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Regular Meeting March 28, 1977 Page 4 MOTION by Gotham Seconded by Mickelson to approve the plat of Forest Hideaway and to enter into a contract with the developer. Said contract to be in accordance with the engineers recommendation. Mr. Bob Zelenak, who was appointed to District ll Advisory Council was present. He said he is new to this and plans to mainly observe and correlate information to Council. Mayor Cox emphasized that Council is primarily concerned about the Community School Program being for the youth. He commended Bob on his outstanding job working with children. He said it is very appreciated, and he thanked him for accepting the job. Duke Grosslein, variance request. Attorney Goodrich said Mr. Grosslein and Dickenson and people from the neighbor- hood are here concerning the proposal. Mr. Grosslein wants a variance adjacent to parcel 1480 to set closer than 20 feet to the lot line. The City has maintained this parcel for six years and State law says that any roadway/ cartway kept by the City for more than six years becomes public, that would be measured 33 feet from the center of the road. However, recent supreme court ruling says it may include only the traveled portion which may be only 20 feet and may include ditches. He said if Grosslein is granted this variance he will be out of parking space and will .have to park on the southerly part of his property which is R1. Part of the lot is commercial and part is residential. Mr. John McGiven, Attorney for Dickenson asked about the request. Mr. Nereson said Mr. Grosslein went to P & Z then to Council. Mr. Nereson explained the Council's action at the last meeting. Mr. Grosslein said he would like to go up to the property line with a 20' addition onto the cooler and dock loading sections. Mayor Cox asked for Council consensus~ Councilman Reimann feels it should be denied, that the City should adhere to the ordinance, he feels the reason for the ordinance was to maintain orderly devel opmen t. Councilman Gorham read the motion of the last meeting concerning Grosslein's request. Mayor Cox asked for a motion to do other than what the original motion called for. No motion was offered, original motion stands. Merle Anderson said he did not receive any mailed notice of a variance request. Mr. Nereson said the variance procedure did not require mailed notices. Mr. Anderson said he and others in the residential area were all rezoned and went through an exercise in bureaucracy to get it reversed back to residential. He said they wanted it all put back to residential but had to live with the compromise. He feels the residents are opposed to expansion in the Rivlyn Avenue