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chest height. Some of these trees have been here since before MN was state. The plan <br />involves replacing them with 30 trees, mostly evergreens, averaging 3.5 caliper inches. <br />What is the point of a tree preservation plan if this is allowed to happen?? <br />People move to this area of Arden hills for the large private lots with mature trees and nature...the plan as stands significantly <br />damages that value. <br />Developers: <br />Tim Horita, the owner of 3685 New Brighton Road is moving away from the area soon. He <br />won't be around to follow this through and as he's not selling the homes, just the lots, he won't <br />care if how things fit within the neighborhood. <br />Richard Kotosk, the applicant, has done (or attempteed) this in multiple places in the <br />immediate vicinity... 1978 Thom, 2015 Thom, 3985 New Brighton Road, and perhaps others. <br />The development around 1978 Thom was not finished according to the orginal plans adn his <br />promises to retain trees and setup and/or maintain grading or drainage. I'm concerned that <br />with Tim moving away (and having no vested interest in maintaining the area) and Kotosk's <br />history, any plans here would not be followed through fully or correctly. <br />Injures my property and home: <br />We looked at this property and saw the nature, privacy, neighborhood character and density <br />would work for us. Because of the tree maintenance plan the city has and the neighboring lots <br />being fully wooded and fully developed we felt the privacy of 3685 would be something we <br />could count on. Further, from talking to neighbors, we learned that property had been more- <br />or-less deemed undevelopable by the planning commission unless our lot was included when <br />they gave a variance for a private road. <br />I've subsequently found that <br />The planning commission considered it a finding of fact that connecting to Thom drive was <br />"hardship" and not just an inconvenience. [7] though I understand a plan allowing this was <br />eventually passed that included my land. <br />They further found a finding of fact that, "Given the size of the original two lots [3695 and <br />3685 combined], it may be possible to have 4 lots adjacent to Thom drive and New Brighton <br />road with separate driveways... which would not be desirable." [7] <br />The developer, on Tim's behalf, went on further to indicate "there is no other way to access the <br />new lots without the creation of a central outlot because of lot size and topology".[8] <br />and Tim, himself, said that much of the lot [3685] was lift station or wetlands and "to look at <br />the entire square footage was misrepresenting the fact that there was space to build on and[or] <br />there was room to encroach into his back area" [7] <br />Either way, we felt our expectation of having a private lot was very very solid.... enough so <br />that we banked the viability of our house on it. <br />We designed our house to be extremely energy efficient - we have 24 inch thick walls packed <br />with insulation and used unique construction methods so that, at time of completion, we were <br />the 'tightest house in MN'. We included all the recommendations for design that the JDA, city, <br />and county, has been suggesting for years[p2]. Our windows are unique and were sized and
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