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Louisville City Council Meeting June 20, 2000 Page 16. Sisk stated that he understood the safety issue, but hoped for a compromise. Sisk asked if Brewer had any complaints about the building. Brewer stated that they had no problem with the building, however they have issues with the shared driveway. The LFPD would prefer to keep the 24' driveway for exclusive use by the fire department and put the public on a separate driveway and not mix the two. Sisk asked City Attorney Light if the City could abandon the easement and give half to each abutting property owner, and still provide an easement for utilities. City Attorney Light stated that the vacation statutes do authorize residential uses for existing pipelines, ditch, canals and other sorts of facilities. If the property is vacated it typically is done so by ordinance. By law the two abutting property owners would receive half of the easement, and in this case 30' each. Brown stated that it appeared that at some point in the negotiation, the Fire Department did support shared access. He asked the reason for the withdrawal of support. Weber stated that on February 14, 2000, members of the LFPD Board of Directors were notified of this situation and took the position of opposition and forwarded that position to the Planning Department. Several discussions were held between the LFPD and the applicant and at one point the applicant offered to improve the driveway by 12', making a 36' drive. The LFPD was willing to negotiate that offer, but with conditions. However, Weber noted that it was not considered to be a formal approval of the offer. Within 48 hours, the applicant withdrew the 12' improvement offer. Weber stated that the LFPD Board Directors met, reconsidered and reconfirmed that they were opposed to a shared access concept. He noted that there was never an agreement between the LFPD and the applicant. Weber also noted that the applicant had made reference that the Fire Marshall did not have any issues with the shared access, he stated that the LFPD Board of Directors have final approval. Weber contended that since February 14, 2000, the LFPD has opposed the shared or joint access of the driveway regardless of the width. Fickbohm stated that in reviewing the plans, she and her architect discovered an error in the measurements and calculation of the improvements, and therefore the 12' addition to the driveway was withdrawn. Mayer asked Ken Johnstone, Principal Planner if the parking signs along the right-of-way is shown on the various diagrams. Johnstone stated he didn't believe they were cited on the diagrams. 16