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4 ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 11, 1997 • ( #5 - #2267 John O'Sullivan - Council Site Plan Approval - Continued) Jabbour asked for staff s opinion. Gappa indicated he supported the additional access and the stop sign would be OK. Jabbour asked O'Sullivan if he had a problem with the stop sign. O'Sullivan indicated he had no problem with a stop sign. Kelley indicated the stop sign may serve no real purpose. Kelley moved, Peterson seconded, approval of temporary additional access for the O'Sullivan development as shown on the plan listed as Exhibit A in Staff s memo, with the condition that a permanent access be provided as part of the development of the church property, addition of a 6' railing and deletion of the striping of a crosswalk in the middle of the parking lot and to eliminate the stop sign at the entrance to the parking lot off the new access. Goetten asked if the new access was to be temporary. Kelley answered yes. Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. ( #6) #2269 CONLEY BROOKS & GERALD McCOURTNEY, 1045 FERNDALE ROAD WEST - SUBDIVISION OF A LOT LINE REARRANGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. McCourntey, Mr. and Mrs. Conley Brooks, Jr. and Bob Mitchell their attorney were present. • Gaffron stated this is a subdivision of a lot line rearrangement in that the applicants have purchased the property at 1045 West Ferndale and proposed to divide the property. McCourtney will combine the westerly portion of this parcel with his adjacent homestead property 1055 West Ferndale Road. Brooks proposes to combine the easterly half of this parcel and the two parcels north of the road, with his adjacent homestead property at 980 West Ferndale Road, which is on the north side of the road. Gaffron stated Planning Commission reviewed this request at their July 21 st meeting. Their recommended for approval is subject to: 1. The westerly portion being legally combined with the McCourtney property. 2. McCourtney to remove the existing residence on that property. 3. That the easterly portion of 1045 be combined with Brooks' residence and the two northerly parcels. 4. Hennepin County will not allow this combination across the roadway that Brooks must complete a "Special Lot Combination" for filing in the title of those parcels (identified as Parcels A, E, H and F on the submitted survey). 5. Planning Commission agreed the garage on Parcel H needs to be removed, but acknowledge Brooks may want to leave it as is until he firms up his plans for potentially replacing it. As a result, Planning Commission did not make removal of the existing garage a condition of approval. 6. Planning Commission and staff made it clear that the recommendation for approval does not include approval of, or implied approval of, any actions in regard to Parcels B, C or D as • shown on the survey, each of which does not appear on current County plat maps as a separate tax parcel, and each of which may require City action or approvals as yet 5