03-18-2004 Planning Commission Meeting

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March 1,2004 NWT LP Joni Tulenchik 3975—32nd Avenue SW Pine River,MN 56474 Re: The Ridge Final Plat Dear Ms. Tulenchik: We wrote you last August in reference to your plat of The Ridge in the City of Pequot Lakes. At that time,we reiterated that you have preliminary plat approval and that the approval was valid for a period of twelve months. We stated that, if not acted upon within twelve months, the approval will expire and you will have to repeat the preliminary plat process if you wished to subdivide the property. Your preliminary plat approval is set to expire on March 4,2004. It does not seem likely that you will have a completed final plat application submitted by that time. If you are working on such an application and have simply not been able to meet the deadline,please contact us right away and indicate when you anticipate having the application completed. We can approach the Planning Commission and request an extension,but we will need some type of schedule for completion if we are to be successful in getting an extension. We indicated in our August 2003 letter that, since The Ridge was approved,the City of Pequot Lakes has undertaken an extensive planning process within the City. It is apparent that we are taking a different approach to development. At a basic level,that approach discourages commercial development that sprawls along Highway 371. Given this vision for the community, it is not clear that The Ridge as presented would be approved a second time. If we can assist you in completing your final plat application,please do not hesitate to contact us. If we do not hear from you within the next 30 days,we will assume you are no longer pursuing this subdivision and acknowledge that your approval has expired. Sincerely, CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES Charles Marohn,PE Planning and Zoning Administrator Cc: Planning Commission Dawn Bittner, Zoning Administrator Kevin McCormick,Landecker and Associates(by email only)