Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/04/2017 - Special

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Pearson Farm Residential Development EAW Draft — March XX, 2017 At a minimum attach each of the following to the EAW: • County map showing the general location of the project; • U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute, 1: 24, 000 scale map indicating project boundaries (photocopy acceptable); and • Site plans showing all significant project and natural features. Pre -construction site plan and post - construction site plan. 6. Project Description a. Provide the brief project summary to be published in the EQB Monitor, (approximately 50 words). The Pearson Farm Residential Development is proposed on 89.44 acres of land in southwestern Anoka County. The project will include up to 246 detached single-family homes and 98 attached townhome units. Site development will include installation of municipal sewer and water, mass grading, and stormwater features. b. Give a complete description of the proposed project and related new construction, including infrastructure needs. If the project is an expansion include a description of the existing facility. Emphasize: 1) construction, operation methods and features that will cause physical manipulation of the environment or will produce wastes, 2) modifications to existing equipment or industrial processes, 3) significant demolition, removal or remodeling of existing structures, and 4) timing and duration of construction activities. The Pearson Farm Residential Development is proposed on 89.44 acres of land in the southwestern part of the City of Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota (Figure 1). The project area is dominated by cropland and has a history of agricultural use. The project is located in Sections 20 and 29, T32N, R25W (Figure 2). The project area is bordered on the north by Alpine Drive NW; on the east by Puma Street NW; on the south by the Burlington Northern Railroad and U.S. Highway 10/169, and the west by the Links at Northfork Golf Course. The project will include up to 246 single-family homes and 98 townhome units, installation of municipal sewer and water, mass grading, and stormwater features. The project will convert approximately 85.48 acres of annually -tilled cropland and small areas of trees to streets, homes, lawns, landscaping, and stormwater features (Figures 3 and 4). The project will include about 20.60 acres of open space and stormwater features. The project area includes 1.02 acres of wetland distributed among three small basins. The two largest wetlands will be preserved and protected by buffers. The smallest wetland, which covers only 0.04 acre (1,738 square feet), will be eliminated by site grading necessary to create an emergency overflow for the largest wetland on the site. The site includes sandy soils, 18 feet of topographic relief, and mostly gradual slopes. Graded ditch slopes along the south side of Alpine Drive NW range up to 20% (5:1), but the steepest natural slopes on the site are 12% and they cover only about a third acre. The site will be mass graded to install utilities, streets, residential building pads, and stormwater features. The southern edge of the site will include a raised berm to buffer the townhomes from the Burlington Northern railroad. 2