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JAMES R. RENCIaNs <br /> C� C <br /> .. 4680 Forestview Lane <br /> PIymouth,Minnesota 55442 <br /> (612)559-2380 <br /> April 2, 1999 <br /> Elizabeth Van Zomeren <br /> City Planner/Zoning Administrator <br /> Orono City Hall <br /> 2750 Kelley Parkway <br /> Orono,MN 55356 <br /> Re: James R.Renckens <br /> Class III Preliminary Plat Subdivision <br /> Zoning File No. 2466 <br /> Dear Ms.Van Zomeren: <br /> On March 15, 1999, the Orono Planning Commission recommended approval of the <br /> preliminary plat proposed by my wife and me. The Commission's approval was made subject to <br /> three conditions. Those conditions, and our responses to each,are as follows. <br /> 1. Provide 50' Outlot across north property line. <br /> We have chosen not to incorporate the recommended change into the preliminary plat that <br /> will be proposed to the City Council on April 12. We have a number of reasons for objecting to the <br /> 50' Outlot requirement. Please bear with us as we try to explain. <br /> First,creating a 50' Outlot along the entire Northerly property line makes it much more likely <br /> that a street will be constructed within the Outlot area. The construction of a street along the North <br /> property line would deprive our property of the privacy it now enjoys,and,for that reason alone,the <br /> property is less desirable and thus less valuable. <br /> Apart from value considerations,there are issues of safety and security.These considerations <br /> are adversely affected by the creation of a city street, which,-in addition to providing undesired <br /> access to our property,would serve as its primary purpose to make other properties situated to the <br /> North and East more accessible. With that increase in accessibility also comes more traffic and the <br /> resulting loss of privacy,safety and security. <br /> Creation of the 50' Outlot also raises issues with respect to fairness and the public interest. <br /> The neiehbors to our East in the Wear Lane neighborhood,as well as our neighbors to the West in <br /> the Crystal Creek neighborhood,are strongly opposed to the creation of such an access street. With <br /> respect to providing access to the North,the City could not have been'clearer in stating its written <br /> condition to the developer of the Crystal Creek subdivision when it declared in Resolution No.3 896 <br /> dated Mav 12, 1997 approving the Crystal Creek subdivision: <br />