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Mr. Pete Raatikka September 6, 1988 Page Two Size Number of Lots 3.75 - 4.0 acres 4 4.0 - 4.25 acres 4 4.25 - 4.5 acres 3 Over 4.5 acres 17 Each non-cul-de-sac lot has 200 feet of frontage along its abutting roadway. Each lot meets the City's requirement that .625 acres (25% of a 2.5 acre lot) of such lot consists of Class A type buildable soils. Attention has been given to meeting the City's 5horeland Ordinance requirements. Easements over the rear 100 feet or so of various lots will be given to the golf course in order to create an appropriate "sphere of influence". This easement area would be maintained by the golf course developer and be available to the lot owner for. use in his septic drainfleld if necessary. At Rum River Hills the golf course developer owned this "sphere of influence" and gave easements to the lot owners. The area lying generally east of Andrle Street and north of 153rd Avenue has not been changed from prior submittals. North Fork,.Inc. has already granted easements to the City for a 30 acre park east of Lake Itasca and adjacent to the existing Clty Park and a 60 foot wide trall corridor connecting that park wlth the Trott Brook area north of the PUD. Though a definite easement has been given It is understood that this easement may be modified to accomodate North Fork's platting needs or to minimize the City's construction costs. North Fork Is also required to dedicate to the Clty, at the Clty's direction, a vehicular'access to the dedicated park area. It is posslble that such access could come through the Whispering Pines plat along an existing roadway system. It Is our understanding, however, that the City would prefer to make such a connection via the proposed cul-de-sac extending northward from 153rd Avenue southeast of Lake Itasca. This ~ould require the modlflcatton or ellmlnatlon of Lot 4, Block 3, Northfork Slxth. Also as previously proposed the area lying south'of Lake Itasca and north of 153rd Avenue remains open space. North Fork represented in the ElS that the natural habitat south of the lake would be malntalned. The City and North Fork need tO resolve the Issue of a roadway connection to existing 164th Avenue or Okapi Street in the Northeast corner of the PUD. In the area south of 153rd Avenue a IO lot cul-de-sac has been added to be integrated with the front nine of the golf course and some addltlonal ponding. It Is understood that the proposed cul-de-sac somewhat exceeds the maximum length allowed by City Code but it does not appear to be an unreasonable use of the property and a similar type variance was granted in the Rum River Hills plat. Alternative development not requiring a variance ls possible but would require two accesses on the State Aid 153rd Avenue. The 0NR has no problem with additional ponding in this area. The proposed revised concept plan also incorporates the extension of 153rd Avenue to its Intersection with Highway 10. It Is our understanding that this extension will be bullt by the City in 1989 and the same has been represented to potentlal golf course developers.