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January 12, 2021 <br />Whitten Associates, Inc. <br />Attn: Timothy Whitten VIA EMAIL <br />4159 Heatherton Place tim@whittenassociates.com <br />Minnetonka, MN 55345 <br />Re: Shoreline Estates <br />File # LA20-000048 <br />Mr. Whitten, <br />The City has reviewed your revised, 6 lot plan received January 6, 2021. After careful review, we have the following <br />comments. <br />Lots/ Setbacks <br />1.I note that the bluff setback is shown for lot 5. Please show this same 30 foot setback for the bluff adjacent <br />to Lot 4. <br />2.The notation for lot area and dry-buildable area for lot 5 is difficult to read. Please clarify. <br />3.I note no entrance monument is proposed. Future monuments will conform to city regulations. <br />4.It appears that all lots meet the size and width requirements of the zoning district. <br />Average Lakeshore Setback <br />5.Please provide an exhibit showing the principal structure at 1100 Millston, and the distance of that <br />structure from Tanager Lake. This will be the ALS for lot 5 until the home at 990 Heritage Lane is built. <br />6.Wherever Average Lakeshore Setback is labeled, please re-label as “existing Average Lake Shore Setback”. <br />The future Average Lake Shore setback line will be applied as homes come in for permit. <br />Streets <br />7.Hennepin County has provided comments in a letter dated August 17, 2020, attached as Exhibit A. Their <br />comments include the need for a westbound right turn lane. <br />8.I note the label for the cul de sac length showing the length at 997 feet. <br />Utilities <br />9.The City engineering is completing his review of the engineering plans, any approval of the preliminary <br />plat will be subject to those comments. Those comments will be forwarded as soon as received. <br />10.Any preliminary plat approval will be conditioned on Watershed District Approval. Please verify <br />submission to the Watershed district. <br />Grading/ Landscaping <br />11.Please list all trees that will be removed due to grading and those that are anticipated to be removed due to <br />house pad preparation. <br />12.A landscaping plan must be provided. Street trees are required. One tree is required per 40 feet of street <br />frontage. The City Council has recently preferred trees to be installed in natural clumps, in lieu of 40’ on center <br />Council Exhibit A <br />Resolution Ex C