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Pitrina Park Terrace Homeowners Association Little Canada, MN c/o P. O. Box 5233 Hopkins, MN 55343 May , 2001 Mayor, City Council and City Administrator 515 East Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Pitrina Park Terrace — Pitrina Way David Circle Fratalone Lane Sherry Court Caroline Court Dear Mayor, Administrator and Council Members: The undersigned constitute the Board of Directors for the Pitrina Park Terrace Homeowners Association. The Association is made up of 96 townhouse dwelling units located just north of Pioneer Park. 29 of the townhouse units face the city's Allen Avenue. The remaining 67 units are located on the five cul -de -sacs listed above. The cul -de -sac streets are part of Pitrina Park Terrace and are not city streets. We have not made a detailed study, but it appears that the folks living on the cul -de -sacs pay no less in local taxes than the folks living in equivalent dwellings facing Allen Avenue. Allen Avenue, of course, is swept, snow - plowed and otherwise maintained by the City. The cul -de -sacs are maintained by the Homeowners Association -- paid for by all members of the Association. It would seem most equitable and most efficient to have coordinated services for the entire subdivision. The five small cul -de -sacs all adjoin Allen Avenue, and it would not involve a significant increase in the expenditure of time or materials for the city to serve its citizens who reside on these cul -de -sacs. Accordingly, the Board proposes, subject to its right to do so, to transfer to the City of Little Canada title to the aforementioned five cul -de -sacs. In the alternative, the existing Easement to City provided in the Pitrina Park Terrace Declaration (Article VIII, Section 5) could be construed to permit the City to maintain the cul -de -sacs without actually transferring title. The section reads: The title of the Association and the Owners of Lots in and to the Common Elements is hereby made subject to a non - exclusive easement in favor of the City of Little Canada for the purpose of ingress and egress for police, fire, rescue and other emergency calls, animal control, health and prospective inspection and to provide the Owners other public services deemed necessary by the City of Little Canada and for the purposes set forth herein. Page 36