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CC Regular Session 7. 1. Meeting Date: 02/12/2013 By: Tim Gladhill, Community Development Information Title: Consider Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, and Site Plan Approval for SEASONS OF RAMSEY Located at the Northeast Intersection of Bunker Lake Boulevard and Town Center Drive; Case of Podawiltz Development Corporation/The Seasons of Ramsey Limited Partnership Background: The City has received the following applications for SEASONS OF RAMSEY, a Major Plat for the development of fifty (50) townhome units in the TOWN CENTER GARDENS 3RD ADDITION: 1. Preliminary Plat 2. Final Plat 3. Site Plan Review 4. Request to Vacate Drainage and Utility Easements 5. Request to Vacate Right of Way for 147th Circle NW 6. Request to Convey Outlot C, RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 8TH ADDITION (City of Ramsey Housing and Redevelopment Authority [HRA]) It is noted that the following review is based on the Preliminary Plat submittal and associated documents. The Developer has since submitted final plans, which are also currently under review by Staff. Many of the comments included in the Staff Review File have now been addressed. A final set of plans will need to be submitted to ensure compliance with the City Staff Review File. The following timeline is related to the review on the project to date: 1. Received application for Sketch Plan review on November 7, 2012 2. Planning Commission reviewed Skech Plan on December 6, 2012. 3. Received Application for Preliminary Plat on December 6. (Determined incomplete) 4. Received materials for Preliminary and Final Plat on December 13, 2012, December 17, 2012, and December 26, 2012. (Determined complete on December 27th, 2012). 5. Received additional materials on January 7th, 2013 and January 21st, 2013. 6. Introduced ordinance to vacate right of way, drainage and utility easements on January 22, 2013. 7. HRA adopted resolution to convey Outlot C, RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 8TH ADDITION 8. Planning Commission Reviewed Preliminary Plat on January 31st, 2013. Notification: Staff has attempted to notify all Property Owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property via Standard US Mail of the Public Hearing for the Preliminary Plat. In addition, the Public Hearing Notice was properly advertised in the Anoka County, the City's Official Newsletter for Public Hearings. Observations/Alternatives: The proposed development is actually a reconfiguration of an existing platted, yet undeveloped portion of TOWN CENTER GARDENS 3RD ADDITION. The style of townhomes proposed varies from the original approval of the previous plat, involving wider units and a net decrease in the number of forecasted units over the entire development area for the project. Currently, approximately fifty-two (52) units are platted, yet only over a portion of the entire eight (8) acre development area. The entire development area originally forecasted closer to seventy (70) units.