Final Plat of Keen Addition (continued), Berens

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City Of Peguot Planning Zoning From: Tim Houle[thoule @wsn-mn.com] 1-4tent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:52 PM 0: Dawn Bittner(E-mail); Chuck Marohn (E-mail); LisaBeth Barajas(E-mail) Cc: "Mike Rude'@smtp2.onvoy.com Subject: Pequot Lakes- Keen Addition Allen Berens, the developer on the above subject, called me today to meet with me. We met in our office and talked about road requirements for his addition. I gave him a copy of the City's Road Construction Specifications (24-foot roadbed width; min. 4-inches Class 5 with a min. 2-inches of bituminous pavement; dated January 7, 2003) . I told Allen I would send you this Email and copy/mail it to him. The proposed road through his subdivision will service 6 lots, and even if it was extended to the north in the future, it appears the maximum would be about 12 lots. This proposed road T's into Lakeside Avenue, which is narrower than the present 24-foot standard. I told Allen that just last week we discussed with the City about possibly having less than 24-foot wide roads for those serving a limited number of lots - say something like 20-feet in this situation. I told Allen that I still want to see swales or ditches on each side of the road to address drainage, hopefully promoting infiltrating stormwater as close to the source as possible. While the area appears relatively cleared already, I told him that we wouldn't have a roblem trying to work with him on trying to save as many of the existing trees as 1_�ossible. We also discussed the cul-de-sac shown on the preliminary plat in connection with the requirement by the City to set aside a 66-foot wide R/W corridor to the north for a possible future roadway extension. I don't know the history of all of this, the possibility of the parcel to the north developing, or any potential timeline for such a roadway extension (thus negating the need for the cul-de-sac) , but I told Allen I would stay open to paving the roadway proper and maybe Class 51ing the cul-de-sac. I told Allen that school bus turnaround and plowing turnaround come to mind, and that the City may not be as open as I was to this possibility (i.e. the whole cul-de-sac may need to be paved) as they will have to maintain the road. We also discussed the timing of the paving. Allen was up front that he is in, as many developers are, a tough cash flow situation right now. He was concerned too that the road gets paved and then housing construction traffic would damage the pavement. I told Allen that, while it is a possibility, with a properly constructed subgrade, aggregate base, and bituminous pavement, construction traffic (unless it was during spring thaw) shouldn't cause excessive damage. Would it maybe be better to have six houses constructed and then paved the next year to minimize the chances of pavement damage: yes. Would the new home owners appreciate having to pay a special assessment for new pavement instead of in their lot price (and their mortgage) : probably not. Nevertheless, I told Allen I would be open to discussing with the City some kind of mechanism that he and future property owners would know of and be required to follow through on to cover the costs of paving that was delayed a year or so (affidavit of acknowledgement recorded with the lot, a financial letter of credit, a part of the lot price set aside for this paving, etc. ) . T submit that the P&Z discuss and then talk with Allen about this so an developer's \,,agreement can be reached on who is to do what - and hopefully the final plat can be approved. 1