Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/14/1993

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reserved for multi-family units. This is undesirable as it will place these accesses eith~ too clos~ to the intersection or to 142nd Avenue and Vanadium, It is Staff's suggestion that access into the multi-family portion of the plat be provided by extending 141st and Xenon streg~s into Lot 33. This may result in eliminating Lots 1 and 2 and 31 and 32 of Block 2 and adding this ama to the multi-family zone. Access to thc commercial Lot 34 should also be considereai An increase in traffic volume on either of the County roads m~y result in a median preventing left mm ingress and egress. The plat has been designed with 142nd Avenue N.W. as a through street into CeAar Hills 2nd Addition in accordance with Staff's recommendation. As a result of commen~ made at the time of sketch plan review by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the northern tier of the plat has been redesigned with cul-de-sacs to lessen the density, of urban lots that' would back up to the 1 acre rural lots in Hunter's Hill. All of the cut-de-sacs in the plat am in compliance with the maximum length restriction of 600 feet, ~; De. cUcarion. The plat will be reviewed-t%, the Park and Recreation Commission at their regular meeting in October. At the time of sketch plan review, it was the consensus of the Park Commission that the majority of park dedication for Sunfish Square will consist of a cash payment. Landsca?~ Plan: City Code now requires all subdivisions to submit a landscape plan. In accordance with City Code and the policies established by the Park and Recreation Commission, the landscape should inctude a tree preservation plan and provide for the planting of one two-inch diameter nee on each lot. Ad~rionalty, the landscape plan should provide a landscaped berm to buffer single family tots from County Road #116 and County Road #57. Pedestrian Transportation Route~ (Sidewalks).: When the Park Commission reviewed the plat in June, they also made recommen~tions for sidewalks along Count3, Road #116, County Road #57, the north side of 142nd Avenue and the west side of Vanaci/um Street N.W. With the modifications to street layouts since sketch plan, the recommendation in Item ,g4 above for access to the multi-family zone from interior streets, and anticipated comments from the Anoka County Highway Depa.rrment, it is expected the Park Commission will modify their recommendations somewhat when they review the preliminary plat at their regular meeting in October. The intent of these sidewalks is to prmride safe pedestrian access To commercial and recreational destinations. The costs associated with providi.ng these sidewalks are not eligible for park ded.icarion because they are u'anspormtional issues and not a part of the City's plarmed tra.il system. Wetlands: There are no wetlands affected by the pro. posed development. Drainage ~n~ Orating Plan: The sn-eet grades are acceptable. Care should be taken to ensure proposed grades match adjacent development in the ex/sting subcSv/sions to the east and north. The grades presented do not extend sufficiently into these adjacent areas to make a demrm~nafion. Where low, adjacent yards on the north exist, grad_ing should be modified to rn~imi×e the area draining to these yards.