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Medtronic Review <br />October 5, 2005 <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />Easements <br /> <br />Perimeter drainage and utility easements will be taken with this plat, although the exact <br />dimensions and locations are yet to be determined. It is likely that easements will be taken <br />over all ponds, wetlands and storm water conveyance systems. There are existing <br />easements associated with the Northstar Industrial Park and Northstar Industrial Park 2nd <br />Addition plats that will need to be vacated. There is an easement toward the east end of the <br />Medtronic CRM preliminary plat protecting a Met Council Environmental Services sanitary <br />sewer interceptor, buried thirty feet underground. This will remain unchanged. <br /> <br />Right of Way <br /> <br />No internal road system will be needed with this development. There is however excess right <br />of way shown on the preliminary plat that is proposed for vacation: Ardan Avenue, Edgewood <br />Drive and Jackson Drive. These rights of way were originally platted with the Laport <br />Meadows subdivision from the 1940s yet were never improved. According to the City <br />Charter, excess right of way (as well as any excess easement) is vacated by ordinance. <br /> <br />Park Dedication Fees <br /> <br />Consistent with Chapter 1202, a park dedication fee would be applicable with this subdivision <br />of land. Normally the City will assess a fee of either five or ten percent of the land value less <br />improvements, as determined by Ramsey County. The 2006 County assessed valuation of <br />the land being subdivided is $7,500,000. Assuming a ten percent dedication, the City would <br />expect to receive $750,000. In this case, the amount of the dedication--$865,000--was <br />agreed upon during the contract negotiations based on the purchase price of the land. The <br />dedication fee will be paid at the time of building permit application. <br /> <br />Comprehensive Plan Consistency <br /> <br />The division of land as proposed by the preliminary plat would be consistent with the <br />Comprehensive Plan, as amended by the City Council and approved by the Metropolitan <br />Council. The Future Land use Map designates this land as “Office” which is the use planned <br />with this subdivision. <br /> <br /> <br />