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NARRATIVE FOR MURLOWSKI COMMERCIAL PARK Owner: Murlowski Properties, Inc. February 14, 2020 Murco Properties, Inc. 2200 Old Highway No. 8 New Brighton, MN 55112 Attn: Mark Murlowski Site: 2200 Old Highway NO. 8 New Brighton, MN 55112 Applicant: Sathre-Bergquist, Inc. 150 Broadway Ave. S. Wayzata, MN 55391 Attn: David Pemberton Murlowski Properties, Inc. and Murco, Inc. (Owners) are the owners of the subject properties of this application. To begin, the Owners are requesting a Site Plan Amendment for an application previously submitted for a preliminary plat and final plat. Currently there are no plans to develop the property. The main purpose of this project at this time is to clean up problematic property descriptions and any title issues. There a several legal descriptions which have ambiguities and omissions that were creating overlaps within the property and overlaps with adjoining parcels. Over the last year the Murlowski’s, their attorneys and our surveying department have been working with the title company and neighbors trying to resolve the overlap issues on the neighboring parcels. The internal overlaps will be cleaned up through the platting process. The title company and the Ramsey County Surveyor have been consulted, have review the proposed legal description, and have agreed this is the best way to clean this up. Second, the Site Plan Amendment we are requesting is presenting a 2-lot plus an Outlot preliminary and final plat verses the original 2 lot preliminary plat and final plat. Lot 1 encompasses an existing building owned by Murco Inc. and some additional land in order to increase the size of that parcel through the platting process. Lot 2 is multiple remnant parcels creating a large lot with a clean property description for potential future platting and development. Outlot A is a 60-foot-wide parcel providing access to Lot 1, Lot 2, and Old Highway No.8. Outlot A is designed to encompass part of future access road as shown on the preliminary plat. Also note, 30-foot-wide ROW running along the north property line remains. This ROW has served as a private drive for Owner’s property along with other properties for decades and will remain as is. Third, this Site Plan Amendment proposes to amend previously approved Resolution 15-038. A condition of this Resolution is to preserve in a natural state an adequate buffer between Old Highway 8 and Owner pile and equipment storage area. Owner requests this condition be eliminated allowing the proposed south corridor roadway within proposed Outlot A. The excessive distance and limiting pile height now preclude the need for a buffer. Final, city Resolution 2019-068 SUP authorizing Owner to relocate allowed rubble piles. This Resolution stands; except, item 4 page 3 of 7 mis-states Owner’s intention. It is Owner’s understanding that costs associated with the design and construction of the newly routed Rush Lake drainage is the city’s responsibility. Owner’s offer to provide a reasonable amount of land as an easement to install and maintain the yet to be designed storm water pipe. Along these lines, the existing Rush Lake drainage pipe running to the north and west on Owner’s property will be abandoned. Based on a current title search there does not appear to be a recorded easement document covering the existing Rush Lake drainage pipe. Owners request that if any recorded or unrecorded easement should be discovered that the city will vacate or abandon said easements upon construction of a newly routed Rush Lake drainage pipe. Please contact me with any questions. David B. Pemberton, Licensed Land Surveyor SS AA TT HH RR EE --BB EE RR GG QQ UU II SS TT ,, II NN CC .. 11 55 00 SS OO UU TT HH BB RR OO AA DD WW AA YY ,, WW AA YY ZZ AA TT AA ,, MM II NN NN EE SS OO TT AA ,, 55 55 33 99 11 TEL:(952)47 6 -6000 WEB :WWW .SATHRE.COM