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Councihnember Olson concurred. She stated regardless of which access is closed, staff should be directed to begin negotiations with Mr. Thompson to create totally new access. Councihncmber Cook asked if the original Shade Tree motion made on June 14th would be reverted to if any of the contingencies of this motion do not happen. City Administrator Norman replied that is staff's opinion of this action. Councilmember Elvig stated he does not want this motion to die because a difference of opinion on the north or south access from CR 5. He indicated the City should negotiate with Mr. Thompson regarding the access. Councilmember Cook noted closing one of the accesses on old CR 5 would allow some negotiation with Mr. ~l'hompson. The motion on the floor was amended as follows: that the following motion adopted by the Council on June 14, 2005, to-wit: That the following street alignment be incorporated for the preliminary plat and site plan approval of Shade Tree Cottages: Keep the general alignment of Potassium Street with the street moved as much as possible to the west, to improve Potassium Street to a minimum standard width with a minimum impact. Be RESCINDED and replaced with following motion to-wit: Motion to instruct City Staff to undertake the following tasks in order to address transportation needs in the area of Nowthen Boulevard (CSAH), Old Nowthen, Potassium Strcct and Alpine Drive. a. Keep the new Potassium Street road alignment as far west as possible and construct it to 24' (curb to curb) in width, with the west side curb to be concrete and the east side to be bituminous curb. b. Require the establishment of a temporary public road access from Quicksilver Circle to CSAH 5 through the Shade Tree Cottages development conditioned on the affected property owners on Potassium Street agreeing in writing to convey the necessary casement for the new Potassium Street road alignment to the City by September 1, 2005. c. Staff is directed to negotiate first rights of refusal with the property owners of the four properties located on the NE corner of County #5 and Alpine Road for purposes of acquiring roadway easements for a routing from Potassium to Alpine with the purpose being the eventual closure of all accesses on County #5 from 157th to Alpine Road, including the closure of the temporary public road access from Quicksilver Circle to CSAH 5 described in (b) above. cl. Close and cul-de-sac one of the accesses to CSAH 5 from Nowthen Boulevard. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Jeffrey, Cook, Olson, Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Pearson, to adopt Resolution //05-07-228 adopting Findings of Fact #0728 regarding the rezoning the subject property from R01 Residential to Planned Unit Development and to introduce an ordinance approving the City Council / July 26, 2005 Page 11 of 35