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Francis Kulacki, Jane H. Davidson 1020 Old Long Lake Road Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 March 9, 2018 The City Council The City of Orono 2750 Kelly Parkway Orono, Minnesota 55356 RE: Safety and traffic issues related to the proposed 4 home use of a single driveway for 1070 W Wayzata Dear Mayor Walsh and Orono City Council: We are writing as concerned citizens about the proposed development of the parcel at 1070 W Wayzata Blvd as it impacts public safety on Old Long Lake Rd in Orono. A division of the 1070 parcel into four buildable lots has been proposed by James Koch. The preliminary plat was approved by the Long Lake City Council on March 6, 2018. The 4 lots share a single driveway. This driveway will connect to Old Long Lake Road near the intersection of Old Long Lake Rd and CR 112 and the intersection of Old Long Lake Rd East Long Lake Rd when the CSAH Phase 11 reconstruction is complete. The modified driveway design approved by Orono for CSAH Phase II is shown below. The driveway to 1070, which would be shared by 4 homes if approved, is to the south closest to Hwy 112. The second driveway to the north serves three homes (1010-1030 Old Long Lake Rd) which were built in 1985; this drive has a grandfathered use for multiple homes granted when 1070 W Wayzata was subdivided initially. Both driveways will be privately maintained and both will extend about 80 feet beyond the current driveways due to the reconfiguration of the intersection of Old Long Lake Rd and Hwy 112 for CSAH Phase I1. Although the homes are in Long Lake, the extended driveways lie entirely in the City of Orono and terminate in Orono on Old Long Lake Rd. 1---�Ro h[i vnx [nn[xtr E��revr _ fqE n { Although we approved the conceptual design of the extended driveways in 2017, we did so with the understanding that neither Long Lake nor Orono is willing to maintain a public road serving the