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Staff Convnents on PIK Terminal Conditions T. Planning Cominission conditaons 5, 7, 12, 13 and 14 all refer to easements and could be stated as fallows� to simplify and clarify the easments re�uired to safcguard the city: A. Thafi in regard to a11 public utilities on the site, both existing and as required in the future resulting from storrn draanage construction, that these facilities be provided with easements detexmined adequate hy the City access to the facilities, and/ox ponding areas for their constructzon and maintenance. 8. That the owner agrees to provzde access and build a tunnel, subj�ct to the City's design approvai, to accommodate sanitary sewer and other utilities under the owner's structures as proposed in Phas� 2. C. The potenrzal problem of the City not having �egal access to t�e deditated park Iand by citizens or employees was not co�ered by the Planning Commission canditions. It leaues the City zn the position where we can't get to the site to undertake necessary and desirable activities such as constructing berms, planting tzees, path cons�ruction, grass plantings, or maintaining the area. Reasonabie access to the site to undertake its improvement or - �aintenance should be obtaznecl at least for city representatives. II. Planning Commission conditions 1, 2 and 17 ref er to right-af-way s�tuations of deeding property to the City and cauld be stated as �ollows: � B. 'I'haz the Owner agrees to dedicate approximately I0.5 acres of land shown on plans submitted. and dated March 27, 1975. The exact property lanes shall be subject to adjustment to the extent that the minimu�► depth af dedication sha11 be 1D0 feet from the control level line af Langdon Lake as described by suxvay a£ter meltzng of snow co�er in the Spring of 1975. arant a ermanent road�ay easement � T�at the owner°. _.P /�or a cul-de-sac (50 X�ao ) at the groposed r.arth terminus of Prior Avenu.e. C. Trat the applicant dedicate the easfierly half {30 feet) oF hlount Ridge Road sautn. ofr the narth side af Iona. This action is predicated on the point tha� the requested vaca�ion o£ Iona and Mount Ridge Roaci south of Iona should be denied as per tha intent of the Planning Corrnnission and agreed to by the owner at the Planning Cammission meeting. This deniai was inadvertent�y omitted from the Commissian action but verif ied by Chairman Albert Grauel as the desire of the Cflmmission. III. Conditian S referred to ber� constxuction by developer tvi�h exc�ss ma�exaal. He had �rev�ously commented thafi those trees being removed during construction could be replanted on 'the new berm by city if we desired. The proposed bexm construction is samewha�C questionable from the city sta£f viewpoint for the following reasons: A) The construction tivould necessitat� the removal of over 300 trees with many af them being large trees aver i2" in dzameter. B) C) Diffzculty in czty replantzng - 80� of trees cauld nat be replanted with. presen� equipment and i5Q would be difficult. tiVrong type of trees to provide yeax xo�ind screennng - conif erous trees would be more desirable.