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Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Jill Sinclair, Environmental Resources Specialist t~(,~ ·
August 11, 2004
Release of Tree Preservation Easement, Lot 1, Block 1 Meadows
at Longacres 4th Addition, 7210 Gunflint Trail
REQUESTED ACTION
Approve the release of the Tree Preservation Easement for Lot 1, Block 1
Meadows at Longacres 4th Addition, 7210 Gunflint Trail.
City Council approval for the easement release requires a simple majority vote of
the City Council present. According to the city attorney, the release of the tree
preservation easement does not require a public hearing.
BACKGROUND
The 4th Addition of the Meadows at Longacres was approved in 2000. At that
time the rear yard of Lot 1, Block 1 was wooded. The developer, Lundgren Bros.,
placed a tree preservation easement over that area of the yard. It was their
practice to administer tree preservation or conservation easements over areas
outside of the proposed building areas that contained a significant number of trees
or were adjacent to wetlands, respectively.
DISCUSSION
Lot 1, Block I was wooded in the rear with a mix of elm, boxelder and ash. The
majority of trees were elm and have been heavily infected with Dutch elm disease
over the last few years. The homeowners have had to remove numerous infected
trees each summer. Currently, few trees remain within the easement and staff is
recommending that the easement be repealed from the property since it is no
longer the wooded area for which the easement was intended.
Todd Gerhardt
August 11, 2004
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MOTION
Staff recommends adoption of the following motion:
"The Chanhassen City Council approves the release of the Tree Preservation
Easement for Lot 1, Block 1, Meadows at Longacres 4th Addition, 7210 Gunflint
Trail."
ATTACHMENTS
1. Site survey, Lot 1, Block 1, Meadows at Longacres 4th Addition
2. Letter from property owners, Mark and Beth Brown, 7210 Gunflint Trail
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.GIJNFLINT TRAIL
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Mark & Beth Brown
7210 Gunflint Trail
Chanhassen, MN 553 ! 7
952-470-4354 hm
August3,2004
City Hall
Attn: Jill Sinclair
City of Chanhassen
7700 Market Blvd.
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
To Whom It May Concern:
We are requesting the tree preservation easement be removed from our property. Dutch
Elm has decimated whatever woods we had left. There is nothing to further preserve.
Attached are some pictures of our property.
Thank you tbr your consideration.
Sincerely,
Mark & Beth Brown