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Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman; to table action because they were absent the letter from the Anoka County Highway Department and directed the City Engineer to View the property. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Zimmerman, and Anderson. Voting No: None. Case #4: Request for Preliminary Plat Approval of Villas of Meadow Point: Case of Allstate Development, LLC Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that on September 24, 2002, the City Council reviewed the preliminary plat for Villas of Meadow Point, and after a lengthy discussion tabled action on the preliminary plat to the October 8, 2002 meeting. Several issues were brought up during the Council discussion. These items included the Park Commission's actions regarding the plat, Anoka County's response to the plat, the possibility of relocating the accesses for' the single family lots on Alpine Drive to the rear, and the extension of the sanitary sewer trunk line. In addition, the City Council instructed staff to send the new density transition ordinance to three adjoining property owners along the western border of the development to inform them of the density transition options available to the City. The letter and ordinance was sent out on September 30, 2002. In response to the issues raised at the SePtember 24, 2002 Council meeting, staff had the following information: I I I ! I I I I I Park Commission' action: The Park Commission, at their September 12, 2002 meeting, recommended that park dedication and trail development fees be charged as part of the Villas of Meadow Point subdivision. In addition, the Park Commission also is requiring that the developer construct an eight-foot bituminous trail along Sunfish Lake Boulevard, Alpine Drive, and Nowthen Boulevard where the proposed development abuts the aforementioned right-of-ways. · Anoka County's response: Staff has again contacted Anoka County Highway Department staff regarding the proposed, development. An initial letter was sent out on July 18, 2002, regarding the proposed preliminary plat. The County has indicated that they do not have a problem with the proposed access as long as it is. the only access, but they have not yet finished the site line study to determine the necessary mm lanes.. · Relocation of single-family accesses:' Staff has met with the. applicant and the applicant's engineers to look at providing access to the single-family lots from the rear. It was determined that providing access to the rear would not be desirable. Two alternatives were considered in to this conclusion. Both options include extending an. east-west road on the north side of the single family lots, and all of these alternatives had the following common impacts: loss of a strip of mature hardwood trees approximately 20 feet wide and 200 feet in length, the requirement of a large amount of fill, with up to seven feet in some spots, and the net loss of green area at the expense of pavement. One alternative 'considered access to the single-family units via a private street. Several setback and lot- size variance would be City Council/October 8, 2002 Page 10 of 15 -131-