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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 09/23/2014 By: Tim Gladhill, Community Development 7. 5. Information Title: Receive Update on Highway 10 Access Planning Study as it Relates to Ridgepointe, a Seven Lot Subdivision located at 6080 Highway 10 NW Purpose/Background: The purpose of this case is to update the City Council on the status of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study as it relates to Ridgepoint, a potential single-family subdivision proposed by Village Bank. As the City Council will recall, the project includes a request for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment, which would change the land use category, is impacted by the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. The Study included an alternative for a future local road connection that would conflict with the proposed subdivision. The City Council made a formal request to Mn/DOT and the Project Management Team for the Study to have the conflicting alternative removed. A draft of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study Final Report has been completed. Staff is in the early stages of reviewing this document. However, both alternatives for a local road connection remain in the Study, and the conflicting alternative has NOT been removed from the Study. According to the consulting engineer, more analysis regarding land use (redevelopment potential of the area as a whole) and roadway design should be completed before making a decision in this sub -area. Since the Preliminary Plat approval was contingent on this topic, Staff needs policy direction from the City Council before moving the Developer into Final Plat Stage. Notification: Notification is not required at this time. Observations/Alternatives: The Applicant is requesting to develop a currently undeveloped portion of the Subject Property as seven (7) single family lots, with the extension of Rivlyn Drive. The site is currently impacted by the Highway 10 Access Planning Study currently initiated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). One of two alternatives for the area that would create a local road connection required to remove existing private access to Highway 10 conflicts with the proposed plat. The second of the two alternatives would allow the proposed plat to move forward from the perspective of the Study. On April 8, 2014, the Planning Commission directed the Applicant to postpone further review of the Plat until completion of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. At that time, it was anticipated that the Study would be completed in June of 2014. The Applicant applied for Preliminary Plat review on June 3, 2014. The final Open House of the Highway 10 Access Planning Study was held on June 25, 2014. On July 10, the Planning Commission reviewed the Preliminary Plat, but was not comfortable in making a recommendation without receiving direction from the City Council or Mn/DOT on the status of the Access Planning Study. On July 22, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution #14-07-147 requesting removal the alternative in conflict. On July 29, 2014, Staff met with City of Anoka Staff to discuss coordination of this alternative. The City of Anoka appears to be generally supportive of this request, but needs more information and exploration of specific details before supporting the request. Any approval of the Preliminary Plat shall be contingent upon official removal of the conflicting local road alternative from the Highway 10 Access Planning Study. Alternatives Alternative # 1: Allow the Developer to proceed to Final Plat. The Highway 10 Access Planning Study does not