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Motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Jeffrey, . Olson, Dehen, Elvig, Jeffrey, and Look. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Strommen. Mayor Gamec introduced Mr. Gary Alberts who will be involved with the Medical Examiners Facility. Dr. Janice Amatusio stated Mr. Alberts recently received a Good Neighbor Award and it is a thrill to be working with him. Case #4: Request for Final Plat and Final Site Plan Approval of GAD's Prairie; Case of Tri-Cor Development Assistant Community Development Director Frolik stated in May of 2006, the City received an application from Gary and Aaron Stritesky to develop 7 detached townhomes on the property generally located south of 146th Avenue on County Road 5. In conjunctionwith this plat, a request for a rezoning to Planned Unit Development (PUD) was also submitted to allow for a unique housing type of detached townhomes and reduced setbacks. The City Council considered the preliminary plat and a zoning amendment to the pun for GAD's Prairie and unanimously approved both requests on a 6-0 vote, with Councilmember Jeffrey absent. In July of 2006, the Strltesky's sold their interests in GAD's Prairie to Tri-Cor Development. After unsuccessfully seeking a revised preliminary plat proposal, Tri-Cor has submitted a final plat application that substantially conforms to the approved preliminary plat for GAD's Prairie. Ms. Frolik stated the City Council heard this fmal plat case at the meeting on May 22, 2007. The Council expressed concern over the access onto the County Road, and tabled the request for the applicant to revise the plan to accommodate a future, permanent cul-de-sac on the southern portion of the property. This resulted in a reduction of the ultimate build-out potential of this property to seven total units. The City Council again heard this final plat case, at the meeting on June 26, 2007, examined the. revised final plat, and expressed concern over the access onto the County Road. The Council tabled action on the final plat, requesting that the applicant and staffmeet with the property owners to the north to extflore development possibilities that would result in the connection of Helium Street to 146 Avenue and eliminate the need for an access onto the County Road. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik stated as directed by Council, staff convened a meeting on July 10, 2()07 with Tim Boe of Tri-Cor Development, Durwood Sagwold (the owner of the middle, one-acre property), Tony WeIman and another board member from the Victorious Jesus Church (owner of the northern parcel), John Peterson (Oakwood Development), and Ben Van See from Commonwealth Solutions, a development company. The topics discussed inCluded: the market value of the property, the feasibility of developing the parcels versus selling the parcels to the applicant, and the development potential of the property, given its size and zoning. The church representatives. expressed interest in selling their parcel, indicating that they would not be able to develop it or act as a partner due to staff and time constraints. The owner of the middle parcel indicated that it was not possible to develop his parcel given the existing zoning and the requirement for a throl,lgh street. The applicant expressed interest in purchasing all the properties. The developers that were present discussed the current market value of raw land, offering that $90,000 to $100,000 per acre was a generous, realistic market value. Subsequently, the applicant conducted two separate appraisals of both City Council I Augtlst 14,2007 Page 9 of32