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B2-i4gl~5 05:21PM FROM CiTY OF [fiRM LRKE ]'0 942'?5545 ~ I ~ . . 15~44 Centrsl Avenue NE ' ~m L~e, ~nne~ F~ (612) ~-9599 ,. - EXe~ti~e ,Director ' , ~or~ ~t~o ~ayors As~o.ciati°n ~52~ .Sd~roo~ ,Crossing, ~u~te 5 ~e~ ~rl. Strauss: Ham~ Lake' ~i~y CO~ncil is'deeply concerned' ~ut ~he feint ~elease of'a 1995 'Legis~mtive Plan by. ~a~o~s ~Sso~iation. In ~e memorandum 'dat~ Janua~ 4, 19'95 fro~ Mayor.~illiam' Thompson ind Jgseph Strauss,~'~ outlines th~ it~ is focusing on stappigg urban sprawl "... an~. its hegaCi~e-.impacts on ~'e ~ver growihg cost of. pr6viding · in~rast~c%ure and related se~i'ccs..." Th that i~ is ~e gbml ~f N~ to for6e..development within ~ line, and to deter all reasonable deve'lopmeh% outside ~ ~SA line. ' ~ ' ' ' .Th~ Ci~ of Ham. ~ke feels. ~at this policy is unrealistic, Co~fis~%o~' of development rights that ha~a not been p~id f6~, a~d ignores %he'ne~ds of. %~ns o'f th~uzana~ of metro a~ea · . ' Aah ~ is' entirely ~utside of the ~Si line. · . ~wo basic soil t~es--peat and sand, The non-contiguoUs nature Df buildab!e !and makes. ~e. eXt~nsi°n of Sewer main · · ~nto~t~ CitY 'e~rem~l'y cOCky; ~ith no adjoining 'lands ~s~ess ~here mains cross peat, land, the Practicality of ever ~o~stru~;cting sewer syst~ is ve~ :d~ioDs. ACcordingly, the ~i~y o~ H~ ~ke' has. reacted by e~couraging clustering of hodslng in the buil.~ble area~, and' Obse~ing high standards ~n ~e ~ality of private seQer 'syst~s and water. A stu~' ' by:~:~9 ~oka cohse~ation District, 'nearing completion:~ is ~xpect~d to demonstrate that ground and Surface water ~ality ~n .Ham. :La~e meets P~. standards. " ~u~ residential density standards, 2.5 aCres'per.lot,. Anqugh.?° ~at, people desiring to S~divide can ..still 'do so ,.. mhd re~liz,e a reasonable'ecohomic ~eturn. The.,density is" also h~gh enough to continue to :attract' homeowhers desiring .