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'I < . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 26, 2000 TO: Mayor and City Council n ;:::1;;;) Joe Lynch, City Administrator o/cfl-1.t"J~ FROM: SUBJECT: Lake Josephine East, LLC Backl!:round Lake Josephine East, LLC approached the City of Arden Hills regarding development of some property adjacent to Lexington Avenue. Part of the agreement, which is enclosed for your review, dictated that the developers work with the property owners immediately to the south to acquire the necessary right-of-way for connection of Shoreline Lane to a cul-de-sac, which would allow the development to occur. The future plan of the City calls for the extension of Shoreline Lane to the north, across the Bachman property, for connection to Shoreline Lane to the north, thus creating a through street. Several requirements, as well as dates were established in the Development Agreement, which required the developers to have certain things done in order to be eligible to have the four (4) proposed lots to be considered developable. e As you know, there have been attempts, both by the developers and by the City, to assist the negotiations for the acquisition of property for the right-of-way for the road without any success. Several deadlines are looming for the developer that cannot be met unless the property owners immediately indicate a value for the acquisition for the property for road right-of-way. It is my understanding that the Bachman property, which is immediately north of the Rekuski property, has gone into trust and Bachman heirs are managing the trust. It is also my understanding that the City Council wanted to move at the time that the change in ownership occurred on the Bachman property. Historv I attempted to assist in mediating the negotiations between the developers and the private parties with regard to the purchase of the property for a road right-of-way. At the time of my intervention, Ms. Dee Rushenberg and Mr. Bob Wesslund had not corresponded with developers on their initial offer of $2,000 each for the acquisition of the property. In working with Nancy Randall, we authorized the City Engineer to come up with estimates of the amount of property that was outside of the already existing public road extension of Shoreline Lane, and based upon an average cost of property that we had recently acquired, estimated a value of approximately $3,000. This offer was made to both Ms. Rushenberg and Mr. Wesslund. They subsequently rejected that offer. .