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1340 Baldur Park Road <br />Orono, MN 55391 <br />Mike Gaffron <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />August 10, 2011 <br />Re: Variance Application 11-3520, 1376 Baldur Park Road <br />And Court Order file #27-cv-08-23042 <br />Mr. Gaffron: <br />As new work is being planned to resolve access and parking issues at the end of Baldur <br />Park Road, hopefully the City will take the time to consider a well thought out, long-term <br />solution to this problem. <br />First, the Gronberg survey submitted with the above land use application 11-3520 at 1376 <br />Baldur Park Road is incomplete and inaccurate as follows: <br />1. The easement for driveway purposes described in Doc. #2513998, burdening Lot <br />20 and benefitting Lots 21 -33, is not shown. Attached is the court order #27-cv- <br />08-23042 which affirms the validity of that easement. <br />2. Also, the driveway easement shown over Wingerd's Lot 20 is incorrect. The <br />"reformed 12' driveway per Doc. No. 2518347" is valid only over Lots 21 -29. <br />The court order also states that " ... the (previous) Order (2518347) did not refer to <br />Lot 20 in any way." See Court MEMORANDUM Facts I. b. par. 2 and Analysis <br />III.d.2 par. 3. <br />As you know, adequate access to the neighboring Lots 21-33 has been an issue for many <br />years due to the Wingerds' failure to observe the full width of the above mentioned <br />easement. They have landscaped over part of the easement drastically reducing its width <br />to approximately 14' -16', and vehicles continuously parked within the easement have <br />exacerbated the problem. The Long Lake Fire Department is on record voicing its <br />concern about the passage of emergency vehicles at the end of Baldur Park Road. <br />The time has come to define a fire lane sufficient to serve Lots 21 -33, approved by the <br />City and enforced by the City. Previously it was proposed that Baldur Park Road be <br />extended over Lots 21 and 22. In so doing, the City snowplow would gain a place to <br />deposit snow to the West of the road on Lot 22. The remainder of Lots 21 and 22 to the <br />East of the road could be purchased by the owners of Lot 20 to create a legally <br />conforming½ acre lot in the LR-lC zoning district.