2000-11-27 DNR Shoreland Mgmt Concerns
ROBERT L HOFl=~1AN
GERALD H, FRIEDELL
EDWARD J. DRISCOLL
GENE N. FULLER
JOHN D. FULLMER
FRANK I, HARVEY
CHARLES S. MODELL
CHRISTOPHER J, DIETZEN
LINDA H. FISHER
THOMAS P. STOLTMAN
MICHAEL C, JACKMAN
JOHN E. DIEHL
JON S. SWIERZEWSKI
THOMAS J. FLYNN
JAMES P. QUINN
TODD I. FREEMAN
GERALD L. SECK
JOHN 8, LUNDQUIST
DAYLE NOLAN ~
JOHN A. COTTER ~
PAUL B PLUNKETT
ALAN L KILOOW
KATHLEEN M. PICOTTE NEWMAN
MICHAEL 8. LEBARON
GREGORY E. KORSTAD
GARY A. VAN CLEVE ~
TIMOTHY J. KEANE
ALAN M. ANDERSON
MICHAEL W. SCHLEY
RONN B. KREPS
TERRENCE E. BISHOP
GARY A, RENNEKE
CHRISTOPHER J, HARRISTHAL
KENDELJ.OHLROGGE
BRUCE J. DOUGLAS
WILLIAM C. GRIFFITH, JR.
JOHN R. HILL
PETER J. COYLE
LARRY D, MARTIN
JANE E. BREMER
JOHN J. STEFFENHAGEN
MICHAEL ~, SI\rITH
LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DAL Y & LINDGREN, LTD.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1500 WELLS FARGO PLAZA
7900 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55431-1194
TELEPHONE (952) 835-3800
FAX (952) 896-3333
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November 27, 2000
John Linc Stine
Water Management Administrator
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Waters
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4032
ANDREW F PERRIN
>=REDERICK W. NIEBUHR
RENEE L. JACKSON
WILLIAM G THORNTON
CHRISTOPHER K. LARUS
DOUGLAS M, RAMLER
ANN M. MEYER
STEPHEN J. KAMINSKI
THOMAS F ALEXANDER
DANIEL T KADLEC
SHARNA A. WAHLGREN
JOHN F, KLOS
ADAM S. HUHTA"
NICHOLASA.J. VLlETSTRA
C ERIK HAWES
JAMES M. SUSAG
DANIEL J. BALlINTINE
JOHN A. MACK
JEFFREY D. CAHILL
SEAN D. KEllY
SONYA R. BRAUNSCHWEiG
JOSEPH J. FITTANTE, JR.
JONATHAN J. FOGEL
CYNTHIA M. KLAUS
MARK D. CHRISTOPHERSON
NEAL J. BLANCHETT
TAMARA O'NEILL MORELAND
JAMES A. MCGREEVY, III
THOMAS A. GUMP"
TODD A. TAYLOR
CHRISTOPHER J. DEIKE
MARLA M. ZACK
DIONNE M. BENSON
JEREMY C. STIER
OF COUNSEL
JAMES P. LARKIN.
JACK F, DALY
D. KENNETH LINDGREN
ALLAN E. MULLIGAN
JOSEPH GITlS
ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN
VIA FACSIMILE and US MAIL
Re: Contractor Property Developers Company-Towne Lakes, Albertville, Minnesota
Our File No. 19,501-10
Dear John:
Thanks so much for taking time from your busy schedule to meet with us and representatives of the City
of Albertville on November 15 to discuss DNR shoreland management concerns related to Towne Lakes.
The enclosed documents contain the additional information you requested at our recent meeting.
The first document summarizes the chaIlgcs CQnt~actc~' Property Developers Company ("CPDC") has
made to the Towne Lakes development plan in response to DNR comments on the Towne Lakes EA W.
The changes address residentiallakeshore setbacks, protection of water quality, and lake access and
usage.
The second document is a lot-by-lot lakeshore analysis. It addresses rear yard setbacks and shoreland
buffers on the currently proposed Towne Lakes development plan. This revised plan, which was
presented at our November 15 meeting, reflects the development plan modifications that CPDC made in
response to DNR comments on the Towne Lakes EA W.
LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD.
John Linc Stine
November 27,2000
Page 2
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions concerning the enclosed documents or the currently
proposed Towne Lakes development plan. Thanks again for your continuing cooperation.
Sincerely,
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Linda H. Fisher, for
LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, Ltd.
Enclosures
cc: Craig Rapp, Contractor Property Developers Company
Cory Meyer, Westwood Professional Services
Michael Couri, Couri and MacArthur
Cindy Sherman, Northwest Associated Consultants
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Responses to DNR comments - Towne Lakes EAW
As a result of comments made by the DNR and subsequent discussions with
agency staff, CPDChas made a number of changes to the Towne Lakes
development plan. Each of the following changes is intended to be responsive to
the issues of water quality preservation, lake access and usage, and residential
setbacks.
. We have increased the setbacks so that the average rear yard setback
along the lakeshore is sixty-five (65) feet. This was accomplished by
carefully analyzing each lot and placing a minimum building pad upon
them. This will guarantee that no rear setback will be closer than fifty (50)
feet. This compares to the previous minimum of forty-five (45) feet. As
the attached table indicates, average lot setbacks are evenly distributed
with nine lots at the minimum of fifty feet and eight lots over seventy-five
feet. It should be noted that it is likely, given different buyer preferences,
that the final building setback will be greater than the minimum expressed
in 30-50% of the cases.
. We have increased the size of the shoreland buffer area from an average
width of twenty-nine (29) feet to forty-one (41) feet, providing additional
runoff protection and filtering.
. We have enlarged the buffer strip in the lakeside park areas -ensuring
that they will remain largely natural and used for passive activities.
Previously, we had intended the lakeside park areas to be sodded and
developed in a typical configuration. Upon reconsideration, we have
added additional buffer width so that over half of the park areas will be
left in their natural state
. In order to minimize watercraft impact, we will limit slips at the public
docks and encourage or provide storage for small craft such as canoes and
kayaks.
. We have agreed to support a limit or ban on motorized craft on the lakes.
We believe that other than the use of electric motors, the lake could
function well with such a limitation and we would support efforts to
initiate such controls.