Agenda - Council - 08/14/2007 - Laserfiche WebLink

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City is to get the three players to the table and work it out. He believes that granting a temporary access is an absolute waste of money when they should be getting the players to the table. It appears as though everyone has the same goal of development, there just has not been communication yet. Mr. Boe stated he talks to all of the property owners often; they want to develop, it's just when they want to develop. He can offer them some creative plans to develop their property for them and they could go in jointly, but now the church says they want to develop and Derwood wants to develop. They have to move on it, and he would think if this starts they would move, and if it is approved they would eliminate one of the driveways right away. Mayor Gamec noted if this development is approved, access onto County Road #5 with the others could be denied because they would have access by tying into this and going out to County Road #5. Associate Planner Dalnes indicated the County has said if this access is granted it is temporary, and if there is another way to access the property they do not have to feel obligated to give access off of County Road #5. Mayor Gamec commented that they have talked about getting these property owners together for a year. Associate Planner Dalnes stated Mr. Boe had a plan put together by Hakanson Anderson and Associates developing all three of these properties. Mr. Sagwold had it in his hand when he came in, but the price is not right for one person to purchase and develop all of them. - The timing is not right for the church; they are looking for the highest and best use. A developer has. talked to all three of them about their situation and there is one gentleman she has talked to a lot about these properties who is an investor. He has not been able to acquire all of them to put them together, and he is a fourth parry. Mayor Gamec questioned how much the City should participate with these properties. Councilmember Strommen pointed out that they have participated in the past when they needed to work out access. Councilmember Look stated there are six accesses to Highway 5, but the two at the church are not being used; the majority are not being used. These people that will live here may not drive much, but they will have families that do. Compared to the current situation there will be a lot more traffic accessing the driveways. The second point is that the City could use HRA monies to try to broker this deal and bring the three parties together to make this happen. City Attorney Goodrich advised eminent domain is a tool that could be considered to acquire the access. -170-