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1 September 29, 1980 adjacent to Lake Reshanau and North of Birch Street in Lino Lakes, hereby petition the City Council of Lino Lakes to deny Mr. Rehbein's preliminary plat for the fol- lowing reasons; 1) Whereas, proposed project is not in conformance with the new Comprehensive Plan as approved by the Lino Lakes City Council relative to single family homes in this area. Secondly, Whereas, 24 quads or 96 units, on approxi- mately 20 acres, averaging two to three bedrooms fifty- fifty, would create a den - sity of 14.6 per quad or a total of over 350 people. This density coupled with the use of only 225 ft. of lake shoreline, would not only have an adverse affect on the lake but would have a detrimental affect on the entire natural enviorrument:i of the area. Whereas, water table at proposed site is less than,one foot and con- struction could only compond existing drainage problems being experienced by area residents at present. Whereas, water table at site would require builder to con- struct without any basement whereby quadreminiums would tower over nearby homes invading the privacy of these residents and also, destroying the natural sight lines for all home owners. No amount of screening could prevent this situation. Whereas, low income housing, no matter how desirable in Lino Lakes, should not be in the cen- ter of homes averaging approximately $80,000.00. This, in effect, would lower the property values of the area residents. Whereas, a project of this type could be a financial burden to the existing residents of Lino Lakes due to !the need for in- creased amenities. Mayor t3ourley asked if there were copies of this petition that could be left here, and Mr. Theimich said, Yes. Mr. Theimich said on a couple of occassions they had requested information and had not received what had been asked for and had come to meetings to lay on the table their concerns and had just wasted hours of everyone's time. Mr. Hook asked why this project has never been presented to RCWB and the DNR in the two years this plat has been in the process? Mayor Gourley said the procedure of the RCWB is that a project will not be considered until there has been a preliminary plat approval by the City Council. Mr. McLean asked the net acreage of the three lots that are in question? Mr. Black- bird said there is a 4,000 sq. foot requirement for each quad and all the lots ex- ceed that requirement. Mayor Gourley asked Mr. Meister to compute this area. Mr. Jaworski asked Mr. Blackbird if the EIW has been submitted? Mr. Blackbird said the form had been done and submitted to the City Planner and he had asked for ad- ditional information, this has been prepared and re- submitted to Mr. Short for his comments. This must be submitted by the City. Mr. Blackbird said there is no point in submitting this plat to either RCWB or the DNR until their preliminary plat has City approval. Mr. Jaworski questioned the denisty - Mr. Schumacher said the ordinance only sets forth the amount of land that is required per unit and does not address the density per se. Mr. Jaworski said the point he was trying to bring out was that the ordinance does not refer to bedrooms but rather requires the sq. footage, so therefore, when it comes to density, the matter of bedrooms cannot be used for measurement. Mr. Jaworski asked if these are to be low -cost housing - Mr. Blackbird said the cost had risen since the last estimated selling price and at the present time he felt the units would sell for approximately $55,000.00 and that is not low -cost housing. Mr. Kulaszewicz felt that some of the concerns of Mr. Benson's in that they had re- quested a meeting with the developer to discuss this plat - had this been done?