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the issue emerged now, more than two decades after that agreement, when city officials looked at how to link trails from a new development going up east of the neighborhood.
lake elmo wants the court to declare the hamlet trails public and order the “no trespassing” sign removed.
the board of the homeowner’s association, which has until may 20 to respond to the suit, met wednesday night to discuss the issue. bobbi olson, the association’s president, said the group was “shocked” by the lawsuit and felt the issue goes back to negligence on the developers’ part, not the homeowners.
members of the association pay fees for the neighborhood’s maintenance, including the trails.
the city’s complaint alleges that members of the association have approached people using the trails and told them they aren’t public.
olson said hamlet’s residents are “gracious to our neighbors” but concerned about how many more people from surrounding developments might use the trails if they were to become public. that would raise safety and maintenance concerns, she said.
handt said similar issues arose at the adjacent tapestry at charlotte’s grove development, to the west of hamlet. that neighborhood also has private trails but has opened a segment of them for public use.
olson said she hoped the association and the city can come to an agreement. “there’s always a way to work something out,” she said.

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