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Regular Council Meeting 12-16-96 Page 4 Councii i'resident Fixier asked tlie representatives from Sunrise Deveiopment to make their presentation at this time. David Bader, Senior Advisor with KA Inc. said he is here representing Sunrise Land Development and Goldberg Companies on this project. He said Larry Goldberg of Goldberg Companies, Paul Degeorgio from Sunrise and Greg Hall from KA are here with him. Mr. Bader said they have been in front of Council a number of times regarding this project. This involves a piece of land that lies just west of S.O.M. Center and Highland Roads. He showed the proposed preliminary plan (which was on the bottom of a sheet he showed Council and the audience.) He said they asked the Board of Appeals for a variance for the length of a cul-de-sac. The Board of Appeals denied the variance so they are back in front of Council this evening for an appeal of that decision_ Mr. Bader said through the sketch plan process, they had presented in the initial scheme, a curb cut that would go into parcel "A". At that time, they felt they wanted to limit traffic across from the residential area. He said they were asked to look to eliminate that access to parcel "A" and to gain access off of this point (he showed them on the plan). He said the drive had come through at a 90° angle; they were asked to soften that. The Board of Appeals denied this request for a variance. Mr. Bader said the variance request was substantial the code requires 500' for a cul-de-sac this was for 2,850'. Bader said to his knowledge, this plan meets many of the comments that came up from Planning and through Council. Their only other option to eliminate the need for the variance for the cul-de-sac (if they were not to get approval of this variance) would be to loop the road and bring it in adjacent to Hickory Hill Drive making this a 4-way intersection across from that residential street. This is what they are bringing to Council for discussion. They feel they had done most of the things asked of them in the preliminary sketch plan presentation in developing this preliminary plan. They are in front of Council- this evening to work witli them to try to deveiop a soiutibn to wliat has become a problem for them. Councii President Fixler said when Council initiaily granted the conceptual approval, they made it very clear that it was concept approval only-it did not include any variances. Council President Fixler asked Ch'ief Mohr if he lias a preference of'what the area shouTd be from the safety point of view. Chief Mohr said the second plan makes more sense for two reasons: 1. The cul-de-sac only allows one in and one out any blockage would hinder their movement toward the rear of the property or the rear of the occupancies on the cul-de-sac. 2. There is a dead=end-water main on S.O.IVI C-enter Road north of-Highland Road. So there would be a dead-end water main off of a dead-end water main if a cul-de-sac were put in. Chief Mohr said he is much more comfortable with option 2. Chief Mohr said a developer will have to look at the water system quite closely down there because that is a dead-end main coming off Highland. When Lake County split the water system, they closed the valve and that is now a dead-