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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />._) <br /> <br />) <br /> <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />Howard R. Green Company <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br /> <br />lltu'Lga;um <br /> <br />Formerly MSA <br />Consulting Engineers <br /> <br />May 19, 1999 <br />File: 230000M <br /> <br />Mr. Steve Wensman <br />. Planner <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />P.O. Box 490 <br /> <br />RE: HERITAGE LANDING DEVELOPMENT <br />REQUEST FOR REMOVAL FROM THE URBAN SERVICE AREA <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Wensman: <br /> <br />City Administrator Pat Klaers has asked us to review the request by Heritage <br />Landing Development for the removal of their parcel of land from the Urban Service <br />District. We have done this from strictly an engineering perspective. As you are <br />aware, Heritage Landing Development owns a small parcel of land, adjacent to TH <br />10 just west of Waco Street. The parcel is triangular in shape and actually has no <br />frontage on a city street. It does, however, have access from the highway. It has <br />been documented by MnDot that this highway access can be continued as the <br />property develops beyond an agricultural use. The west line of this property abuts to <br />Big Lake Township. There is a wetland complex existing approximately in the center <br />of the property. <br /> <br />In the future, it is the City's intent to realign Waco Street farther to the east. This is <br />in an effort to provide more room on the north side of the highway to configure an <br />intersection which will ultimately be signalized. This realignment of Waco Street <br />may make access to a city street from this property even more difficult. Given this <br />property's somewhat small size, its location in an extreme end of the Urban Service <br />Area, and its unique road access, we see no problem with removing it from the Urban <br />Service District. <br /> <br />We would caution, however, that if the developers petition to be included in the <br />Urban Service District in the future, there may be extraordinary costs associated <br />with providing sewer and water service to this site. These would result from a couple <br />of different items. First of all, the site was always intended to be served by lateral <br />sanitary sewer and water since it is on the extreme west end of the Urban Service <br />District. Most likely this service would come from the property lying immediately <br /> <br />1326 Energy Park Drive · 81. Paul, MN 55108 · 612/644-4389 fax 612/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 <br />