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The Honorable David Schaaf and Councilmembers David Beaudet,
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:,Janet Robert, Mark Swenson a J' rr Turn uist --ANA
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14168 North 57"' Street
Oak Park Hei Minnesota 5*5082
RE: VSSA Senior Housin Development
Dear Ma Schaaf and Councilmembers Beaudet, Robert, Swenson and Turn
It has come to our attention this week that the Cit has had .a polic of re Cit
construction of public streets. We have beep workin all alon with the understandin
that we had a choicel- and that Cit des'i and, construction would be re in the
event we chose to use special assessment bonds for the 'improvements. In recent weeks�
we have proceeded with desi of the utilities and the ma park-wa throu the project
with our own en because we felt it would allow us to save mone and to start t hat
work this fall
We respectfull re that y ou g rant us an exemption from y our standard procedures
for the development of the pro parkwa and related utilit improvements. There are a
number of Treasons .for y ou to consider this re as follows:
1. City Control. In this particular pro the Cit has a g reat deal of control
over the developer for a lon time to come, Becauie the Cit will still have
part two of the General Plan approval for Phase 1, buildin permit approvbds,
and all Phase U approvals in the future it has man remedies to P rotect itself
if there is eve a problem that needs resolvin
2. ExperAenced En6neer. Our en Ultei En Inc-., are ver
experienced in workin with local communi and meetin their desi
standards for roads and utilities and have turned over roads to the cities after,
completion in man communities. Some of the metro area communities that
the have worked with in the last 3 y ears in this capacit include -Pl
Inver Grove Hei hm Ea Bumsvillel,, Hu Becker, Mo
Maplewood, Oakdale, and Mahtomedi.
i lloll-pcoht wllaboraLlvc ctfurt ur'Lakmew FluspiLal, Croixdale Rcsidencc- Apartments, and Oresbvicrian Homes (if
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etter to Mayor S chaaf and Council members B eaudet, Robert, Swenson and T"umqui st
August 21, 1998
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3 G r gal and Inspection. we have always understood that we must
design to Ci standards, that the City Engi neer wo uld rev our plans an
they must nneet his approval, and that the City Engineer%would inspect the
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work duning construction and be supplied "with as-built drawings upon
comp let ion, It is o understanding that the City Engineer is also Woodbury's
City Engineer and that the procedure we are describing is per
there.
4 , Lose Fall If we have to backtrack and have the City design, approve,
bid and construct the parkway, we lase at least several weeks in the process
which at this time of year makes the difference between proceeding with the
th is g sp ring.
r ad i fa.l.l or waiting until next Even if the ' City proceeded in haste,
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the process would talcs at least 3 weeks longer and would mean starting in late
October instead of the~ end of September and would not give enough working .
time before winter to be feasible.
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5 , Fall Start enefits. Our getting started thus faI all his benefits for the ty a.n
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for the prod -ect. Getting the roadway and site grading done this f on Phase I
permits us to plan on access to a- model unit by next spring in a duplex on site
which will be important to our marketing effort. It will also provide for
completion of .phase I in the spring of 2000, we would otherwise be looking
at the fall of that year. The City is belped too by the earlier start. In addition
to getting the residents, jpbs, park and tax base in place that much sooner the
visible construction of our sizeable ca�mpu�s will be impressive to eornn��rcral
developers considering makifig proposals to the City for the Central Business.
District planned to the north of the site. .
6, Common Practice. what we are a i
sking s not something that is out of fhe
ordinary, The list above in- item 2 just notes the communities our engineer has r
this type of experience with, it is common with many other com�munitles as
well. Presbyterian Homes has developed a public street in its Minnetonka.
project, Your City Engineer has also had experience working in this manner.
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We appreciate, consideration of this re q uest, We are excited ab out the campus
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development and have tried to work cooperativel with the nei and the Cit and
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feel that the results have been of benefit to all. We hbpe to continue to work. with y ou in
this manner and feel that pri -rate construction of the park-wa and utilities can be done in
a wa that protects ever and works to all of our benefit.
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Respectfull'
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Barbara P. Barry Senior Servioes Al nce
Cc: Tom Melena
Dan Lindh
Jeanie Hockin
Curt Geissler
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