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FROM : DF PECK CONSULTING PHONE NO. : 484 7421 Now. 30 1995 ll:24AM P2 Novomber 29, 1995 Ms. Sylvia Frolik zoning Ad~inistrator City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. Ram~ey, Mn. 55303 Re: Northfork Itasca Shores'Addition Dear Ms. Frolik: This letter is written in support of North Pork's subdivision application for the pla~ of "Northfork Itasca Shores Addition", hereinafter "Itasea Shores". Copies of the Preliminary Plat and Grading and Drainage Plan have been submitted'under separate cover. The area in¢Iuded in the plat is all a portion of Outlet C, Northfork Moors Addition. The Itasca Shores plat consists of 1]. Lot~ and two Outlets. Each Lot has at least 80,000 square feet of acreage and each b~ilding site is setback more than 150 feet from the normal high water mark of Lake Ires=a, so as to meet the require- ments of the City's Shoreland Or~nance. The plat would be serviced by an 1100 foot cul-de-sac known as "ItaBca Circle!!. It is understood that the cul-de-sac exceeds the C~ty approved length and that a Variance would have to be' granted. NOrth Pork would ask the the Variance be granted based on the following facts= 1) Even given its length there are on~y ll lots'E~onting on the Cul-de-sac; 2) Direct access to 153rd Avenue (a State Aid Road) is averted~ 3) Ae~thetically, the cul-de-sac is the b~st way to create a community; 4) To enhance school bus and emergency vehicle access an expanded turning radius has been included at the end of the cul-de-sac with a landscaped island in its center; and 5)%~Wo~d - retain options for alternative type of development on Outlet A. Under previous Agreements North Pork was r~quired to supply a designated trail corridor across Outlot C to connect to land previously dedicated for trail use, lying west of 153rd. Avenus. This corridor is as indicated on the Plat. In addition to this requirement a 30 foot wide trail corridor from Itasoa Circle ct the main trail corridor'is provided. No other Park Dedication is required. All ~to=n Eewer water runoff generated by this plat, a~ well as ex/sting runoff along And~ie Street north from 1S3rd Avenue':to proposed Itasca Circle, a length of approximately 400 feet. will be channeled east along Itasca Circle to a settlement area and ultimate~y to Lake Itasca. Th~s should mitigate to some extent the runoff Developed by North Fork, Inc. 713 Bradford Ave. No., Champlln, MN 55316 · 421-7147 · Sales - 42~-8281 ,I i