Agenda - Council Work Session - 01/06/2004

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Topic Report: Alpine Woods By: Pa~ck Trudgeon, AICP, Assistant Community Development Director Background: Oakwood Land Development is proposing to create 27 urban single-family lots on six existing parcels (Lot 1, Block 2 of High Point 2nd Addition along with five metes-and-bounds lots to the south) generally located on Sunfish Lake Boulevard and 153rd Lane NW.. There are a total 0£6 existing homes on the subject property; 4 will remain after development. As proposed, the plat will require a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to extend the Metropolitan Urban Service Area to include the subject property. All the proposed lots appear to meet urban single-family standards for lot width, size, and frontage on a public road. There are substantial wetlands on the proposed plat that will need to be delineated and encumbered with drainage and utility easements on the preliminary and final plats. The proposed plat will be subject to density transition requirements located in City Code, as well as the newly adopted Tree Preservation ordinance. The proposed plat will gain access from 153rd Lane NW and Sunfish Lake Blvd. The Sunfish Lake Blvd. access will line up with the new access being created for the Alpine Acres development on the east side of Sunfish Lake Blvd. The proposal also provides for a future connection to the remainder of High Point 2nd Addition to the north. Staff`is requesting that the applicant explore the possibility of providing a stub street to serve the lots in the southeastern portion of the plat, should they develop in the future. The proposed cul-de-sac does not exceed the 600-ft. length restriction. The Planning Commission reviewed the sketch plan at their December 4' 2003 meeting. The Commission raised concern regarding expanding the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) west of Sunfish Lake Blvd. feeling that the City was approaching sewer expansion in a piecemeal fashion. Staff discussed with the Planning Commission the fact that two feasibility studies are currently being undertaken to expand the MUSA and service to the north including the area of the proposed Alpine Woods. After further discussion about the sketch plan, the Planning Commission recommended that the sketch plan be denied due to their concerns regarding the expansion of the MUSA area. Attachments: a) b) Site Location Map Sketch Plan (11" x 17" copy attached separately)