Agenda - Council - 05/22/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I i I i I I I I I I I I I I I On Monday, May 14, Mark Banwart, Ron Hetlund and I met with several of the affected property owners to view the property and discuss any alternatives to the proposed options. It should be noted that the homeowners expressed that they do not want the trail in their backyards. Among the possible alternatives which could be explored are: 1) Move the trail treadways as far as practical to the west within the easement and maintain a large buffer between the homes~ and the trial treadways. 2) Depress the trail and screen the east side. 3) Work with Anoka County to determine whether a portion of the Co. Rd. 83 ROW may be used for trail on the southerly end (Lot 1, Block 3 and portion of Lot 1, Block 1). 4) Develop an alignment utilizing a combination of road ROW, screening using westerly portion of easement and/or possible acquisition of additional land iramediately west of this plat. It was agreed that we would review construction plans for 83 and contact the County to explore ROW use and that we would seek the City attorney's advice regarding a possible meeting among the homeowners, developer and staff to attempt to arrive at an agreeable plan. As of this writing, we have not yet set up a meeting. Observations: Several peripheral concerns arise from this situation: 1) If the City acquired the easement in fee, the affected homeowners would need to receive assurance that the lots would not be considered substandard or nonconforming since they would be less than 2.5, acres in size. 2) Acquisition of a trial easement over the drainage and utility easement would be significantly lower than acquiring a similar property interest over adjacent land. 3) If the park land dedication is given up in favor of the landowners, the developer will not have met the required park dedication requirements. 4) Are any other plats recorded in a similar manner? Staff is searching the files to determine whether this is the case. Development agreements are now recorded with plats. This procedural change should alleviate future problems of a similar nature.