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r <br />Nanc)' Krause and Dan Handlin <br />3860 North Shore Dr. <br />Mound, MN 55364 <br />NOV 2 7 1995 <br />NoN ’cmbcr 20, 1995 <br />John R. Gerhardson <br />Public Works Director City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay. MN 55323-0066 <br />Dear Mr. Gerhardson: <br />Enclosed is an agreement, made at the time of purchase, between the sellers and us. regarding securing <br />an easement for the driveway that encroaches on city properly, next to 3860 North Shore Dr, Orono. We <br />respectfully request city council assistance in resolving this issue. <br />First, we request a roadway easement, for use of lot 23 (unimproved city property) for the purpose of <br />access to our property via the aforementioned driveway. If an easement is unobtainable for some reason, <br />(within our budget limits), we will seek to purchase the property known as lot 23, block 7, Crystal Bay <br />View. <br />The reason we take this action is that unnecessary hardship weuld result, if we were forced to move the <br />driveway. First, the driveway is the only viable access to our garage. Second, if forced to “relocate" the <br />driveway, beautiful and old trees would have to be cut down. <br />Years ago the current driveway entrance vvjs built by the city (or county), to service a pumping station on <br />lots 23, 24, and 25. Previousownersofour properly, used the driveway entrance also. It became <br />common access for the city and owners of what is now our property. <br />On lot 22 (our property), should a new driveway have to be constructed, large mature trees, flowering <br />bushes, rock boulder landscaping, and flower gardens would also have to be destroyed, or uprooted. The <br />cost of doing this, would be more than monetary, for an attractive "years in the making" front yard, <br />which is home to various species of birds and squirrels, would be cut up. (^itc frankly, there is no other <br />viable access to our garage, and it is unreasonable to destroy these trees, which arc testimony to how long <br />this driveway access has been in c.xistcncc. Tlicrc is no longer a pumping station on the properly in <br />question, and we are ad\ ised that there is no other use for it than drainage. This would not change under <br />our proposal.