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Page 2 Board of Adjustment March 12, 1979 corner of said Lot 13; thence Westerly along the Southerly line of Lot 13, for a distance of 250 feet to the place of beginning, all as shown by the files and records of the Register of Deeds of Anoka County, Minnesota, and also known as 13557 Tungsten Street N.W., Anoka, Minnesota. The City mailed notice of the variance request and Board of Adjust- ment public hearing on January 8, 1979 to all residents within 350' of the subject property. The City also published notice of the January 8, 1979 public hearing in the Anoka County Union on December 29, 1978. 3) The Board of Adjustment held a public hearing on the application re- quest on January 8, 1979 at 7:45 P.M. This public hearing was con- tinued to January 22, 1979 in order to obtain the City Engineers' report on the subject. 4) The City Staff met with residents and the applicant on January 15, 1979 in order to define the issues and a memo of said meeting was presented to the Council dated January 19, 1979. 5) The City Engineer presented his written report to the Board of Adjustment on January 22, 1979. 6) The Board of Adjustment again convened the continued public hearing of January 8, 1979 on January 29, 1979. At the continued public hearing on January 29, 1979 the Board determined that since the re- quired E.Q.B. response would not be received until after February 16, 1979, the public hearing should again be continued on February 26, 1979. 7) By separate letters dated February 16, 1979 the E.Q.B. and D.N.R. both approved the variance request as well as the proposed develop- ment. 8) The Board of Adjustment received written letters in opposition to the variance and development from: Roger and Marlys Dickenson, dated January 8, 1979 Merle L. Anderson, dated January 9, 1979 Ruth Gustafson, dated January 10, 1979 Priscilla O'Rourke, dated January 1,1979 Roger and Minnie Dickenson, dated January 19, 1979 9) The City's Police Chief submitted a memo to the City Administrator concerning the parking and blocking issues dated January 26, 1979. 10) At the conclusion of the public hearing on February 26, 1979, the Board of Adjustment directed the staff to prepare findings of fact toward denial of the requested variance. B. FINDINGS OF FACT 1) That the proposed construction requires a variance from Section