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City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2014 Page 19 of 20 cost the homeowner $14,000 in exchange for the vacation of the 10.5 ft. strip of right of way. Council member Stolzmann asked if fire lane width was maintained. The answer was yes. She asked if this would prevent putting a sidewalk on the other side. The answer was no. Mayor Muckle noted the alignment with the trail was on the other side of the street and wondered if placement of a sidewalk on the other side by the City wouldn't be a better idea. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ stated staff saw this as an opportunity to get the right of way completed and get the trail connection at no cost to the City. Mayor Muckle wondered if the expectation was that the additional land be used to get additional FAR (floor area ratio). Planning and Building Safety Director Russ said that is the terms of this agreement. If Council doesn't feel this is a reasonable part of this agreement they could use their discretion to change it. Andy Messick, 879 Cleveland Court, Louisville, CO owns the property on Lincoln as a rental, as it has been for years. He simply wanted to see some improvements on that side of the street and didn't have plans to demolish and re -build at this time. He would, however, have to reconsider the agreement if the floor area ratio piece were not included. Mayor Muckle wondered if staff had a sense of the value of the square footage. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ reported they recently looked at the value of the land but didn't have the math immediately available. Mayor Muckle asked the homeowner if he was aware of the advantages available with historic preservation. Mr. Messick responded he was. Council member Lipton didn't feel the status quo of the street was very good. Mr. Messick added if the street area were cleaned up it would hopefully not allow for parking of construction vehicles in the street for long periods of time. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ believed the land value was near $30,000. In this case the value of the land exceeded the value of the improvement; however, staff did not see any use for the public land. MOTIONS: Mayor Muckle moved to approve the agreement on the ROW vacation on 1001 Lincoln Avenue. Council member Keany seconded. All in favor.