05-16-1986 Mayor & City Mem Mtg
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CITY OF HOPKINS
1010 FIRST STREET SOUTH
HOPKINS. MINNESOTA 55343
612/935-8474
May 16, 1986
Mayor and c~ty council Members
city of Minnetonka
14600 Minnetonka Boulevard
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345
Dear Mayor and city council Members,
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The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the city of
Hopkins' position on the public improvement project proposed
for 4th Street North, near the Homestead development in
Minnetonka. Specifically, the City of Hopkins feels that a
number of issues need to be resolved before this project can
go forward:
1. A final determination as to the div1sion of
costs. Although it is assumed that a 50/50 split
would be used, we are not conv~nced that this 1s
appropriate.
2. Because the improvement of 4th street involves
change, we feel that a
place regarding the needs
to establishing a final
a s~gnificant grade
discussion should take
of each city, prior
design.
3. Related to issue number 2, the city of Hopkins
is not entirely convinced it 1S necessary to pave
4th Street. Again, we believe that the two c1ties
should discuss this issue.
4. The City of Hopk~ns is very concerned about
the parking variances granted to Homestead by the
city of Minnetonka. Before a final decision about
improving 4th Street can be made, the city of
Hopkins believes it is necessary to address the
issue of parking and the potent~al impacts of on-
street parking in Hopkins resulting from the
Homestead development
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5. It was suggested that the developer of the
Homestead project should consider requesting
direct access from Highway 7. If granted, the
City of Hopkins believes that this could solve a
number of problems with this project.
6. Because the City of Minnetonka granted a front
yard variance, the City of Hopkins would like to
see the landscape plans in order to determine how
the Hom~stead prbject will relate to the
surrounding neighborhood in Hopkins.
7. The City Council has identified other
engineering issues that should be discussed and
resolved before we can order a public improvement
project.
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Due to
the 4th
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efforts.
meeting of
issues.
the large number of unresolved issues connected with
Street/Homestead project, it would seem appropriate
two cities attempt to better coordinate their
For that reason, we suggest setting up a joint
the two City Councils to resolve the outstanding
When you
cited in
meeting.
forward to
have had an opportunity to consider the concerns
this letter, please contact us to set up a joint
Thank you for your consideration, and we look
meeting with you.
Sincerely,
Ellen Lavin
Mayor
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