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Ms. Sylvia Frolik Page Two April 29, 1991 concept plan called for a looped road servicing lots along the eastern edge of the?PUD. The road alignment of the current proposed plat is consistent with the concept plan, contemplating the eventual connection of the proposed 159th Avenue NW with 163rd Avenue already partially platted as part of Northfork Third° I I I I I I I I The proposed 159th Avenue NW extends approximately 2200 feet across the plat. North Fork proposes a temporary cul-de-sac at the eastern terminus of the plat. The extension of 159th Avenue NW to intersect with 163rd Avenue would at this time be cost prohibitive. Use of the proposed roads would be limited to lot buyers and prospective lot buyers° North Fork understands that any further extension of either 163rd Avenue or 159th Avenue would probably entail the completion of the roadway loop. Lot Size. At the time of the preliminary plat approval of Northfork Fifth in June of J990 the City modified the PUD lot size requirements to make them consistent with requirements imposed on other non-sewered developments. North Fork understands these requirements to be that each non-cul-de-sac lot have at least 160 feet of frontage and that each lot be at least one acre in size. All lots in the proposed plat meet this requirement. The average lot size is 1o9 acres. There are five lots that are between J~O acres and !~5 acres° In the Sixth Supplemental Declarat~6n.'. of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Northfork, North Fork represents to the homeowners that in the entire Northfork PUD no more than 29 lots shall be less than 1.5 acres in ~ize. This Declaration is of record in the Court House. Soil Quality~ The Ramsey City Code requires that 25~ of the area of all unsewered lots be Class 1 soils as that is defined in the City Code. When the City agreed to lower the lot size requirements for theNorthfork PUD, North Fork represented that it would maintain ~625 acres of Class 1 soils on each lot (25% of the original 2.5 acre average). All lots with the possible exception of Lots I through 4, Block 2, clearly meet that criteria. It may be that the lots in Block 2 may need some soil correction to meet this requirement~ At the suggestion of Steve Jankowski, your engineer, soil tests are being conducted on these lots and the necessary data should be available in time for the public hearing. Shoreland Ordinance. All lots lying within a 1000 feet of the shoreline of Lake Itasca are required by City Code to have at least 80,000 square feet of area~ Lots 6 through 11 in Block 1 all are subject to the Shoreland Ordinance and all contain more than 80,000 square feet (].8 acres)° I I I I I Park Dedication. The May 9, 1989 Park Dedication Agreement for the Northfork PUD describes the land to be given for park dedication for the portion of the PUD lying north of 153rd Avenue NW and east of Andrie Street N~V. Most of that requirement was met with the conveyance of "Park 1 and Park 2" in the ~lat of Northfork Trail Addition. We trust the foregoing outlines our proposal and if you have any questions or need any additional information, please let us know. It is our understanding that a public hearing on the proposed plat will be had before the Planning Commission on May 7th We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. DJ'rector of Development