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cars to go onto Highway 5 at the last meeting and squabbling over 14 cars at this meeting. This is considerably more and it is a safety concern. Councilmember Jeffrey stated the location'«rhere these cars will come out is between 146', Lord of Life, and the next street over with no bypass lanes or turn lanes. It is a hazard. If it were coming out to 146' he would be fine with it. This will force the issue for the City to move forward and purchase a piece of property at some point in time, which may be what the person in the middle is looking for. Councilmember Elyig stated in all fairness, he thinks the reason this was tabled was because they felt it was going to fail and they wanted to give the applicant another opportunity. The Council appreciates that the developer has come back many. times. They are trying to make something work. They are in a situation where they will come down to a vote, most likely tonight. He would like to explore one more piece of information regarding the potential compromise Councilmember Olson laid out of a right-out. Public Works Director Olson indicated the only way to accomplish that is by putting a median in, which would need to go all the way to 146' Avenue because they would not want people making a u-turn inthe middle of a block. Councilmember Elvig questioned if a right-out could not be done reasonably or affordably ~~ithout impacting the major roadway. Public Works Director Olson replied there would need to be a hard median put in up to 146 Avenue. The seven dwelling units coming home in the evening would need to do a u-turn to get Home. Councilmember Look stated he sees this strip of land that they are discussing as the key to all three properties developing. He questioned if there is any way to assess the properties at the point of development to pay. for a portion of the cost if the City is required to acquire property to complete the road. _ City Attorney Goodrich replied there could be an assessment if the properties benefit by the amount of the assessment proposed. There would need to be an appraisal that shows that all the properties would increase in value by the amount of the assessment. He is not- certain if a safer access «~ould increase the value of the property. Mr. Jenson indicated it would be questionable whether there would be sufficient value, but in terms of the possibility of the north property being developable as opposed to what they have now he would see that as an improvement in their value. Councilniember Elvig stated if this were denied tonight and a motion were to come forward to proceed vaith eminent domain for continuation of the road on the middle parcel, or if a willing seller proceeds vaith the middle parcel resulting in gained access, and with the basis that-the church is also a willing seller resulting in continued access, there would be no question in his mind that the action of taking that property for access purposes «~ould benefit this property. He City Council /August Z4, Zfld7 • Page 14 of 32 -352-