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Zoning hile #2065 September 14, 1995 Pace 5 Applicants ’ Basb for Vacation/Replat Applicants in their August 23. 1995 lener provide the following reasons for making the request: 1.It will remove several thousand square feet of hardcover and lessen the runoff of sal^s and oil from the street into the marsh and lake. 2. 3. 4. It will save the Citv the cost of maintaining the existing street It will reduce the number of car trips to and from Scotch Pine by lost people It will reduce the casual driver from turning down the street looking tor access to the lake. 5. It will make the area safer for children. 6. It will increase security to the existing homes. 7. It will improve the aesthetic view from the !.ake. It is difficult to argue against these mostly factual justifications for removing the street. However, while the vacation may be the most appropriate action for this neighborhood, the City has many similar existing situations involving short private cul-de-sacs which might make many of the same arguments. Approval of this request may open the door to similar requests by many similar neighborhoods. Comments by Public Works and Police Departments Public Works Director John Gerhardson has indicated he would support the proposal from the standpoint that it will reduce the City’s maintenance cost of this significant amount of roadway serving only three lots. He notes that the proposed new driveway location for Toles appears to be a good safe location with adequate sight distance. Police Chief Gary Cheswick similarly indicates that he sees no safety concerns with eliminating Scotch Pine Lane and adding a driveway, noting that it is a safe driveway location and there are so many driveways along County Road 51 that this one additional driveway will not have a traffic impact. While we have not discussed this specific proposal with the Long Lake Fire Chief. Plan^g Commission will recall that in the discussion with the Fire Chief earlier this year, Ae Fire Department preferred the use of loop roads rather than cul-de-sacs, but was concerned about fire