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-28- City Attorney Goodrich replied that it would be legal if the developer chose to do that, bU~'~the Court order allows the developer to have lots of a minimum of 10,800 square feet. :":; ':" Councilmember Anderson stated that she preferred Option B being that there are .~:ye Cul-de-sacs and five through streets. She did not think a neighborhood sh uld be walled o;~., As:a.res~dent of the existing neighborhood she has some concern that in the future they Mil'be unable!tO:get out onto T.H. #47 because of the increase of traffic so it is very Ill, ely- that the existing neighborhood will need to get access to 15Yd Avenue. The proposed, throughs2eets t'o the noir;:' . were designed as through streets years ago and should stay that.'Way,i :'The prOi~'erty has been'':.".. placed inside the MUSA area and she does not know of many;develop® who would want to develop one acre lots. The proposed density of the development"is 2.1 units per acre. It seemed to her that Centex has tried to make some accommOdat/~n to the east and west of the development so that it will be a minimum impact on .the'existing homeOWners. She hoped that Centex would salvage as many trees by moving thO"roi-the perimeter edges where existing neighbors are more heavily impacted. '~ . . - ~ Councilmember Hendriksen inquired as to what they Mayor was.:g0ing to do about density transitioning. 4.. . Mayor Gamec replied that he is .unable to do.anything in this case becaUSe.of a Court order, but he is willing to continue working on a density transition ordinance. Councilmember Hendriksen responded that what the' City is saying that if a developer chooses to sue the City the Council would be prohibited from discUSsing density transitioning. He suggested that the Council get a density transition ordinance in place that is meaningful. City Engineer Olson stated that a question was bro:ught forward regarding the sewer and water trunk fees including the storm sewer projects. After.some research he did find out that due to the nature ot the preliminary plat they have not e0r~pletely come up with the sewer and water extensions costs. Roughly there will be $2'~-0,000 in costs that would be attributable to the developer off-site. · ":-.. :. · .~:Councilmember Hendriksen stated that easy explanation is that the plat does not call out the amount of storm storage hhat does not have an outlet to the Rum River. If they are to provide an outlet to the Rum River there iS about $130,000 in cost they don't have a funding source for. City Engineer Olson reviewed the drainage plan of the site, which include an overflow for the interior development. The $130,000 is for the positive overflow, but there is also a benefit to the City because of the park and low land. Ar this time staff did not have the particulars of where the money would.be coming from, but in other developments in the City the issue was handled in detail in the development agreement and any additional costs were born by the developer. :: Councilmember Hendriksen stated that earlier in the Finance Committee they were wrestling with a situation where the City did not develop an outlet for the drainage pond in Business Park Ci~ Council/September 11, 2001 Page 10 of 22 I I i I I I I I I I I ii I I I I I