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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 1. Call to Order Acting Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the Variance Board meeting at 5:02 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 2. Roll Call & Introductions City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. Members Present: Chair Boerigter; and Commissioners Mary Bakeman and Joe Wozniak. Members Absent: Commissioner Doherty. Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd; City Engineer Debra Bloom; and Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel 3. Approval of Minutes Acting Chair Boerigter advised that the January 3, 2007 meeting minutes would be considered for approval at a future meeting, due to the absence of Commissioner Doherty and a quorum. MOTION: Member Bakeman moved, seconded by Member Wozniak, to approve meeting minutes of February 7, 2007 as presented. Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 4. Public Hearings a. PLANNING FILE 07-011 VARIANCE to Roseville Request by Cave and Associates, Ltd., 2489 Rice Street, for a City Code,§703 (Public Ways) OR §1018.05 (Design and Maintenance of Parking and Loading Areas) to allow a new parking lot entrance on Woodbridge Street to encroach into the required setback from the intersection at Grandview Avenue. Acting Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 07-011. Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel reviewed the request to allow construction of a new driveway within the required 40-foot setback from an intersection to accommodate a 90-degree entrance angle as recommended by City Engineer Debra Bloom to increase safety and improve internal circulation. Ms. Radel advised that there were no anticipated plans to expand Grandview or Woodbridge; and that an additional sixteen feet (16’) lie between the property line and the curb. Staff-recommended APPROVAL of Cave & Associates request for a 7.5-foot intersection setback VARIANCE to §1018.05 (Design and Maintenance of Parking and Loading Areas) of the City Code to allow for the construction of a new driveway within the required setback on Woodbridge Street, based on the comments and findings outlined in Section 5 of the staff report dated March 7, 2007. Commissioners were advised that there had been no comment received from adjacent property owners.