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<br />Associate Planner Daines stated Mr. Hoe had a plan put together by Hakanson Anderson and <br />Associates developing all three of these properties. Mr. Sagwold had it in his hand when he <br />came in, but the price is not right for one person to purchase and develop all of them. The timing <br />is not right for the church; they are looking for the highest and best use. A developer has talked <br />to all three of them about their situation and there is one gentleman she has talked to a lot about <br />these properties who is an investor. He has not been able to acquire all of them to put them <br />together, and he is a fourth party. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec questioned how much the City should participate with these properties. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen pointed out that they have participated in the past when they needed <br />to work out access. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated there are six accesses to Highway 5, but the two at the church are <br />not being used; the majority are not being used. These people that will live here may not drive <br />much, but they will have families that do. Compared to the current situation there will be a lot <br />more traffic accessing the driveways. The second point is that the City could use HRA monies to <br />try to broker this deal and bring the three parties together to make this happen. <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich advised eminent domain is a tool that could be considered to acquire the <br />access. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig noted there was the suggestion of HRA monies, and there are many things <br />they can bring to the table to have at least one more shot at this. He would rather table this than <br />deny it. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Trudgeon stated staff feels they have been spinning in circles <br />for a year on this property. They have not had all three people in the room together. He is not <br />sure of the motivation of some of the people to help someone else out here. There is a lot of <br />open land in the community, but the infilllike this is tough, and this probably will not go away <br />by itself. He asked if any access on Nowthen Boulevard is acceptable now or in the future. He <br />stated it if is not acceptable today and it will not be acceptable down the road that may provide <br />the answer on this. If the middle property owner comes in, that same issue will be there until the <br />top property develops. One option would be that until that top property comes forward they will <br />not move on any development in this area or have direct city involvement. That is for the <br />Council to determine if that is appropriate city resources for a development. Staff will do as the <br />Council instructs, but at some point they will have to make a decision and someone will probably <br />be unhappy with that situation. He believes the Council will face the same decision about <br />allowing access for new development on N owthen Boulevard; if the answer is no in this case it <br />should be no for the other case. The question for tonight is really whether the Council wants to <br />have access onto Nowthen Boulevard. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec directed staff to try to get the property owners together and determine something <br />by the next Council meeting. <br /> <br />City Council / June 26, 2007 <br />Page 20 of 38 <br />