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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6B - Shady Beach 2nd Addn. AGENDA: PREPARED BY: SUBJECT: DATE: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND: DISCUSSION: STAFF AGENDA REPORT 6B LANI LEICHTY, WATER RESOURCES COORDINATOR CONDUCT A PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC ACCESSES: Shady Beach 2nd Addition, Watersedge Trail/Glendale Avenue and Cove Avenue. OCTOBER 2, 1995 The purpose of this public informational hearing is to determine if the City Council desires to classify the above mentioned accesses according to the recommendations of the Lake Advisory Committee. Neighbors have been notified and notices placed in the Prior Lake American about this meeting. When the Lake Access Study was accepted by the Council at its regular meeting on October 17, 1994, the study made the following recommendations for these accesses: 1) Shady Beach 2nd Addition - Vacate. 2) Watersedge Trail/Glendale Avenue - Remain as is. 3) Cove Avenue - Vacate waterfront. The definition for "vacate" used in the study is as follows: Vacate: The City would release it's right to use or control property for a designated purpose. Vacate the property after research has been done to ensure no property will be landlocked, and a petition to vacate has been received. The following are descriptions of the accesses as mentioned in the Lake Access Study to be dealt with: SHADY BEACH 2ND ADDITION - This is a roadway easement is 50 ft. wide and approximately 40 ft. long platted perpendicular to Shady Beach Trail, (see site 1 on attached map). A portion of the property is wooded where driftwood and garbage has collected. The property owner to the west mows up to the tree line. There is no street lighting or available parking. Recommendation: Vacate. 16200 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E.. Prior Lake. Minnesota 55372-1714 1 Ph. (612) 447-4230 1 Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTuNITY EMPLOYER WATERSEDGE TRAIIJGLENDALE AVENUE - There are two lake access points here where Watersedge Trail and Glendale Avenue are separated by the channel leading to Boudin's Bay, (see site 2 on attached map). The road ends on both sides of the channel with cul- de-sacs. It's posted "No Parking, and there is no street lighting. The land between the pavement and the water is approximately 5 ft. wide and is wooded. There are slow no-wake buoys in the channel. The width of the channel varies with the lake level. This area needs to remain as is for public right-of-way for street repair and maintenance. Recommendation: Remain as is. Since the time that the Lake Access Study has been prepared, staff has received additional input from neighbors around the Watersedge Trail/Glendale Avenue cul-de-sacs. Their concern is that occasionally the public does use this area as a winter access and that since there is water movement through the channel in the winter that the ice is not as thick here as in other parts of the lake. This poses a potential problem of vehicles falling through the ice that may try entering onto the lake here. To prevent vehicles from entering here they suggest that some sort of barrier be installed around the end of cul-de-sacs. From the staff stand point this argument may be negated by the fact that several cars use this channel when coming off T.H. 13 near Boudin Street. From a liability stand point the City should not promote entering the lake in an area where thin ice may exist. During the last period of high water, City staff constructed a dike the length of Watersedge Trail from Boudin Street to the cuI de sac to protect the residential homes. The dike was not removed after the high water receded because it was previously constructed and later removed. The dike was seeded and will remain in place in the event high water occurs again. Staff is unaware of any significant use of the cuI de sac and does not have any problem with the access from Watersedge Trail not being used. Revised recommendation: Remain as is. Maintain the current dike along Watersedge Trail and reinforce as needed to prevent vehicles from gaining access to the lake in this area. COVE AVENUE - This road is paved to within 25 ft. of the waters edge and is posted "No Parking", (see site 3 on attached map). There is one street light. Residents stated that in the winter snow plows push snow to the end of the driveway blocking access to the lake. Some fishermen use the access in the winter when it is not blocked. Recommendation: Vacate a strip of land between the pavement and waterfront. Also, vacate the remaining waterfront back to the lot owners ofKneafsey's Cove and post the road ''No Public Access". ISSUES: The Lake Access Study recommendations were intended to provide the City with a "strategic plan" through which reasonable access would be provided to the lake. The study philosophy was that the City needs to provide reasonable access for non-Iakeshore dwellers while respecting the rights of lakeshore owners. The LAC believes that these recommendations are part of the overall strategy to accomplish this objective. ALTERNATIVES: The alternatives are as follows: 1. Accept the staff recommendations. 2. Accept the recommendations for one or more accesses and recommend changes for the others. 3. Continue the hearing for a specific reason. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the following for each access: . Shady Beach 2nd Addition: Vacate the 50 ft. wide strip of road right- of-way to the adjacent property owners. . Watersedge Trail/Glendale Avenue: Remain as is in order to maintain the existing roadway. Consider installing barriers near the waters edge in order to keep vehicles from gaining access to the lake in this area. These barriers could be either large boulders, or some other impediment which could be easily maintained by the public works department. Also, consider installing a "No Public Access" sign at the end of the Glendale Avenue cul-de-sac. . Cove Avenue: Vacate a 10 ft. strip of land upland from the 904.0 contour and vacate the remaining waterfront back to the respective lot owners of Kneafsey's Cove plat. Also, post a sign reading ''No Public Access". ACTION REQUIRED: Following the receipt of public input, if any, motion and second to adopt the staff recom endations. REVIEWED BY: accag6.doc ,:v~ '- -/; 1 ..' ~~O f.-iDe \\ /.;z P. (,8 ~6 : ~!:-e.~~ / ~40 ;! ./ ~& u,',. ,IJ -'~ ~"'C.L ',' , 8'" _- '7~ . . - ,- 1 Z .~; " -9"'1( : '. ,..", ,""~ , ' "v' /...~~ ~/ ~o . t~. _.--r--:, ., ." I V ~0/, ,-,1.. "~-' ,~ '+" 0'- 'J,'- Q. 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