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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 7, 2004 APPROVED 1 on the east side of the City with the Metropolitan Council including Mr. LaCasse's 2 property. 3 4 Councilmember Carlson inquired about the traffic if Mr. LaCasse's property were 5 subdivided. Community Development Director Grochala advised subdividing the 6 property would only result in 3-5 lots. There will be another development behind Mr. 7 LaCasse's property. There are discussions about paving Elmcrest due to that additional 8 development. 9 10 Councilmember Carlson asked if the City would be legally obligated to allow others to 11 hook up to the system if a line is constructed in Hugo. Community Development 12 Director Grochala advised the City will not be obligated to allow others to hook up to the 13 system. The depth of the line is such that it cannot service many properties. 14 15 Councilmember Carlson stated the City has to be sure to keep peace with the other 16 residents in the area and keep them informed about the project. 17 18 The Council directed staff to move forward with the City of Hugo regarding sanitary 19 service for Mr. LaCasse. 20 21 PHEASANT HILLS 12TH (ISLAND) EAW UPDATE, JEFF SMYSER 22 23 City Planner Smyser distributed a packet of information regarding the Pheasant Hills 24 Preserve 12th Addition Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW). The information 25 included correspondence with the developer since the public comment period ended in 26 October. Staff requested more information from the developer for the EAW. Some of 27 that information has been submitted, but other issues are not resolved. At some point in 28 the future the City has to decide if a full Environmental Impact Statement will be 29 required. There are still questions about the bridge and property boundaries. 30 31 Mayor Bergeson stated that he believes the property boundary questions can be answered. 32 He asked what information is still needed for the bridge. 33 34 City Planner Smyser stated staff has no information on what the bridge will look like. 35 Staff needs to know the visual impacts of the bridge to include in the EAW. 36 37 Mr. Ed Vaughan, developer, referred to a drawing and pointed out the location of the 38 property boundaries. 39 40 Community Development Director Grochala stated the City needs the final legal 41 documentation to verify the property boundaries. 42 43 Mr. Vaughan stated he would get the legal documentation from Anoka County. He 44 distributed a picture of a bridge indicating that is the type of bridge he is proposing. He 45 stated he has talked to the DNR and they have indicated what type of bridge would be 46 allowed. The bridge would be four feet above the 100 -year flood level at its highest 47 point. US Bridge has indicated a galvanized bridge should last approximately 45 years.