Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 08/11/1994

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CASE #3 DETERMINE PARK DEDICATION FOR CHESTNUT RIDGE 2ND ADDITION By: Mark Boos, Parks/Utilities Supervisor Background: Mr John Petersog, of Good Value Homes, is requesting, preliminary plat approval for Chestnut Ridge 2nd AdditiOn. The 65-acre plat is proposed to consist of 71 single family urban lots. As the Commiss~n will recall, a similar lot configuration, south of Sunwood Drive N.W., was reviewed as a sk~}tch plan at the time Chestnut Ridge was examined (southwest of Wood Pond Hills on Krypton ~:Street N.W.). Contained within the Planning Commission case and enclosed for your information are: a. Site location map b. Pr¢posed preliminary plat c. Staff review letter Please note that staff is recommending extension of the one bubble on Sunwood Drive, southwest, to the street east oi* Potassium Street N.W. (Neon Street ?) Observation/Recommendation: Park dedication cash contribution, based on 71 lots, would be $49,700. Staff believes that with adequate pedestrian and bicyclist transportation routes, recreation will be adequate, given the combination of Eiunters Hill, Emerald Pond, the Ramsey Elementary School, and Flintwood Terrace Parks. Fu~re development of the Sunfish Lake Recreation Area (landfill site with possible inclusion of Sunfish Lake itself) and the Municipal Center property may also provide destinations. It is also importa~ to remember that Sunwood Drive will receive an off-street trail, at the time of construction, using Minnesota State Aid Street construction dollars. Upon the Commission's previous review, it was determined that Potassium Street N.W. should be constructed with cgrb cuts on the west side to allow for the construction of an off-street path within the 66 foot right<}f-way. Existing Potassium Street N.W., to the south to 143rd Lane N.W., has a combination of ~_urb cuts and home setbacks in anticipation of a sidewalk-type path within the right-of-way. The rationale was, and is, that Potassium Street N.W. is a multi-neighborhood collector street and the City has an obligation to insure safe pedestrian and bicyclist travel within the subdivision(s), Strong considera¢on should be given to construction of this off-street transportational route concurrent with tl!.e subdivision's street paving. This route would traverse from Sunwood Drive N.W. through Chestnut Ridge 2nd Addition (at the developers expense), continue south to 143rd Lane N.W., then lwest to the Emerald Pond Park's entrance at Quicksilver Street N.W., if possible. Sidew~alk or path construction would be credited against the developer's cash contribution at a rate to be determined. The following comments relate to not providing credit for the construction of a sidewalk type path within Chestnut Ridge 2nd Addition: Credit was not given for a similar pedestrian path in Sunfish Square, however, that route abutted a county road(s).