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"E$°' Minnesota Department of Transportation District 3 Tel: 218-828-5700 14�,OF TRP �Q 7694 Industrial Park Road Fax: 218-828-5814 Baxter, MN 56425 Tall Free: 1-800-657-3971 April 28, 2011 RECEIVED Dan Helbling APR 2 9 2011 RV Resort Village at The Preserve Per P.O. Box 488 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 Mr. Helbling: Re: CS 1810, TH 371 in Pequot Lakes Removal of Shared Highway Entrance (RV Resort Village at the Preserve/Peterson) RP 49.57/Station 904+00, west side As per the attached correspondence (some of which you said you didn't get, don't know why, letters were never "returned to sender"), for safety reasons Mn/DOT has requested the removal of the TH 371 entrance in the northeast corner of your parcel as a condition of the RV Resort development changes. This has been our position since initial discussions with you beginning in December 2005 and you acknowledge knowing that. The current TH 371 paving project from Baxter to Nisswa includes left turn lane construction at the CR 168/CR 107 intersection and this entrance removal has been noted in the plans as part of that work. Our position is that both landowners affected by this removal meet reasonable access criteria to get to TH 371 via Hurtig Road and CR 168. Removal of this entrance would improve safety by eliminating a potential congestion and accident point in an area of turning movements with a public road directly across the highway and less than ideal sight distance to the north. We thought the City of Pequot Lakes supported the no entrance to TH 371 condition and that all access for the entire plat should be from Hurtig Road. But I'm getting conflicting and/or outdated info from both you and the City regarding the Lot 1 use of and emergency use of this highway entrance. I have copies of what appears to be the final recorded plat dated 12-11-08 (must've come from you at that time), and these two sheets don't mention or show this highway access at all. But the City just emailed me Planning Commission Minutes from February 15, 2007,that state in two different sections "The private road may only be utilized by the occupant of Lot 1, except in an emergency situation where there shall be no restriction." I'm waiting for clarification from the City on what they meant by "private road" (the driveway road to the highway entrance or internal road from the house to the rest of RV Park roads?). Also, these minutes are 22 months prior to the dates on the final plat, so I'd assume there's later more official City information somewhere regarding their final conditions for final plat approval. Hurtig Road is a north-south thru street so emergency access shouldn't be needed from the highway. Access to Hurtig Road for the Lot 1 house would be a change and inconvenience for them to go thru the RV Park, but may be a necessary condition for the overall public safety benefit of one less highway entrance. An Equal Opportunity Employer 1 0" {