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tonight. Mr. Tim Boe, applicant, stated the property owners are going to develop in the future, but did not say when. Associate Planner Daines. 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 ifhe is interested in developing and has a site plan. Associate Planner Daines 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 Daines stated Mr. Sagwold wants to develop his property and will come forward with a proposal either way. Councilmember Strommen requested clarification from staff that the adjacent property owner had submitted something last week. Associate Planner Daines explained the adjacent property owner had a pre-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 Daines 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 Daines indicated the right-of-way for the cul-de-sac is required. Some d':l they will be able to take access off that portion of County Road #5 and transfer it to the 146 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 more cars onto County Road #5; every day cars go by 146th Avenue at 55 plus mph, and he is not a fan of dumping cars onto County Road #5. He could likely get on board with this if they could gain access onto 146th Avenue. Even if the County says they will grant temporary access he is not in favor of it, and the County does point out concerns with the temporary access. Mr. Boe asked how soon the access is wanted. Councilmember Jeffrey replied prior to this development. Mayor Gamec pointed out that houses could be put on this property similar to what is across the way, and technically they would almost be better off this way and forcing the development to continue to the north. This development could have one access and meet the code, with the same thing for the next two properties, and they could not really deny the access. ' He believes there was a consensus to move this along to almost force the next properties to continue to develop. Councilmember Dehen stated he echoes Councilmember Jeffrey's comments. There has been clear direction that what this Council wants to see is the access off of County Road #5 onto Helium Street, and to prevent the safety issue. The process is to be visionaries and be sure they have safety here. He does not know that they can guess what the other two owners will do. What they have now is a process City Council / June 26, 2007 Page 17 of38