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Aug 21 03 12:07p .e. CD August 20, 2003 City of Little Canada Joel Hanson, Administrator 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 In Re: The Preserve Dear Joel, DAYSPRING DEVELOPMENT, LLC p.2 After having studied the proposal by the City for revising the Preserve Plat to eliminate Preserve Trail and three lots, we have concluded that the proposed revisions do not present adequate incentives to justify what is effectively starting over in the process. It was especially troublesome that the proposal offered by the City required Dayspring Development to apply for a variance for cul -de -sac length — with no guarantee that the variance would be approved. We maintained early in the process that a single loaded cul -de -sac with a length in excess of the ordinance required 500 feet would be a better design solution than the addition of the intermediate street to comply with the ordinance requirement. The City Council addressed the idea in 2002 and, on a three to two decision, voted not to have a long cul-de -sac. We have also maintained that a 20 foot front yard setback (as allowed in the shoreland overlay ordinance) on a single loaded road is a better design solution than the standard ordinance requirement of 30 feet, that issue was also declined. It has been a long and arduous process to get to this point in the application for final plat approval. Accepting the City's proposal is not only financially unviable but also puts at risk everything we have done to date. For these reasons we are moving forward with our plat as proposed, submitted and amended. We are continuing to work with the Watershed district in resolving a few minor issues required for the issuance of the permit. We feel we have met the necessary planning and engineering conditions for the approval of the plat and look forward to an approval of the application for final plat at the next City Council meeting. Warmest regards, Ke'yln vonRiedel Operations manager Dayspring Development, LLC (office) 651 - 430 -2200 • 1915 Greeley Avenue • Stillwater, MN 55082 • (fax) 651 - 430 -2323