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The City Staff Report indu'.ites that the staff desires that we create a 50 foot wide road outlet vn.ii a cul-de-sac since the private driveway would now serve three residential linits. The staff report further recommends that the private driveway be widened. They indicate that a width of 24 feet would he appropriate now that the driveway would serve three homes. It has been our belief and that of our Consultant, Sathre- Bergquist, Inc., that it has been City policy to allow three homes to be served by a common private driveway (but if a fourth home is added ^e driveway must be converted into a private road and built to standards resembling those of a private or public road). We are frwikly surprised that the City is asking us to change the character of this driveway. We thought that we were proposing a division that was consistent with the City’s F»licy relating to private driveways. We very mi^h want to maintain the character and feel of the country lane as it exists now. We have proposed the division of the property in such a way as to tuck the future home back into the wooded hillside. We have done this to maintain the character and charm of this area. We are opposed to the widening of the driveway from a philosophical standpoint. It se^ to us that this driveway is adequate to support the existing and future residents. We believe that the introduction of widening and a cul-de- sac turnaround would be more disruptive then it would be beneficial. The Planning Commission asked questions about the development of the new Lot 1 on the preliminary plat. They wondered whether or not there was a site plan available showing the home and driveway to be build on We propose to sell the lot to a buyer who would custom design the homes!te and driveway. It has been our belief that the homesite would be toward the north and west portion of the lot with the driv^y from the new home going straight west to the conrvon private driveway. Several years ago Sathre-Bergquist, Inc. prepared a conceptml drawing showing driveway access to the lot. We attach a copy of this concept for your review. This is our best guess. It has been the desire of Woodhill Country Club to maintain the visual character of this area. We propose to subdivide a Lot f^ our Outlot but propose to do so in a manner that would not m^e the new homesite nor home within it obvious nor dominant over the balance of the neighborhood. We must express our opposition to changes in the driveway and the loss of trees necessary to widen the existing driveway. It is our firm belief that the existing driveway does and will continue to serve the existing and future residents very adequately.