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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Topic Report: Land Use and Disposition Alternatives for Former Municipal Campus <br />By: Amber G. Miller, Planning Manager, Tim Gladhill Associate Planner <br />Background: <br />The former Municipal Center site is approximately twenty (20) acres and is zoned Public /Quasi <br />Public. The proposed land use in the approved Comprehensive Plan is R -1, low density residential. <br />Staff met to discuss the site and needs for the Fire Department within the past few weeks and would <br />like direction from the City Council on how to continue to move this project forward. <br />Observations: <br />Currently, there are two accesses to the Site; one from Nowthen Blvd. and one from Helium Street. <br />Both accesses need to be maintained as long as the Site continues to function as a Fire Station. Fire <br />utilizes the Site as Fire Station #2 which houses five (5) vehicles/apparatus and 20 firefighters. The <br />City has purchased property at the corner of Alpine and Helium to serve as the location for the new <br />Fire Station at some point in the future. <br />In reviewing the existing Site, should the City wish to develop the property, there are options to phase <br />a residential development that would allow the Fire Station to stay and the southern portion of the site <br />begin to develop. There are several options for additional access to the Site. To the east, both 152 <br />Avenue and 152 " Lane could be easily extended through the Site for a natural continuation of the <br />City street grid. Water and Sanitary are both in 152 "d Lane and Water is also in Nowthen Blvd., so <br />extension of utilities should not be an issue. There is an existing stormwater pond on the northwest <br />portion of the Site, however, it is not large enough to support additional development of this level and <br />additional stormwater facilities would be needed. <br />Staff has prepared several layouts of possible subdivisions designs for the site, including keeping the <br />zoning R -1 and continuing the current single family lot layout that directly abutting the Site. As an <br />alternative option, the City could consider a smaller lot configuration which would allow for medium <br />density. This would necessitate a zoning change to R -2 medium density residential. Staff is <br />recommending changing the zoning to R -2 to allow a little more flexibility with the development of <br />the area. Staff would also recommend requiring a PUD to allow for density transitioning through the <br />use of dedicated open space adjacent to the existing single family if the Council wishes to consider <br />this option. In addition, the City could consider an overlay zoning district that would permit the Site <br />