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Mayor Larry Fournier ary
16632 — 70' Street
Otsego, MN 55330
RE: Proposed Interchange,
Highway 101 and C.R. 37,
Otsego, Wright County, Minnesota
Dear Mayor Fournier and City Councilmembers:
We are the owners of a 32.6 acre property located in the southwest quadrant of
Highway 101 and C.R. 37 (Property Identification No's. 118 - 500 - 341102 and 118 -
500- 352200). Our property is on the east, south and west of the City of Otsego water
tower located on the south side of C.R. 37 immediately west of Highway 101.
While we certainly understand the positive effect that subject interchange may
provide to the community, it will have an opposite effect on our property. Following
are our concerns:
1. Our property has been re- guided to industrial from medium density
residential, despite the inherent physical issues.
2. Access to our property after the interchange improvement, we are told,
will be at best, right in /right out, as the right turn lane and median will
apparently not allow us four -way movement at C.R. 37.
3. We have been advised that finish grade elevations of the future C.R. 37
will, most likely, further aggravate access to our property.
4. There are two pipelines that cross our property that further preclude
elevation changes of significance.
5. In the future, when Quaday Avenue is constructed to the west of our
property, we still won't have access as we will not have frontage on
Quaday.
-6. Thus, utilization of our property for an industrial use, without four -way
access to C.R. 37, has severely impacted on the value of our property,
as well as when it may be developed.
7. At the time the property was guided to industrial from medium density
residential, we had a signed agreement from a buyer to develop the
property for medium density residential use.
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Mayor Fournier and City Councilmembers
March 3, 2005
We, and our representatives, have attended many of the meetings dealing with the
and use issues and the interchange, and have shared our concerns.
It should be noted that the revised interchange design that removed the exit ramp
from Highway 101 traveling southbound to access C.R. 37 has been replaced by a
service road that requires an exit decision to C.R. 37 at the C.R. 42 interchange to
further impact negatively on the use of our property.
We are very disappointed with your actions regarding our property.
I am expressing my concerns on this as I am out of town on March 14, 2005 when
the public hearing is scheduled.
Sincerely, •
Shawn Weinand
cc: Mike Robertson
Councilmember Vern Heidner
Councilmember Jessica Stockamp
Councilmember Dan Scharber
Councilmember Mark Thorsted
PUBLIC HEARING
Trunk Highway 101
March 14, 2005
5:30 PM
OTSEGO CITY HALL
5 PM - Review of Drawings
1. Mayor Fournier will open the Public Hearing.
Roll Call:
2. City Attorney comments.
3. City Engineer comments.
4. Public Comments.
5. , Close. the Public Hearing.
6. City Council Discussion.
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