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<br /> r..=-.<--;;a~.l;SjOSjOS~~ .. ~ ~ -" -" ~ .. ~ -'" -",,-~ .. .. ...- ~ ~ ~ -'" -3; -" ~ '" ~ ~ .J;fi ~ /1111 <br /> 1 SANDERS lANDSCAPE 365 East Kellogg Boulevard ~II~ <br /> 1 WACKER ARCHITECTS Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 lllll <br /> BERGLY AND 651-221-0401 tlf <br /> :/. INC. 1/f <br /> PLANNERS Fax: 651-297-6617 I <br /> WI <br /> 'il July 10,1998 " '~ 1111 <br /> 1m <br /> l Md<""o_ f~~lf <0 1m <br /> 'II City of Arden Hills 1m <br /> , 1450 W. Highway 96 ~'"I <br /> !II Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> il11 bl' <br /> ill Re: Land Development Application and Zoning Variance Request bll <br /> 'j T"", S<hmid' "'""'" Pwk S;" 00,"_ ""iM <br /> 11 tllll <br /> 1111 Dear Mr. Ringwald: .- Will <br /> )111 Sanders Wacker Bergly, Inc. is submitting a Land Development Apptication and Variance Request, on behalf of the Ramsey lllIil <br /> )//1 County Parks and Recreation Department, for a site development project currently being designed for Tony Schmidt County lllll <br /> )111 Park in Arden Hills. The attached submittals include: filii <br /> III 1. Land Development Application Form ~III <br /> 1111 2. Site survey completed by Martinez Corporation using photogrammetric methods 1m <br /> '1 3. Names and addresses of Q\mers within 350 feet 1m <br /> {I 4. Site plan ~Jlf <br /> /11 5. Landscape plan <br /> ii/If 6. Drainage plan bfl <br /> I 7. Utility plan bf <br /> I//~ bf' <br /> III/f We request that the City of Arden Hills consider approving a variance from the requirement that the parking setback be 20' <br /> 1//1 from rights-<>f-way as it pertains to the beach parking lot. The existing parking lot serving the Lake Johanna Beach will be I/JI\! <br /> I ~improved as part of this project, with the north edge located within 23' of the pavement edge on Lake Johanna Blvd. The ~II~: <br /> III edge of the existing parking surface varies from 23' to 32' from the Boulevard's pavement edge. 1///11 <br /> 111/\ <br /> }, To our knowledge, there is no platted right-of-way or easement for the length of Lake Johanna Blvd. located within the park btl <br /> '1/1 boundaries. The width of the right-of-way outside of the park boundary and 360' southwest of the proposed parking lot is l/I/i' <br /> III1 66'. Ifwe use this width as a reference for determining a desired setback for the improYCd parking lot, the lot would extend <br /> l/IIl 18' into the desired setback. Based on this reasoning, we request that the City allow a variance of 18' or a 2' setback instead lilli' <br /> i of the desired 20'. We request the variance for the following reasons: 1",,- <br /> 1//1 IX"ll <br /> illl\ 1. The parking lot is isolated from adjoining properties. The property across Lake Johanna Blyd. is park land. tbe park ~!!!I! <br /> 11//\ boundary to the west is 360' from the west end of the lot and tbe park boundary to the east is 520' from the east end ~i1II: <br /> . of the tot. <br /> 11111 2. The space ayailabte for the parking lot is timited. The distance between Lake Johanna Bouleyard's south payement bl! <br /> 1m, edge and the lake edge is less than 23 0' in this area which allows minimal space for the beach sand blanket, beach bl, <br /> I ' house and parking lot. bl! <br /> 1/1\ 3. There is not an atternatiye location near the beach that would pro\ide parking that is safe, convenient or with <br /> 111/\ adequate capacity to ser.'e the faeitity. II//Ii <br /> I 4. Shilling the lot location would result in the loss of valuable trees. If the parking lot were shifted 18' to the south, bl' <br /> (I seventeen large oak trees would be removed. <br /> 111\ hiI' <br /> Iml Please call me at 221-0401 if you have any questions or require additional information. bl!' <br /> ~III d::erelY, ~ - bl' <br /> ~II ~ I/!!\, <br /> ~III / bl' <br /> ~ Larry. acker RLA b\ <br /> '{' Vice P ident/Landseape Architect <br /> ;/1 1IIIIi <br /> It I C: Larry Holmberg, Sue Mason <br /> r'\l <br /> //1 1/11 <br /> I~ <br /> WI! <br /> ~~..:si~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ... '" - ~ ij, <br />