Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/02/2018

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Response to Draft Scoping EAW Comments January 9, 2018 Page 9 • Housing: The City's share of the region's need for affordable housing for the 2021-2030 decade is 333 units. The size and sewer serviced capacity of this area suggests that some higher density housing could be wolth considering as a part of the overall project; perhaps in a mixed use capacity or as a buffer between the commercial areas and the single family housing Areas. Creating some opportunities for housing at densities of at least 8 units per acre would also contribute to Dayton's ability to address their affordable housing share for the next decade and could provide more housing options within the North Dayton area. • Traffic Analysis Zones (TAD: TAZ forecasts are not discussed, but this would be helpful information. A draft set of TAZ forecasts for 2040 has been prepared by Metropolitan Council and is available for local governments to review. The North Dayton development is a part of TAZ #803. The TAZ is mainly farmland, and currently forecasted by Metropolitan Council to gain +318 households during 2010-2040. The North Dayton SEAW discusses 1,500 to 1,700 new units. The TAZ #803 forecast should be revised higher as part of the City's upcoming 2040 CPU. Response: These comments will be incorporated and assessed in the AUAR. 4) Item 11 — Wastewater: The southwest portion of the project area is beyond the current 2020 staging in the 2030 CPU. Prior to the installation of any sanitary sewer improvements within this portion of the project area, the City will need to re - guide the staging from 2030 expansion area to existing 2020 through the submittal of a comprehensive plan amendment or through incorporation in the 2040 CPU. Response: Wastewater impacts will be assessed in the AUAR, and a discussion of the staging will be included. 5) Item 13 - Fish, wildlife, plant communities, and sensitive ecological resources: The SEAW indicates that there are currently approximately 51 acres of isolated woodland areas remain within the proposed 560-acre AUAR area. The wooded area located in the south west corner of the AUAR area that is approximately 12 acres in size, which also contains several wetland areas, is identified in the City's 2005 Natural Resource Inventory as a map le -basswood forest remnant. We encourage the City and project proposer to plan to preserve and incorporate as open space this wooded parcel, the continued wooded habitat around the wetland immediately to the south east of the 1 2-ac re parcel, and the wooded parcels along the northern boundary of the AUAR area that incorporate the ravines draining the area toward the Mississippi River (as 12800 Whitewater Drive, Suite 300, Minnetonka, MN 55343 1763.476.6010 2401 46th Avenue Southeast, Suite 202, Mandan, ND 58554 1701.204.6845 www.sambatek.com