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6. In addition to the Minnegasco and NSP easements, additional easements tor the <br />existing municipal sewer and other existing utility lines will be rededicated <br />within the concurrent replat. <br />7. Upon vacation. ptMtions of the paved surface of Scotch Pine Lane arc intended <br />to be removed by the applicants and those areas filled and graded to provide <br />lawn areas with surface drainage, allowing the removal of the existing storm <br />sewer. <br />8. Unique findings which support the requested vacation with concurrent replat <br />include: <br />a. Net hardcover reductions of 2,033 s.f. will occur within an area ol the <br />shoreland overlay district that drains to Lake Minnetonka, and will <br />decrease the runoff of salts and oils directly to the wetland and lake. <br />b. <br />c. <br />d. <br />e. <br />f. <br />The Long Lake Fire Department has accepted the proposed driveway <br />surfacing plan which provides adequate fire equipment access and staging <br />capability. <br />Hennepin County Department of Public Works has granted preliminary <br />approval for the proposed new driveway directly on to North Shore Drive <br />(County Road 51). <br />This is the only three family cul-de-sac that drains into Lake Minnetonka <br />that can be easily revegetated to slow down the drainage over blacktop <br />into the lake. <br />This is the only three family cul-de-sac that involves a lake lot separated <br />into tax parcels. This separation requires the property owners to cross <br />a public cul-de-sac to gain access to their lakeshore. <br />Tliis is the only three family cul-de-sac that attracts strangers looking for <br />access to the lake. Removing it vvill decrease the number of trips on to <br />and off of North Shore Drive. <br />Pane 3 of 6