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BABCOCK, LOCHER, NEILSON & MANNELLA ATTORNEYS AT LAW 118 EAST MAIN STREET ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 EDMUND P. BABCOCK LANDOL J. LOCHER JAMES M. NEILSON FELIX A. MANNELLA JOHN R. SPEAKMAN ROBERT F. MANNELLA STEPHEN M. HALSEY WILLIAM D. SCHUTTER June 8, 1979 Marilyn Anderson, Deputy Clerk City of Lino Lakes 1189 Main Street Lino Lakes, Minnesota 55014 TEL: (612) 421-5151 NORTHTOWN OFFICE NORTHTOWN CENTER 117 NORTHTOWN DRIVE BLAINE, MN. 55434 TEL: (612) 786-0250 I enclose, herewith, a copy of your letter of June 5, 1979, for reference. Iwill endeavor to answer the questions in the order that they were presented in your letter. I definitely feel that the City Council can, if reasonable, for safety and the protection of the people who will be living in the plat, require anyone to provide adequate ingress and egress. In this instance, if such adequate access cannot be obtained other than going through the adjoining plat, I do not believe that the City Council can force purchase of the property by the platting developer; however, the City could construct a street and handle it as a special assessment, following the usual requirements in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429. Obviously, the best and cheapest solution is for Mr. Rehbein to nego- tiate with Mr. Dobiesand resolve the matter, if the Planning and Zoning feels that this is the best location for the roadway. As to the question of hearings on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment, I enclose, herewith, a copy of Minnesota Statute Chapter 473.851 through Chapter 473.872, for reference. The pertinent section is after 473.864, Subdivision 2, which I have underlined. Also enclosed is a copy of Minnesota Statutes 462.355, and I have underlined the pertinent portions of Subdivision 2, thereof. Although I enclose the pertinent Statutes merely for reference, my conclusion is that the planning agency must hold at least one public hearing (_more than one public hearing may be held, if desired), and a notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published once in the official newspaper at least ten days before the day of the hearing. I definitely do not believe that there must be a separate hearing held on each item of change, as long as the items proposed for change are presented at the first hearing or only hearing which is held.