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Memo to Mayor and City CounciUP 95-8 Page 2 <br />March 18, 1996 <br /> <br />anticipated to be developed at some point in the future with city water and <br />sewer. The natural characteristics of the property are similar to the <br />Lafayette Woods property further to the east which consists of dramatic <br />topography and heavily wooded with a variety of oaks, elm, cherry, birch and <br />aspen. Included in the Planning Commission report is a letter from Tim <br />Edgeton, County Forest Resource Specialist, describing the vegetative cover <br />and condition of the subject property. <br /> <br />The lot sizes within the proposed plat range from slightly over 10,000 square <br />feet up to 34,568 square feet. The overall density of this subdivision is <br />approximately 1.9 units per acre. <br /> <br />Access off County Road No. I <br /> <br />As previously mentioned, access to this development will be directly off <br />County Road No. 1. The location of this access point is consistent with <br />Sherburne County's plans in upgrading County Road No. I and the <br />realignment of County Road No. 44 immediately to the west. County Road <br />No. 44's realignment to County Road No. I would create a 4-legged <br />intersection at the point were access is being provided to this development. <br /> <br />Northwest Corner of the Plat <br /> <br />As the proposed plat was submitted to the Planning Commission, staff felt <br />that the proposed road alignment between the DNR stream and existing <br />home could be accomplished with minimal impact to the DNR stream on the <br />west and existing home on the east. However, since the Planning <br />Commission meeting on February 27, staff has had a chance to meet with <br />Dan Lais from the Department of Natural Resources, and evaluate this area <br />of the plat in more detail. To begin with, the DNR has expressed a concern <br />(see attached letter), regarding the impact to the protected waterway. The <br />DNR's first position would be to have the proposed plat designed around the <br />natural resource, rather than impacting the resource to accommodate the <br />plat. <br /> <br />The proposed plat not only has an impact to the natural waterway as a result <br />of the road location, but also includes grading and removal of vegetation <br />along the banks of this waterway. This grading activity concerns the DNR <br />from the standpoint of increasing the likelihood of additional erosion and <br />sediment entering the waterway and working its way towards Lake Orono. <br /> <br />To complicate matters, the location of the existing house is preventing the <br />road from completely avoiding the DNR stream. If in fact, a road is to be <br />finessed between the DNR stream on the west and the house on the east, it is <br /> <br />s:kcouncil\p95-8x.doc <br /> <br /> <br />