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Memo to the Mayor and City Council (P 96-11) Page 2 January 21, 1997 School Street. The platting and development of this site will involve eventually removing the existing administration building as well as the associated parking lot. Beyond the administration building, the property is presently vacant and extends northerly to the city property where the water tower is currently located. The property has a rising topography from south to north of approximately 30 feet. This natural rise will require the site to be developed in a series of descending steps from the north parcel down to the south parcel. The site will also have grading lowering some of the high points anywhere from 5 to 9 feet, and construction of ponds which will require cuts of anywhere from 12 to 16 feet. There is some existing vegetation around the administration building that will be required to be removed based on the proposed development plans. The existing pine trees along Highway 169 are located in Mn/DOT's right of way and based on the proposed plans, are not shown to be disturbed. However, I would anticipate a request to have some selective trimming of those trees in the Mn/DOT right of way for visibility purposes of the commercial businesses. Lot sizes The plat consists of four separate commercial lots. The lots range in size from I acre up to 1.4 acres. All four lots meet the minimum lot size requirement in the C3 district as well as the minimum frontage requirement. The property is proposed to be developed with common driveways and parking areas. Therefore, the lot lines have been drawn to permit each lot to stand on its own with sufficient parking for each business. Easements The plat includes the appropriate lot line easements throughout the plat. The plat also reflects a 30 foot utility easement along Highway 169 which currently exists as part of a recorded document. This 30 foot easement was established to extend the 24 inch watermain parallel to Highway 169 to serve this area. The plat will need to be modified to include drainage and utility easements over the proposed storm water ponding areas. In addition, there is an existing sidewalk on the north side of School Street between Highway 169 and Freeport which currently lies outside of the School Street right of way. This sidewalk is currently not within any type of easement or covered by an easement document. A condition of this plat will recommend the sidewalk be included on an easement for sidewalk purposes. s:kcouncil\p961 lxxx.doc