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Creative Solutions fo~ Land Piauning and Dc~ign Hoisin§ton Koegler Group Inc. flllr4 Memorandum To: From: Date: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator " .,n.--~ ~/// Brad Scheib, Hoisington Koegler Group, Ine July 23, 1998 Re: Assessment of the impact on the Comprehensive Plan of excepting from the current development moratorium a 3.9 acre parcel located on the southwest corner of the intersecffon of State Highway 47 and Nowthen Boulevard (County Rd. 5)for developtnent ora senior housing £roject. This memorandum is intended to provide an assessment of the impact on the current Comprehensive Plan of removing the above mentioned parcel from the control of the current development moratorium in order to facilitate the development of a 50 unit senior housing project. Potential Impacts Lan. d Us.e: The current use of the property is a substandard housing unit that appears to be vacant and the current zoning indicates a B-I business district. The current working draft of the Comprehensive Plan shows thc proposed designation of thc site as high density residential, which would be consistent with rezoning the property for a senior housing project. Furthermore, the development of senior housing is a recommended goal within the current working draft of the land use plan and a suggested policy to achieve that goal is for the City to facilitate such development. (See working draft of future land use element dated July 7, 1998.) JD~: The working draft of the land use plan indicates a density range o f 7 to 15 units per acre for high-density developments. The senior housing project appears to be within the suggested density range. ~cle Hous~g: Part of the vision residents have for thc future community is the ability to continue living in Ramsey from the time they move into their first place of their own to the time they wish to no longer own a homc. To achiewc this vision, Ramsey needs to encourage development oflife-cycle housing. This project is consistent with providing a housing type that is not currently present in the Rarnsey community. ~'mage_: Residents are continually concerned about image, not just as it relates to improving the Highway 10 corridor but throughout the community as well. The worldng draf~ of the Comprehensive Plan contains a policy to require and enforce high design standards for multi-family residential development. These standards .Page 1 of 2 123 North Third Strt~t, Suite 100, Miuncapoli~, MN 55401.1659 Ph (612) 338-0800 Fx (612) 338-6838 I I I I I I I I I I I ! I, I I