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CITY of ORONO December 7, 2001 Mr. William Franklin 1730 New Brighton Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55413 Street Address: 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, MN 55356 RE: BALD UR PARK ROAD BUILDING SITES UTILITY EASEMENT Dear Mr. Franklin: Municipal Offices Mailing Address: P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 This letter is in response to your and Mr. Hessburg's proposal to replat the Baldur Park properties and to provide a public sewer easement for sewer access to the building sites at the end of the point. We are prepared to provide the utility easement document for your and Pauline Franklin's signatures, however we are correcting the legal description since we believe a portion of the existing driveway is located on a neighboring property. The easement must be changed to follow your property line. We are making that correction. Following a preliminary review of the issues involved with replatting and developing the properties the City is taking this opportunity to provide direction on several items. City policy has been to require private driveways to serve no more than two residences. Your proposal to plat two additional building sites would make the total properties at the end of Baldur Park Road to three, thus requiring the road be extended to the end of the peninsula. Due to the narrow width of the peninsula and the additional hardcover that would be required to provide adequate width for a road it may not be necessary to plat a road, but rather propose a shared driveway for the three properties. Baldur Park Road is a street without an outlet and is without an adequate turning radius at the end of the street. We would recommend a cul-de-sac be constructed at the end of the existing road, over existing Lots 21 or 22 rather than extend the existing street and provide a cul-de-sac at the end of the street. The cul-de:-sac should be constructed and dedicated to the public as right-of-way. City standards are for a 50' radius right-of-way and 40' pavement width. You have indicated you would prefer to utilize the existing private driveway for access to the two new building sites. That would require a front lot/back lot subdivision with the creation of a private driveway outlot. The private driveway would be owned and maintained by the three individual Telephone (952) 249-4600 • Fax (952) 249-4616 www.ci.orono.mn.us