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Star`atec September 5, 2014 Heather Butkowski City Administrator City of Lauderdale 1891 Walnut Street Lauderdale, MN 55113 Stantec Consulting Services Inc. 2335 Highway 36 West St. Paul MN 55113 Tel: (651) 636-4600 Fax: (651) 636-1311 Re: Luther Seminary Preliminary Plat File No. 193801702 Dear Heather: We have reviewed the preliminary plat for the Luther Seminary Addition. The plat.survey is dated 9-03- 2014. We have the following comments with regards to engineering matters: A drainage and utility easement should cover the rocked stormwater pond overflow and extend to the parking lot curb. This would require modifications to the proposed easements in Lot 1. The ingress and egress easement Document No. 2164610 should be examined to determine if it covers access to the existing building south of Lot 1. If it does not, an additional ingress and egress easement should be provided. The grade of Lot 2 generally slopes east to west and gravity utilities such as storm water and sanitary sewer would naturally be designed to flow east to west. Not providing gravity utility easements across Lot 1 for Lot 2 increases the future cost to develop Lot 2. Either easements would need to be negotiated at a future date or it is likely that pumping of sanitary sewer would be required up to Hoyt Avenue or the Carl Street and Idaho Avenue intersection. This statement should not be considered by the applicant that the city engineer is requiring these easements, but rather for discussion at the city council level. - Lot 2's only access to a public right of way will be Hoyt Avenue at the southeast corner. By approving this preliminary plat, the city may someday be compelled to allow this section of Hoyt Avenue to be improved to a city street. If you have any questions, please contact me at (651) 604-4894 or darren.amundsenRstantec.com. Sincerely, Stantec Darren Amundsen cc: Jim Bownik Design with community in mind