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Brian Laudenbach March 8,2010 Page 2 private facilities and signs are not allowed on R/W, and some encroachments can be a serious safety hazard close to a highway(like a propane tank or fuel vent pipes possibly being hit by a run-off-the-road vehicle?). Mn/DOT has a responsibility to clean up and protect our highway corridors one issue at a time as we find problems. This decision has been reviewed in-depth with and agreed on by district management. In addition to our removal requirements, Mn/DOT requests that the city require all removals of TH 371 R/W encroachments to be noted as a condition of any Conditional Use or other local permit approvals for this redevelopment. When the snow is gone I can schedule Surveys again to pin down exactly the R/W line along your entire parcel and we can finalize removal details as needed. Your work can wait till warm weather and thawed ground, but they must get done by July 1, 2010. Items 1 and 3 are easily; resolved. Item 2 will take some research by you into how these vent pipes are tied into buried piping that appears to be on the R/W,but for safety reasons and probable future public utility need of this R/W any buried fuel pipes must also be removed and the vent pipes relocated. Items 4 and 5 will need review after the snow's gone to determine the exact amount of pavement encroachments,and then we'll most likely require that the pavements be cut off at the R/W line and the R/W restored with topsoil and seed. Item 6 will require that the landscaping on R/W around the sign base be removed, and the main sign face frame up high that is protruding over �- the R/W line must be cut back/modified to be completely off R/W. From conversations with the city we are aware that Mn/DOT's requirements to get this sign off R/W may require the city to address the sign's possible nonconformance with current city standards, the city will decide their own course of action. However, it would be irresponsible on our part to ignore our obligations under state statutes regardless of how our enforcement may affect other jurisdiction's decisions for local compliance. Also,now that these issues have been noted,the R/W encroachments must still be removed whether or not this development proceeds. Thank you in advance for agreeing to cooperate and work with us to correct these issues. Please contact me with any questions. Sincerely, Ken Larson Maintenance Specialist Attachments: 2-19-10 comments, statutes,R/W Manual info, R/W map,plan sheet,2 photos Cc: Bob Busch- Gary Dirlam—Jamie Hulaiede—Tom Wryk—Todd Sangren—Rich Munsch—Dave Gohman-Dawn Bittner, Pequot Lakes Planning&Zoning-Tom Woog, Pequot Lakes Planning Commission—Chuck Marohn, Community Growth—Sean Kaneski, Kuepers Const.—Representative Lary Howes—Senator Mary Olson