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CASE # REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL OF THE DIAMONDS, A MINOR SUBDIVISION; CASE OF GARY GRUBER AND JIM MARTIN By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: The City of Ramsey has received an application for a minor subdivision to be entitled The Diamonds, which consists of a replat of Ouflot C in Tooth Acres. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) 0 Site location map Proposed final plat Draf~ Planning Commission meeting minutes dated March 12, 1998 City staff review letter dated March 18, 1998 Proposed development agreement Proposed resolution for final plat approval Observations: The purpose of the replat is to replace the outlot designation on the subject property with a lot and block number so that it will be eligible for a building permit; no new lots are being created. The platting process necessary to change the title of the property from an outlot to a lot is subject to the current moratorium on subdividing and rezoning. Council granted Mr. Martin an exception to the moratorium on March 10. The plat is 16.6 acres in size and consists of one lot and one outlot. The pm'pose of the outlot is to preserve a corridor for the future extension of a highway frontage road, Riverdale Drive. That outlot will be deeded to the City. The one lot in the plat greatly exceeds the 1/2 acre minimum lot size,.100 foot lot width, and 150 foot lot depth requirements. The plat is bounded on the east by the Traprock Street easement. In a meeting with the Anoka County Parks Department and Highway Department, it was determined that there is no current or future public purpose in Traprock Street. Access to the Mississippi West Regional Park from Traprock is not proposed by the County. The one lot in The Diamonds plat has highway frontage and access to the future highway frontage road, Riverdale Drive. The current Traprock easement represents the location of Mr. Huseby's private driveway Mr. Huseby has a life estate on the park property to the south. Therefore, it has been determined appropriate to vacate Traprock Street to the County and the County in turn, will grant the owner of Lot 1 in the plat an easement across their property for access purposes until such time as Riverdale is constructed and provides access to The Diamonds. However, the construction of Riverdale could adversely impact on/off ramps for a future Mississippi River bridge crossing in this area. The County has offered that if the City preserves the corridor by not requiring the construction of Riverdale Drive q