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11' .r d Howard R. Green Company August 7, 2001 File: 800115J-0240 Ms. Michele McPherson Director of Planning City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, Minnesota 55330-0490 RE: ELK RIVER CROSSING THIRD ADDITION Dear Ms. McPherson: As requested, we have reviewed the submittal for the Elk River Crossing Third Addition. The submittal was prepared by Cluts O'Brian Strother Architects and consisted of an existing conditions map and a proposed preliminary plat. • Elk River Crossing Third Addition consists of the replatting of Lots 3 , 4 and 5, Block 1 of Elk River Crossing and Lot 2, Block 1 of Elk River Crossing Second Addition. The proposed replat creates six new lots in a location currently occupied by four lots. The newly created lots would range in size from Lots 2 and 7 which are approximately three-quarters of an acre to Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 which are 1.2 to 1.45 acres in size. Glen Sundeen of the Elk River Municipal Utilities indicated at the staff review meeting that they have no facilities on any of the existing side lot lines with the exception of the 40-foot easement running from Zane Street to the lift station site on the Mn/DOT park and pool facility. Therefore, the vacation of these existing side lot easements should not create any problem. This will, however, need a separate process to vacate the existing side yard drainage and utility easements. Lot 2 has been determined previously to share access via the existing driveway to Lot 1 Elk River Crossing Second Addition. Therefore, limited access should be shown along the Zane Street frontage of Lot 2. As the remaining newly proposed lots develop, all opportunities should be investigated to minimize the number of access points onto Zane Street and maximize the amount of cross access and shared driveway opportunities. It should be noted that the placement of sanitary sewer and water services along with hydrants was based on the original plat of Elk River Crossing. The developers of the newly created lots should be required to work with the existing sewer and water services and hydrant locations to service the new lots. This may require easements from one lot to another. It appears that only Lot 7 may have difficulty getting sanitary sewer and water service from one of these existing • locations. O:\PROJ\800115)\02401Ltr-080701-McPherson.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN 55108 • 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389