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1l. Call Public Hearing Date on Lake Lucy Road Street & Utility Extension Projecti J CITY OF U ' CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Charles Folch, Director of Public Works /City Engineer DATE: June 3, 1994 Dm! 69 CV Administrator l�eJe�te 7 _ nat r - 7- � - ,we DW Wmifted to Commission Deb Submitted to C aQ 6 "I , 3 - 9y SUBJ: Call Date to Continue Public Hearing on Lake Lucy Road Extension Between Galpin Boulevard and Trunk Highway 41; Authorize Preparation of Plans and Specifications (Continued from 4/12/93) Project No. 92 -12 1 A public hearing was held at the City Council's regular meeting on April 12, 1993 concerning ' the feasibility study for the extension of Lake Lucy Road between Trunk Highway 41 and Galpin Boulevard. This project was initially petitioned by two property owners, the Westside Baptist Church and property owned by Gestach/Paulson/Klingelhutz, amassing nearly 36 acres ' immediately east of Trunk Highway 41. The long -term function of this proposed roadway segment was and still is to provide continuity for the existing Lake Lucy Road collector roadway by extending west from its current terminus at Galpin Boulevard to Trunk Highway 41. Since ' only the westerly half of the affected properties between Galpin Boulevard and Trunk Highway 41 petitioned for this project, the improvements were proposed to be staged. Stage I would only be constructed from Trunk Highway 41 and extended east through the petitioning properties. It ' was anticipated that the remaining extension of this roadway (Stage H) east to Galpin Boulevard would not occur unless the affected property owner /owners petitioned for the improvement or ' significant future development in this area would deem this connection as necessary for the community and/or for health and safety reasons. ' During the process of preparing the feasibility, it became apparent that the Westside Baptist Church no longer had an interest in this project and had subsequently rescinded their project petition. Since the road needed to cross through the church property in order to serve the ' Gestach/Paulson/Klingelhutz property, the church's lack of participation for all intents and purposes had temporarily stalled the project. As such, the public hearing was tabled indefinitely. Staff has recently been contacted by the Gestach/Paulson/Klingelhutz partnership again regarding Jerome Carlson's purchase of the property previously owned by Westside Baptist Church and a renewed commitment by all parties to proceed with this improvement project. Staff has had a MEMORANDUM Don Ashworth June 3, 1994 Page 2 meeting with these land owners (Gestach/Paulson/Klingelhutz and Carlson) including the Ryans ' who own property immediately west of Galpin Boulevard, and the project engineer to discuss presenting a supplemental report to the City Council and calling for a formal public hearing. Notice of this public hearing has been sent to the appropriate property owners and published in ' the newspaper. It is therefore recommended that the City Council formally call a new public hearing on the Lake ' Lucy Road Extension between Trunk Highway 41 and Galpin Boulevard, Project No. 92 -12 to be held at their regular meeting on Monday, June 13, 1994. ' jms Attachments: 1. City Council Minutes from April 12, 1993. 2. Staff report dated April 6, 1993. ' c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer Bill Engelhardt, Engelhardt & Associates Dave Gestach, Gestach & Paulson Construction ' Brian Klingelhutz, Klingelhutz & Geis Jerome Carlson Edward & Mary Ryan ' 6:\ag \chrleslcclluq -2 /, /t. � f CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING APRIL 12, 1993 Acting Mayor Wing called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilman Wing, Councilman Mason, Councilman Senn, Councilwoman Dockendorf and Mayor Chmiel arrived during discussion on item 5. STAFF PRESENT: Todd Gerhardt, Paul Krauss, Charles Folch, Roger Knutson, Tom Chaffee, Todd Hoffman, and Don Ashworth APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Councilman Mason moved, Councilwoman Dockendorf seconded to approve the agenda with the following addition by Councilman Wing: At the end of the regular meeting the Council will be meeting with the City Attorney in a closed session to discuss some proposed litigation. All voted in favor of the agenda as amended and the motion carried. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. CONSENT AGENDA: Councilwoman Dockendorf moved, Councilman Mason seconded to approve the following Consent Agenda items pursuant to the City Manager's recommendations: a. Resolution #93 -26: Approve Grant Application to MWCC for 1993 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Program, Project 93 -7. b. Resolution #93 -27: Approve Year End Closings and Transfers. c. Approve Agreement for Vending Priviledges in City Parks, Non - Profit Organizations. d. Approval of Accounts. e. City Council Minutes dated March 22, 1993 Planning Commission Minutes dated March 17, 1993 All voted in favor and the motion carried. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS: None. PUBLIC HEARING: CONTINUE PUBLIC HEARING ON LAKE LUCY ROAD EXTENSION BETWEEN GALPIN BOULEVARD AND TRUNK HIGHWAY 41: AUTHORIZE PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PROJECT 92 -12. Acting Mayor Wing: Item number 2 is a public hearing regarding Lake Lucy Road extension. However, to take any action on this we're going to need 415 vote of Council. And because we only have 4, I'm recommending that we alter the agenda accordingly and table this until later in the meeting when we have a full Council that we can take action on it. Councilman Senn: I believe we have to open the public hearing, do we not? 1 J 1 L Acting Mayor Wing: We will. City Council Meeting - Apr 12, 1993 Roger Knutson: I should just point out. The engineer is recommending tabling. If that's, as he's suggesting, if you agree with his action of tabling it, you can table it with a simple majority. Councilman Senn: Since the public hearing was scheduled though, do we not need to still have the public hearing and then table it? Roger Knutson: Sure. You can open the public hearing and then just automatically table it for discussion. Acting Mayor Wing: Do we want to take public input tonight on this issue? Councilman Senn: I think we want to if it was noticed that way. Charles Folch: Yeah, I'm not sure who's going to be here. Most of the people have contacted me today and mentioned there was no need to attend but certainly we could open it up to see if anyone's here to talk about it. Acting Mayor Wing: Well let's then open the public hearing and Charles, if you want to just give us a brief overview and then your recommendation for tabling, and we'll go from there. Charles Folch: Basically there really isn't a whole lot of new news to report since we last held the public hearing on March 8th. A lot of the issues that were still open ended last time that we've talked about really haven't been resolved as we hoped they would in this last month. The one piece of question that we are able to answer to you tonight was in regards to the 60 foot roadway easement that was granted through the Westside Baptist Church property in favor of the Gestac - Paulson - Klingelhutz property. We were able to obtain a copy of the easement document from the property owners. We had Roger take a look at it and basically it's Roger's opinion that this easement, road easement is not specifically stated for public purposes and really it appears that all that can be drawn from it is the intention was to give a road access specifically to the Klingelhutz property but that was it. That it was not intended to be a future road or public road access from those types of rights standpoint. Based on that, staff's had contact almost daily over the last few weeks with these property owners trying to get this issue resolved and it doesn't appear that things are coming together very quickly but at this point it's staff's recommendation that we either table this public hearing indefinitely until we can resolve some of these issues and come to the table with more of a complete package at that time. Acting Mayor Wing: Even with the recommendation for tabling, this is a public hearing. Is there anybody here tonight to address this issue specifically? I would entertain a motion then., Councilman Mason: I would move to close the public hearing. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Second. Roger Knutson: I think the motion is to table. 2 City Council Meeting - April 12, 1993 Councilman Mason: We don't have to close the public hearing first though? Acting Mayor Wing: A continuation. Continue the public hearing. I'd entertain a motion for tabling on this issue. Councilman Mason: Okay, I'll make a Councilwoman Dockendorf: I'll second Acting Mayor Wing: And I believe the this point on staff recommendation so continuance at this time. notion to continue it. I that one. motion will be to table indefinitely at I we won't be setting a date for the Councilman Senn: Charles, do you have any feeling at all for timing on it at all? Charles Folch: This could take a while. Take a while. Councilman Senn: And the church definitely is now not a participating party? Charles Folch: Not in the public improvements let's say at this point in time as they once had petitioned for. But in talking to the church, we're really not sure what their intentions are. Whether they intend to develop on the property. Whether they intend to sell the property. At this point in time it's really now known. They're not telling us a whole lot. Councilman Senn: How does this affect any of the proposed development? Charles Folch: Well at this point in time, it does create an obstacle for the Gestach- Paulson - Klingelhutz property to fully develop their property into a residential subdivision. If they so choose, they could exercise their right to build a private driveway along that 60 foot easement and the ordinance would allow them to build up to 4 homes and have that accessed via the 20 foot driveway. Councilman Senn: Their limitation is the 4 homes then? Charles Folch: At this point in time, right. Unless a public street could be constructed through the property. Councilman Senn: And what was the proposed subdivision size? Charles Folch: Pardon me? Councilman Senn: What was the proposed subdivision size? Charles Folch: I think there was something like 17 or 18 lots subdivision. Acting Mayor Wing: We have a motion to table this indefinitely. I'll call the motion. 3 City Council Meeting - Apr" 12, 1993 Councilman Mason moved, Councilwoman D— Aendorf seconded to table the public hearing on Project 92 -12, the Lake Lucy Road extension between Galpin Boulevard J and Trunk Highway 41 indefinitely. All voted in favor and the motion carried. AWARD OF BIDS: RAILROAD GRADING CROSSING TRUNK HIGHWAY 101 REALIGNMENT (NORTH LEG). PROJECT 88- 22B -1: Charles Folch: This morning at 11:00 a.m. the City received and opened bids for the railroad grade crossing portion of the Trunk Highway 101 north leg improvement project #88 -226. A total of two bids were received from the project, both coming from local established contractors. Just to your note, there is a very limited number of contractors nationally that are able to, that are qualified to perform this kind of work and it appears that the brief bidding time schedule that we had and the fact that it's a relatively a small scale type project may have played a part in these national contractors from taking ' interest in this project. But as I mentioned we did receive two bids. The low bid was received from George F. Cook Construction Company located in Minneapolis with a bid of $326,245.00. I should point out that back in 1990 when the Soo Line had owned the railroad track, we had entered into an agreement to have the ' Soo Line construct these crossings and their estimate or the contract amount that we had entered into with the Soo Line was $328,000.00 roughly $200.00. So the bid we did receive today was about $2,000.00 under that. We have made a ' reference check of this company this afternoon with the Burlington Railroad and with the Twin Cities and Western Railroad. We received favorable responses on both those reference checks and at this point in time staff would recommend that ' the City Council award the railroad grade crossing contract for the Trunk Highway 101 north leg project to George F. Cook Construction Company in the contract amount of $326,245.00. ' Acting Mayor Wing: Just in the process here, could you just real quickly describe it. Are we talking arms and the whole works? Charles Folch: Basically the work will involve constructing the rubberized grade crossing. It will also involve constructing the crossing arm guards. The controller for the crossing, which will be integrated with the signal system that will be installed both at TH 5 and at the intersection of West 78th and TH 101. And there will also be some early detection devices put up upstream or uptrack, if you will on both ends of the crossing. Councilman Senn: Now this is separate contract from the rest of the intersection improvements? ' Charles Folch: That's correct. This is a separate contract. It's sort of a specialized work. If things would have worked out differently with Twin Cities and Western Railroad, we may have attempted to bid this under the original, the ' overall road improvement contract but unfortunately those two design phases weren't tracking compatibly because we were still working out some details with the Twin Cities and Western Railroad who had just taken over the tracks and we were trying to get them up to speed as to what had been done with the Soo Line t Railroad previously and such. So unfortunately they weren't bid all together but I'm not sure in this case that it would have made any difference because, as I said, there's about a dozen specialized firms that across the country that can ' 4 z- z� CIT'*Y'OF a CHANHASSEN 1 • • HANHASSEN MINNESOTA , 690 COULTER DRIVE P.O. BOX 147 C 553 17 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 ACNM bY CRY Aemielstremr , MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer DATE: April 6, 1993 IBwomed_ wA- Mo&* Rejected_ ue t&-- = 7- Date Submitted to Commissm ' D& Submited to Council y- /;� -93 SUBJ: Continue Public Hearing on Lake Lucy Road Extension Between Galpin Boulevard and Trunk Highway 41; Authorize Preparation of Plans and Specifications - Project No. 92 -12 At their regular meeting on March 8, 1993, the City Council held a public hearing on the feasibility report for the Lake Lucy Road Street and Utility Extension Project No. 92 -12. You may recall that the City Council authorized the preparation of this feasibility study on July 13, 1992 following the receipt of petitions for these improvements by the Westside Baptist Church property located on Trunk Highway 41 and the property located immediately to the east which is zoned for residential single - family and currently owned by Gestach /Paulson / Klingelhutz. During the public hearing testimony was taken from a variety of property owners located in the area including Jerome Carlson, Dave Gestach and Al Klingelhutz. Staff had been contacted prior to the meeting by Mr. Brian Pike of the Westside Baptist Church who indicated that they were withdrawing their formal petition for this project. This greatly complicates the ability to do this improvement project since cooperative efforts need to occur between City staff; the project engineer and affected property owners to establish the most appropriate and feasible alignment for the roadway, acquire necessary right -of -way and easements, and assign project special assessments. Following the completion of the public discussions, the City Council acted to continue this public hearing to their regular meeting on Monday, April 12, 1993 to allow time for staff, the project engineer and the appropriate property owners, i.e. Westside Baptist Church, Gestach /Paulson / Klingelhutz and Carlson, to work out outstanding key issues involving this project. Unfortunately, during this interim period, no favorable progress concerning this project has been made. All of the outstanding issues as addressed at the public hearing remain as unknown as they were at the previous meeting. It is apparent that Westside Baptist Church no longer wishes to cooperate with or support this project. If too PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER L� Don Ashworth April 6, 1993 Page 2 FJ The City Attorney has reviewed the easement documents executed along with the purchase agreement between Gestach /Paulson / Klingelhutz and the Westside Baptist Church property and has concluded that the road easement granted over the church property does not give rights for public purposes but only rights for road access to the Gestach /Paulson / Klingelhutz property. It is unlikely that the Westside Baptist Church would grant the City rights for public purposes over the existing 60 -foot easement over the north side of the property; however, staff also believes that this is a less desirable location for the extension of Lake Lucy Road as compared to locating it along the southerly property line. Given all things considered, it would be staff's recommendation to table action on this project until such time that these key issues can be resolved. ktm Attachment: 1. Staff report dated February 22, 1993. 2. Letter from Edward and Mary Ryan dated March 2, 1993. 3. Letter from Jerome and Linda Carlson dated February 22, 1993. c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer Bill Engelhardt, William R. Engelhardt & Associates Dave Gestach, Gestach & Paulson Construction Brian Klingelhutz, Klingelhutz & Geis Brian Pike, Westside Baptist Church Jerome and Linda Carlson Mary and Edward Ryan CITY OF ? CHANHASSEN ; 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer DATE: February 22, 1993 Action fy City Administrator' Endorse - D"U A A4odit;c — , Rejecte Oat 3 ' ► - � �. age Submitted to Com ---- -� po� �; - i d to Coww 3•r -C SUBJ: Public Hearing on Lake Lucy Road Street and Utility Extension (Trunk Highway 41 to County Road 117 / Galpin Boulevard) Project No. 92 -12 This is the public hearing on the feasibility report for the Lake Lucy Road street and utility extension Project No. 92 -12. The City Council authorized the preparation of this feasibility study on July 13, 1992 following receipt of petitions for these improvements by the Westside Baptist Church property located on Trunk Highway 41 and the property located immediately to the east which is zoned for residential single family and currently owned by Gestach /Paulson /Klingelhutz. The primary objective of the feasibility study was to identify those public improvements which need to be constructed to allow for development of the church and proposed residential property and define the official alignment for this Lake Lucy Road extension between Trunk Highway 41 and Galpin Boulevard /County Road 117. Based on the feasibility study, it has been determined that only the westerly half of the road extension would need to be constructed in order to allow development of the petitioning properties. The easterly half of this road segment is not proposed to be constructed at this time. In the future, if the property owner to the east (Ryan) should petition for the road improvement or if future development pressures in the area should warrant, construction of this easterly section could be considered at that time. On Wednesday, February 17, 1993, an informational neighborhood meeting was held with affected property owners to discuss the elements of the proposed project, the associated costs and potential special assessments. Although no representative of the Westside Baptist Church was present at the neighborhood meeting, they did contact staff to formally withdraw their original petition for this improvement project. At this time it is not known what the Westside Baptist Church's intentions are for their property; however, staff is a aware that 47s % 0 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Don Ashworth February 22, 1993 Page 2 1 inquiries have been made by other area property owners to potentially purchase this ' property. The project consultant engineer, Mr. Bill Engelhardt of Engelhardt & Associates, will be making a formal presentation of the feasibility report and its findings at the public hearing. At this point it would seem prudent to conduct the public hearing to receive public testimony on the proposed project and determine whether it is appropriate to proceed with ' the authorization to prepare the project plans and specifications, or otherwise identify any remaining issues which need further investigation. ' ktm Attachments: 1. Location map. 2. Staff report dated January 20, 1993. 3. Staff report dated July 9, 1992. ' 4. Phase I and Phase II preliminary cost /revenue schedules. c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer Mr. Bill Engelhardt, Engelhardt & Associates Mr. Allan Larson, Engelhardt & Associates OloFAIis ILA &,,:: 1 oil te r: ��c•��, ��s r rte' I � 1 !��� CITY OF -- CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 Y ' TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager ' FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer DATE: January 20, 1993 -- - - -- ' SUBJ: Receive Feasibility Report on Lake Lucy Road Street and Utility Extensi ty p cY t , Call Public Hearing ' Project No. 92 -12 ' At their regular meeting on July 13, 1992, the City Council authorized the preparation of a feasibility study for extension of street and utilities for Lake Lucy Road between Trunk Highway 41 and County Road 117 (Galpin Boulevard). I have attached a copy of the July 9, 1992 staff report which provides some background on the impetus and some of the issues involved in this improvement project which has been previously identified as a future road ' element of the City's comprehensive guide plan amended in May of 1991. It is not staffs' intent to recommend construction of this entire road segment at this time; however, the proposed development on the west end of this general area forces the City into at least defining an appropriate alignment for the entire collector road and constructing the public improvements needed for the development. In this manner, the City is able to pro - actively plan for this road improvement prior to development. This philosophy is also being ' implemented on other projects such as the Trunk Highway 5 north boulevard access road and Trunk Highway 101 south. The specific elements of this proposed improvement project are identified in the study along with estimated project costs and associated special assessments to benefitting properties. Staff and the project engineer have scheduled an informal neighborhood meeting to be held ' on Wednesday, February 17, 1993 at 7:00 PM in the Courtyard Conference Road to discuss this proposed project. ' At the formal public hearing for this project, the project engineer will provide a presentation of this feasibility report and its findings. The only action necessary for the Council tonight would be to formally receive the feasibility study and call for a public hearing at their ' regular meeting on March 8, 1993. is f e « PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER MEMORANDUM Don Ashworth January 20, 1993 Page 2 It is therefore recommended that the City Council formally receive the feasibility study for street and utility improvements for the extension of Lake Lucy Road and officially map the alignment between Trunk Highway 41 and County Road 117 (Galpin Boulevard) Project No. 92 -12, and call for a public hearing on March 8, 1993. Jrns Attachment: 1. Feasibility study. 2. Staff report dated July 9, 1992. c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Engineer Al Larson, Engelhardt & Associates Brian Pike, Westside Baptist Church David Gestach, Gestach & Paulson Construction Brian Klingelhutz, Klingelhutz & Geis I MEMORANDUM = CITY OF °` CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 0 FAX (612) 937 -5739 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager Action by pry Adl,gift ntoI Endors ✓ IV A Mod Of Subrn t d tc Cort WIM FROM: Charles Folch, City Engineer bW suemm*s to cal+ DATE: July 9, 1992 SUBJ: Authorize Preparation of Feasibility Study for Extension of Lake Lucy Road Between Galpin Boulevard (County Road 17) and Trunk Highway 41 Project No. 92 -12 The City has recently been contacted by two adjacent property owners located in the southeast quarter of Section 4 and southwest quarter of Section 3 concerning development proposals. Both properties are located on the east side of Trunk Highway 41 immediately south of the Minnetonka Middle School property. The property immediately adjacent to Trunk Highway 41 is approximately 10 acres in size and is the location for a new church site. The adjacent property to the east is approximately 26 acres in size and is tentatively proposed for residential single - family development. Road access is a key element for both developments. The church property has a pre - existing driveway access on Trunk Highway 41. The single - family development may also have a cross- access easement over the church property out to Trunk Highway 41. Both are believed to be inappropriate access facilities to these sites given the proposed developments. The City's comprehensive guide plan amended in May, 1991 identified the extension of Lake Lucy Road from Galpin Boulevard (County Road 117) west to Trunk Highway 41 as a needed future collector street improvement. The topography and environmental features of this area make routing a roadway alignment very challenging, particularly on the west end towards Trunk Highway 41. It is not staff's intent to recommend constructing this entire road segment at this time; however, the two proposed developments on the west end which lie within the general area of the Lake Lucy Road extension sort of force the City into, at a minimum, defining the most appropriate alignment for this collector road through these sites. In effect, the City needs to be in the position of proactively determining the alignment. a PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Don Ashworth July 9, 1992 Page 2 The length of the future Lake Lucy Road between Galpin Boulevard and Trunk Highway 41 is a little over a half -mile. At this time it would be appropriate to define and officially , map the entire future collector road alignment and perform a feasibility study on only the westerly quarter -mile of this road segment which will initially serve these two development sites. I have contacted Bill Engelhardt of William R. Engelhardt & Associates, who has ' some familiarity from previous involvement associated with this road to provide a cost estimate to perform this feasibility study and official mapping. Bill has estimated this work to cost approximately $ 10,000. Being that this future roadway will ultimately serve as more ' of a community -wide roadway system and is in the City's long -range comprehensive transportation guide plan, the cost to perform this study will have to be up- fronted by the City; however, it will likely be recovered over a number of years as tracts of land abutting , this roadway develop and the corresponding construction projects take place and pay their share of the roadway improvement costs. It i therefore recommended that the official mapping , I s PP g of the extension of Lake Lucy Road between Galpin Boulevard (County Road 117) and Trunk Highway 41 and the preparation of a feasibility study for the road improvement project of approximately the westerly ' quarter -mile of this segment be authorized, Project No. 92 -12, and that the consulting engineering firm of William R. Engelhardt & Associates be assigned as the engineer on the ' project. ktm ' Attachment: Location Map c: Dave Hempel, Sr. Engineering Technician ' Brian Pike, Westside Baptist Church Dave Gestach , Brian Klingelhutz Bill Engelhardt 1 1 2V 0 001 W -/ i Edward and Mary Ryan ' 6730 Galpin Boulevard Excelsior, Minnesota 55331 1 I March 2, 1993 Mayor and City Councii Members RE: Lake Lucy Road Extension Dear Mayor and Members of the Council: CITY Of CNANNASSU N�I WN N1 AIR 0 3 1993 ENGINEERM DEPT. We were invited to a neighborhood meeting concerning the proposed alignment of the Lake Lucy road extension. To our surprise the presentation proposed the continuation of Lake Lucy Road mapped directly through the middle of our property. The only discussion regarding the placement of the road was to where potentially the road would be placed from Hwy 41. We assumed the meeting was to discuss various alternatives as to where the Lake Lucy Road may be mapped in the future as development occurs. Our concerns as to this particular proposal include the following: 1. The proposed collector road at this time is not a proposal supported by any of the petitioners for development of their particular property. This is a proposal by the city to designate this location as the collector area irrespective of the developer or our concerns. 2. As explained to us at the meeting, there exists a financial incentive to map the road. By mapping the road the city collects additional revenues from the state to support the road system. We feel this is an inappropriate reason to designate the location of the road at this time. Mayor and City Council Members March 2, 1993 Page 2 3. We owned our property before the present Lake Lucy Road was built. Because of our growing family we have ' considered the option of building a home on the hill directly where the proposed extended Lake Lucy would pass. This proposal would make it virtually impossible for us to even consider such an option. 4. The designation of this extension in this particular location , dictates that our property would be split in two, and because of this, any future use will always be required to contemplate this proposed road. This would restrict the use of our property now and into the future. 5. In our discussions, it was presented that there would be a major collector road built to the south of us developed this year to provide traffic connections between Galpin Boulevard and ' Hwy 41. This collector road should serve adequately for traffic movement now and into the future as a East -West connector. , 6. If our neighbors to the north or south would choose to develop at a future time, then at that time it would be appropriate to consider the mapping of the Lake Lucy Road ' extension. It is not absolutely required that the extension of Lake Lucy Road begin on Galpin Boulevard directly across from the existing Lake Lucy Road. With a major collector to , the south, a new collector, if needed in the future, could be planned as development occurs. , As the city grows, we understand and appreciate the importance of a measured and comprehensive planning process. This is why it is important ' that we share with you how very much opposed we are to this proposal and that we need to plan now to reconsider the placement of the proposed extension. , Mayor and City Council Members March 2, 1993 Page 3 ' We would appreciate your consideration of our concerns and look forward to discussing them more completely with you on the evening of March 8, 1993. Sincerely, Edward M. Ryarl ' EMR /jb Mary Ryan ' cc: Don Chmiel, Mayor Mike Mason, Councilman ' Richard Wing, Councilman Colleen Dockendorf, Councilwoman Mark Senn, Councilman Charles Folch, City Engineer William Englehardt, William R. Englehardt and Associates Linda & Jerome Carlson � C � f _ C ' C February 22, 1993 1 Mr. Charles Folch City Engineer CITY OF CHANHASSEN 690 Coulter Drive Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317 Dear Charles, As a follow -up to the informational meeting held at City Hall on February 17th and subsequent to further discussions between Linda and me, we would like to go on record as follows: The 14 acres which we own adjacent to the ten acres of church property are not available for development at this time. We know that some day, sooner or later, that 14 acres will be developed, but we are reluctant to endorse any extension of Lake Lucy Road which would result in significant assessments against our property. We do not, however, want to unreasonably withhold cooperating on the installation of a road, provided the owners of the church property stand behind their.earlier petition to the City for a road through their property. Kinde regards, Jerome 6 Linda Carlson JC /d CITY OF CHANHASSEN mwmno FEB w 3 0 1993 6950 Galpin Road Excelsior, Minnesota 55331 ENGINEERrunuat DEPT. ri