM R-l: SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO NB: NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS Mr, Hellegers stated applicant was requesting rezoning the western portion of the old City Hall/Public Works site from R-l: Single Family Residential to NB: Neighborhood Business.