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V Z*''. hha-t- 1 /% wav A 6- GITYof ORONO Municipal Oflices Street Address; 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, MN 55356 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay. MN 55323-0066 December 18,1996 George Adams, M.D. 9581 Virginia Avenue Bloomington, MN 55438 Re: Proposed Street Vacation, Big Island Dear Dr. Adams: The City is in receipt of your letter of request and partial payment for a vacation of portions of the road dedicated in 1888 within the plat of "Pleasant View Lake Minnetonka" on Big Island. As Steve Weckman indicated in his December 10 letter, vacation of this road right-of-way absent a re-dedication of roadway at an alternate location may be inappropriate. While you may feel there is no practical need to maintain a public roadway at this location, we cannot predict the potential future public uses for such right-of-way, but it may very well be in the public's best interest to preserve some options. In order to better understand the potential ramifications of vacation, the City must answer a number of questions regarding lot line locations, access to adjacent properties, utility line locations, topography, etc. A complete application will require that you provide formal survey w'ork in the area being vacated, as well as detailed infomiation about all existing utilities using the right-of-way. We are especially concerned that access to the property to the east not be eliminated, since that property has not been declared unbuildable, and in fact is identified in City ordinances as being a Substandard Buildable Lot of Record. Further, that property has steep topography near the wetland and its owner may need to gain future access via the road right-of-way to a possible building site near the northwest comer of that lot. We are also concerned that vacating the road behind your property may eliminate the only viable vehicular access to properties along the shoreline to the northwest of you, which have extremely steep lakeshore banks and which may not otherwise be accessible. The types of vehicles which might have occasion to use the right-of-way (for instance on a one-time City permit) might include well drilling trucks, septic pumpers, construction vehicles, etc. Telephone (612) 473-7357 • FAX 473-4)510