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that the access to 146th Avenue cannot be achieved at this time. He is not in favor of dumping more cars onto Highway 5, and this does not work for him. Motion by Councilmember Jeffrey, seconded by Councilmember Dehen, to deny the final plat of GAD's Prairie: _ Further discussion: City Attorney Goodrich advised findings of facts need to be adopted for a motion to deny. Mayor Gamec stated they .previously had both positive and negative findings, and they then told the applicant to bring this back and address the cul- de-sac. They are .now looking at denying this when he brought it back. He noted_ Councilmember Jeffrey has been consistent with his denial. Councilmember Elvig asked if the landowners to the north are present tonight. Mr. Tim Boe, applicant, stated the property owners are going to develop in the future, but did not say when. Associate Planner Dalnes stated the property owner to the north came in with a sketch plan last week. He is interested in developing and will gain access off the. County road if not for this plat. Councilmember Elvig indicated the property owner to the north has said he is interested in developing, and in his opinion he had not been approached about joining these properties together. He would-like to have a discussion with this property owner, especially if he is interested in developing and has a site plan. Associate Planner Dalnes stated she has seen a plan that Mr. Boe had his engineer put together for all three properties. There has been a plan in place for all three properties; the two adjacent property owners have both seen that plan and have discussed that. Councilmember Elvig indicated that the adjacent property owner is pertinent to this. Associate Planner Dalnes stated Mr. Sagwold wants to develop lus properly and will come forward with a proposal either way. Councilmember Stroinmen requested clarification from staff that the adjacent property owner had submitted something last week. Associate Planner Dalnes explained the adjacent. property owner had apre-application meeting -with staff. Councilmember Strommen commented that the adjacent property owner developing appears to be imminent, and they might be able to bring at least two of the parcels together. The goal was to do a master plan that fit all three of these parcels, and they will be much closer with two of them than they would be individually. Councilmember Elvig suggested giving direction to require the property owners to get together. He inquired about tabling this or going through the denial process at this time. ,Associate Planner Dalnes advised they: will run into the 60 day rule in about 40 days. Councilmember Look pointed out even if the two property owners come to an agreement there is still the third property owner. Mr. Boe stated the property owners all want to develop; it is just the timing, and he thinks GAD's Prairie would be first. Councilmember Look noted the concern of coordinating the streets so the access is not onto County Road #5. Mr. Boe stated the County is fine with a temporary access on County Road #5, and he has not heard from the public safety officials about a real danger about the access. Associate Planner Dalnes indicated the right-of--way for the cul-de-sac is required. Some day they will be able to take access off that portion of County Road #5 and transfer it to the 146th Avenue portion, and there will be one access instead of two. Currently there are three accesses. Councilmember Jeffrey stated he spoke to the .property owner to the north; he is interested in developing and does not want to have to bear the land for the cul-de-sac on his property. There is still is a for sale sign on the corner property. It is a danger to put -340-