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NovSmber 12 1984 Thei Honorable Mayor and City Council city of Ramsey City Hall RamSey, Minnesota 55303 Dear Mayor and Council: In iSeptember I appeared before the City Council with the proposed drawing of the final version of the planned unit development knoWn as Rum River Hills. This project had previously received the approval of the City Council, has had its public hearings, pursuant to the Planned Unit Development Ordinance, and, in its orilginal version, had apparently received the blessing of the Met~ropolitan Council as far as its conformance with the City's comprehensive plan. The original version of the planned development called for a golf course, combined with a ten acre commercial parcel, a three acre commercial parcel for the club house facilities, two outlots for future development, and 20 single family residential lots. The overall density of the pro!ject was somewha~ in excess of one lot per seven acres. The! north 30 acres of this parcel had previously been assessed fomi street improvements, and received a total between seven and eight assessments of $1400 each, contemplating at least seven to eight lots being constructed on that 30 acres, under the City's for~mer two and a half acre per lot density. After the assessment hadi been levied, the City's comprehensive plan was adopted, and a pa~it of the City's reasoning and agreeing to the lower density waSl the fact that this northerly 30 acres had been assessed at a muc~h higher density. It was agreed between the City and the DeVlelopers that some compromise could be worked out through the planned unit devel~opment concept. The! final version, after refining all of the various plans, doing englineering studies, and the like, has only two fundamental cha!nges from the original version. First of all, instead of two outilots for future development, there is only one outlot, which is !!unbuildable with that designation. Secondly, .and apparently morle significantly, we have requested that there be 23 single family residential lots as opposed to the 20 originally proposed. We !ioffer the following justification for the increase in number RUM RIVER HILLS. I A Planned Unit Developm, ent ~ ~'~~ I i I I I I I I I I I I I I