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4898 Brooklyn Ln - Ltr. re: West End Fishing & Hunt Club4 )j. City of Eaall Mike Maguire Mayor Paul Bakken Cyndee Fields Gary Hansen Meg Tilley Council Members Thomas Hedges City Administrator Municipal Center 3830 Pilot Knob Road Eagan, MN 55122 -1810 651.675.5000 phone 651.675.5012 fax 651 454.8535 TDD Maintenance Facility 3501 Coachman Point Eagan, MN 55122 651.675.5300 phone 651.675.5360 fax 651.454.8535 TDD www.cityofeagan.com The Lone Oak Tree The symbol of strength and growth in our community. June 21, 2011 Ms. Susanna Li 4898 Brooklyn Lane Eagan, MN 55123 Dear Ms. Li: Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns about the new driveway that the West End Fishing and Hunting Club ( "Gun Club ") is building. I understand that you and some of your neighbors have also discussed your concerns with City staff. I can certainly appreciate your frustration, both about the project itself and the fact that you were not formally noticed of such a project. The challenge in this instance is the Gun Club property abuts a public street and therefore, they do not require any land use or other City approvals to connect to Brooklyn Lane. Rather, the Gun Club simply needed a permit to work in the right of way to make the physical connection, and the City had no authority to deny that permit. Likewise, the Gun Club was under no legal obligation to provide formal notice to the neighbors regarding their new driveway access. Please know that the City Council and staff take your concerns very seriously, and I hope you can understand that in this instance, the City had no legal ability to deny the Gun Club's rights to remove their trees or change their driveway access. If you continue to notice issues such as speeding, rolling stops or loud activity on the Gun Club property late in the evening, please do not hesitate to call 911 to report the concerns so our Police Department can follow up and make sure proper enforcement is occurring. Lastly, I encourage you and your neighbors to speak directly to the Gun Club Board to discuss whether there are ways the Gun Club can manage operations to minimize the neighborhood's concerns, i.e. late night activity, people not stopping at stop signs when leaving the property, etc. The City will also encourage the Gun Club to reach out to you and your neighbors on these issues. Again, thank you for your letter. I hope that you and your neighbors will be able to have positive communication with the Gun Club moving forward. If you have any further questions about the Gun Club's new access, please contact City Engineer Russ Matthys at 651/675 -5646. Sincerely, Mike Maguire Mayor cc: Tom Hedges, City Administrator Tom Colbert, Public Works Director Russ Matthys, City Engineer Jon Hohenstein, Community Development Director Jim McDonald, Police Chief RECEIVED JUN 15 2011 June 13, 2011 Mayor Mike Maguire 3830 Pilot Knob Road Eagan, MN 55122 Dear Mayor Maguire, West End Fishing & Hunting Club ( "Gun Club ") — New Driveway/ Entrance Susanna Li 4898 Brooklyn Lane Eagan, MN 55123 (651) 214 -1085 Thank you for reading this letter. I am the owner of a twin home development on Brooklyn Lane, Eagan, adjacent to the West End Fishing & Hunting Club ( "Gun Club "). I have been living in this address since October 2006. Last weekend, without any notices from the Gun Club or the City of Eagan, the Gun Club started to take down tall trees and build a new driveway on their property leading to a new entrance on Brooklyn Lane, facing my driveway and front yard. Their new driveway is literally wider than Brooklyn Lane! My neighbors and myself are in disbelief and are seriously concerned. The Gun Club has been in the neighborhood for quite some years. They already have a private road in the junction of Biscayne Avenue and Gun Club Road. The traffic on that dirt road is noticeably busy especially during evenings. Many SUV, trucks and other vehicles seldom stop properly at that junction when they come out from Gun Club Road. Now that the entrance will be on a residential small road, homeowners are extremely upset. Why is the Gun Club intrusive enough to build a driveway in the residential neighborhood? Why is the City Planning Department of Eagan allowing the Gun Club to do this? Do the homeowners in the neighborhood have any protection from your office? My neighbors and I have called the City Planning Office this morning in this regard. Unfortunately, we were informed that the Gun Club was given permit to do their driveway. Obviously, it is upsetting to know that the homeowners' concern was disregard. Mayor Maguire, thank you for your time and your comment is very much appreciated! Regards, ten c 85 ri "C3 CNI Crt n 03 L Z 0 CD Z o ti fti >. c Q CO re) .84 Z CC' 43 rn