Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/12/2004 - Special Meeting

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Preliminary' Plat Review: Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition July 9, 2004 .. Page 2 of 3 4. Access. Tae plat is bounded on the west by Armstrong Blvd. N.kV., on the north by Sunwood Drive N.W. and on the east by Zeolite Street N.W. There will be no direct access fi'om the plat to ,'Krrnstrong Blvd. N.W. Appropriately, the preliminary plat shows right of access along ,au'mstrong Blvd. N,W. being dedicated to the County,. The sketch plan approved by the City Council on May 11, 2004, showed one access on the south side of $unwood Drive, west of Zeolite Street and said access should alig2 with the proposed access on the north side of Sunwood Drive. The approved sketch plan showed one public access to Zeolite Street and a track access to the ~ocery store loading dock in the southeast comer of the site. 5. Grading Plan. Detailed ~ading plans will be reviewed with each development phase that occurs on the subject property.. 6. Drainage and Utility, Easements. Earlier plans showed the ponding area to be on the south property, line rather than the west property, line. There is also a pre-existing drainage and utili~' easement ~trufing north and south tl~ough the plat that will not be necessm,w under the current development plan. As a resul.:t~-i~ Will be necessary, to vacate the previous drainage and utility easements dedicated as a part of Town Center Addition. The preliminary, plat proposes to replace the drainage easement for the pond in the appropriate location along the west property, line. The proposed Town Center Zoning District has setback standards based on the principle of' ;'build to" lines rather than traditional setbacks. For this reason, the City, is not requiring the standard 10 tbot wide drainage and utility easements along all plat and lot boundaries. Rather, easements will be required along City- utility lines. 7. Traffic Generation: A traffic generation report [s required and has been received. The City Engineering Department will provide comments on the report prior to City Council consideration of the preliminary plat. Storm Water Management Fee. The City has enacted a Stormwater Management Fee and the current rate is $3,741.00 per acre. The amount of Storrnwater Management Fee due on the 9.5 acre plat is $35,540.00. Sewer and Water Trunk Fees. Sewer trunk charges within the City of Ramsey are $3,204.00 per acre and water trunk charges are $7,135.00 per acre. Sewer and water trunk charges for the piat total $98,220.00. 10. Park and Trail Dedication. Pursuant to tlxe Master Development A~eement between the City and Ramsey Town Center LLC, a separate agreement between the two parties has been agreed upon. The Park and Trail Dedication Agreement stipulates that [and and cash payments will be made to cover the Park Dedication and Trail Development obligations by Ramsey Town Center. Therefore, no Park and Trail Dedication or fees are required as parr of this plat. However, Ramsey Town Center LLC has not executed the Park and Trail Dedication Agreement. Without the executed agreement from Ramsey Town Center LLC, the City will require you to escrow an amount equal to no,Trial Park and Trail Dedication fee amounts prior to the re,ease of the final plat for recording. Once the Park and Trail Dedication Agreement is executed by Ramsey Town Center LLC, you will not be required to post an escrow ~'or Park and Trail Fees. 26