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son onstruction, Inc. December 12, 1990 Attention: Lino Lakes Staff, City Council & interested persons SUBJECT: Wenzel Farms Addition Hokanson construction has attempted to create a plat on the Wenzel Farms property that would meet all the desires of the City of Lino Lakes and the adjacent property owners. In so doing we were asked to move the road to the west to give the adjacent landowners access to their land to allow them to subdivide. Later, we were told that all the road would be located on our property even though we receive no benefit and would lose eight lots in doing so. In addition, because the road is now located on the property line we are told that we need to sell additional land to the property owners abutting Elm Street. Also, we now have the problem of losing trees whereas our original plan would allow the trees to exist in the rear yards and act as a buffer for the existing residences to the west. To protect the trees, we are now supposed to change the grade of the roads where necessary and show the trees on the survey. We are told that any development must have curvilinear streets even though Sunrise Meadows Addition has few curved streets. By using curvilinear streets our development now has ninety lots versus the one hundred and two originally shown. Park land dedication: The state statutes regarding parkland dedications are explicit. Ten percent is the maximum land area that can be required in a single family development. Trails that are dedicated as a park dedication on the final plat must be included in that ten percent. In summary, our plat is being reduced from 102 lots to 90 lots, we are losing land to put in a road which doesn't benefit us and sell additional land to a neighbor because the road will now be too close to his house, we are to dedicate trails as parks and not have them apply as parkland dedication, we are to have curvilinear streets even though Sunrise Meadows Addition doesn't, and we are to locate and protect our trees from the adjacent road even though we would prefer to put the road where it won't affect the trees. 9174 Isanti St. N.E. • Blaine, MN 55434 • (612) 786-3130