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LAWRENCE AND TERI PERRON 1798 MAIN STREET CENTERVILLE, MN 55038 651.429.5280 While Lee Stevens was building on the property, the City of Centerville decided that the driveway, which was approved to exit onto Main Street by Anoka County, should be relocated to exit onto Mill Road extension. I approached the City of Centerville and was told that they still expected Mill Road to eventually cross Clear Water Creek and be used in the development south of Clear Water Creek. I tried to explain the problems/alternatives to their decision- The City of Centerville did not own all the land to Clear Water Creek, I did~ Rice Creek Watershed deemed the south side of Clear Water Creek a wetland area. A DNR approved culvert would not be cost effective to install being access could be done a block west without a culvert. The maintenance of Mill Road extension would be twofold, who would maintain it? The City of Centerville held steadfast in their decision, but would allow the driveway to be moved if the land (Mill Road extension) was returned to the public. The land was sold to Clay Alcock a few years ago. We have discussed the vacating of Mill Road extension several times to no avail. Clay's position (or more so his brother-in-law, Bob) has been that there is no room along the west side of his honse to store things and therefore wants 50% of Mill Road extension. My response was/is that if the city would give the property back to me, I would give him some land; say ten feet, from not ouIy Mill Road extension, but also my own land, to make a nice, straight boundary all the way to the creek. This would give him plenty of room to access the rest of his land to the east along Clear Water Creek. Add to this, changing his driveway to exit onto Main Street, and he would solve his parking dilemma Mill Road extension is not the only problem I face with Clay. Because of his sister, brother in law, and their two children living with him, the abnormal amount of possessions being accumulated on his property has become an issue. Last count there were 5 cars, a fish house, an 8 ft. and a 16 ft. utility trailer, a 20 ft. mobile home, a 16 ft. boat, 2 rider lawn mowers, 2 atv vehicles, and a full size tractor. These are all parked on a combination ofhis driveway and Mill Road extension. Also, trespassing has become an issue. Last year I found Bob roto-tilling a garden on my property and this year I hired a survey crew to prove that the land the children were using as a playground was also my property. In retrospect, I cannot change the fact that a house was built, or that Clay and his relatives own a lot of stuff. What I can try to do is offer solutions to existing problems. The City of Centerville no longer needs Mill Road extension or the extra expense in maintaining it. On a positive note, once given back to me, the City ofCenterviIIe can now tax the property. The vacation of Mill Road extension to me, minus ten feet on the east side, plus ten feet of my land south of Mill Road extension to Clear Water Creek, would enable Clay plenty of access to the rest of his land without trespassing on other property. Moving Clay's driveway to exit onto Main Street would also benefit in improved access to his garage. Sincerely, Larry Perron