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. Minutes of Regular Council �teeting August i3, 1979 � up-graded and widened in the future, driveway will actess wtthin the turnback of Hamline Avenue. Christoffersen suggested that tha 5ub- - dEvtston Ordlna�ce be amended to include a requtrement that driveways be located some determined distance from curb returns for safety. Council concurred that matter be referred to Planning Comm{sston for 1#s recommendatlons to Councii. L(ft 5tation No, 13 MoodLurn expressed.concern that Lift Station No. 10 will soon ba over- Curdenad, �oted that the by-pass has not been buift which may mean that the City may have to Iimit house connectlons to that sewer i}ne. ExceS- .• sive in-flow and inflltratFon was discussed. � Woodburn urged that fihe study re determihation of fhe source of in-flow be completed as soon as possibte. Chrtstaffersen reported that lift Station No. 8 also has 6XC655�Y� in- fioM; anticlpates complefiion of (n-flow study.end report to Councfl in Saptember. St was ooted thafi Metro 5ewer evaluatlon phase 2 notes exces- sive infiltratlon and phase 3 states that City must locate and elireinate the infiltrat.ion and in-flow. � � R P�Av ( Iabi it�y o�,�a.n.t fundin w s discussedJ,�� - Y V ILAGE �RNNE ORL�pl9 Lf �- ��i-scd�� Case No. 79-�3, Arden Oeks - Prellminary Piat Milter referred Council to revised Preitminary Plat which �elocates - park dedlcatlort of approxtmately t} acres as.�recommer�ded by the Parks- Committee snd Planntng Commission;-noted that the balance of the 2.1 acre dedication is recommended to be in cash; Clty fo acquire addttional acreage for a 3-aere totat park site. Miller noted that the plot re- visio� reduces th.e number of iots from 43 to 40. M11{er reported that the Pianning Commission r6commends appro�al of the Preliminary Plat of Arden Oaks as revised, with the provisian of a "hammerhead" turn around at the north end of PosCat Avenue vn Lot 4 of Arden Oaks, and tfie designation at Couaty •Road E that Pascal (s a dead-end street. Transparencies were rsvtewed, indtcattng the proposed "hammerheaC" on - Lot 4, wh(ch rould reduce the lot dep�h by 30',; a full 100' diameter cul-de-ssc, it �as noted. would virtually destroy the lot, ?Asreby making a thru street preferable. Christoffierseo refarred Councii �o his reporfi re dralnage and utilities tl/I/79) and recommsnded tfiat Pascal Aveaue be brought up to standard and either be ended in a cul-de-sae or extended through to APden 0aks Drive so that maintenance and satety vehicles can operata aithout dif- ficulty; safd he does not recommend a"hammerheaQ" as a permanent turn�araund. Christoffersen nnted that his reQort is based on The preliminary plan and may be sub,�ect to change du�'ing the design phase. of the proJect. In discussion, it was noted that 2 of the 5 houses on Pasca! appear to be at 66' right-of-way tine (0' setback); Psscal is a dedicated 66' wide street, as originally pia4ted. Mr. Oropps, contract purchaser of the • pfat, suggested that Council consider locattag the cul-de-sac south ot t�e plat; plat does not benefi4 by the street extension. Miller suggested fihat a 60' diameter cul-de-sac which is adequate turn- a round space for cars (not adoquate for maintenaoce vehlcies). could be provided on Lot 4, and still have a Guildable lot; noted thafi the �lan- ning CommEssion's ra#ionale was }tiet-Rsscal`AVenve secves only°'a'few homes, a"hammerhead" turn-around wouid be an dmprovemen� over whst it is now� the plat doesn't benefit, and to extend the street d�es not seem efficient use of the land; considered a"hammerhead'� turn-around an adequate solution, which would not disturb a goad sta�d of trees at the north ond of Pascal Ava�ue creating a nice butter for properties fio the soufih, as well as to the north. Milier noted that ihe north end of Hamifne probtam at the railroad right-of-way, whfch with a turn-around of some type. also prese�ts a tu�n-around shouid probably be resolved . -2-