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1 <br /> To: John Gerhardson, Public Works Director <br /> From: Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator <br /> Date: April 4, 1995 <br /> Subject: Hillside Place/Dahl Request for Wallace Avenue Access <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> A - 1908 Plat of Wallace Addition <br /> B - 1911 Replat of Lots 42 and 43, etal. <br /> C - Current Plat Map <br /> D - Topography with Plat Overlay, 1" = 50' <br /> E - Dahl Survey <br /> F - Staff Letter 3/22/94 <br /> G - Staff Letter 4/26/94 <br /> H - Engineer's Letter 8/8/94 <br /> I - Staff Memo to Planning Commission 8/9/94 <br /> J - Planning Commission Minutes 8/15/94 <br /> K - Staff Memo to Council 9/8/94 <br /> L - City Council Approval Resolution 9/12/94 <br /> M - Council Minutes 9/12/94 <br /> N - Agreement Between Segner and Marinos 10/27/94 <br /> I'd like to provide some comments and documents in relation to the Grace Dahl request <br /> for access to the Hillside Place property from Wallace Avenue: <br /> 1. The 1908 plat of "Wallace's Addition to the Village of Minnetonka Beach" shows <br /> that Wallace Avenue did not exist at that time. Lot 43 abutting Bayview Place <br /> extended north to the railroad right-of-way. <br /> 2. In 1911 Lots 42 and 43 were replatted into four perpendicular lots, the rear three <br /> of which would have been landlocked if the 20' Wallace Avenue right-of-way had <br /> not been created. Wallace Avenue was dedicated to the public on that plat. It <br /> seems obvious that Wallace Avenue was created to serve these new lots, and to <br /> give each of them frontage on a roadway, but this can't so easily be construed as <br /> being intended to provide access to Lot 44, which already had access to Hillside <br /> Place. Further, it should be noted that if Wallace Avenue was to be vacated <br /> today, the entire 20' width would revert to the owners of 2200 Bayview Place, <br /> the Matson's. <br /> 3. There is an argument to be made that it would not be in the City's best interest <br /> to vacate Wallace Avenue because it might be needed for future utilities (for <br /> instance, bringing City water to Lot 44 from Bayview Place). There is, of <br /> course, a significant difference between the benign existence of utilities as <br /> opposed to an active driveway use. <br />