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Planning Commission Minutes — April 8, 2004 <br />possible connections to CSAH 8/14 would be to the east or west of the present <br />connection. The initial improvements to a rural road would be paid for by the developer; <br />however, when the road was improved as an urban road, properties owners benefiting <br />from it would be required to pay their share according to any assessment policies adopted <br />by the communities in which their property is located. The developer would escrow <br />money for their portion of these future improvements. Since Lino Lakes owns half of the <br />road, it is likely the improvements to an urban road would be triggered by development <br />on the west side of Elmcrest. <br />Commissioner McRoberts asked if speed limit signs would be posted and enforced. The <br />Planner said they could do so in compliance with State code. <br />Chairman Schumann opened the public hearing. <br />Len Pratt was present and introduced his partners in development. <br />Pratt provided a brief history on the site for the new public school site. He said he felt it <br />was apparent to him and others that Hugo needed an additional school. After meeting <br />with the school district, he and his partners agreed to give the City the land for the school. <br />He realized another access was needed into the sites so he acquired the Powers and <br />Neeser properties. He explained how the school site would be laid out and how it <br />complimented the open space to the west of the site. Pratt justified the conditions of the <br />PUD by explaining that they were preserving a significant amount of woodland area and <br />natural resources. <br />Pratt showed the types of townhomes they were proposing to construct and explained the <br />variety of single family home choices available. <br />Chairman Schumann opened the public hearing. <br />Arine Triemert said he felt Pratt did his best to work with the neighbors by agreeing to <br />remove a road on the plat that extended to the south. Triemert said the area was only to <br />be single family homes according to the Everton Avenue plan, and the developer was <br />asking for much higher density than the plan intended. <br />John Udsten agreed with Triemert that Pratt was getting more homes than the plan <br />intended and that Pratt had gone out of his way to work with the neighbor but he wanted <br />to see heavy buffering between the homes and the agricultural property to the south. <br />David Gratezer, 7306 24th Avenue, Lino Lakes, said he was the owner of the apple <br />orchard on the west side of Elmcrest and asked if Elmcrest was to be the main entrance <br />into the development. Gratezer said that Lino Lakes had no plans at this time to improve <br />Elmcrest or to connect Otter Lake with CSAH 14. He questioned what would happen <br />when the road deteriorated. He pointed out the dangerous situation at the intersection of <br />CSAH 8/14 and Elmcrest. <br />Commissioner McRoberts agreed that the traffic was very congested at that intersection. <br />-7- <br />