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CASE #: ~ REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW FOR RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 5TH ADDITION CASE OF CITY OF RAMSEY AND RAMSEY TOWN CENTER LLC By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Development Director Background: The City of Ramsey is proposing to resubdivide existing outlets of the Ramsey Town Center Addition in order to facilitate the construction of the Ramsey Municipal Center and a parking ramp. qbe plat will create two lots, two outlets and the right-of-way of Sapphire St. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) c) Site location map Preliminary Plat submittal dated March 15, 2005 Draft Planning Commission Meeting Minutes dated April 7, 2005 City Staff' Review Letter dated April 1, 2005 Proposed resolution Notitication: In accordance with City Code, property owners Within 700 feet were notified of the preliminary plat. Observations: As part of the Master Development Agreement and the First Amendment to the Maste~ Development Agreement, the City of Ramsey received land to construct a new City Hall and Police Station (Ramsey Municipal Center) and a parking ramp. The City Council approved the final site plan of the Ramsey Municipal Center on February 22, 2005 and authorized advertising of bids for the construction the Center on March 22, 2005. The City Council also approved the preliminary site plan of the parking ramp on March 8, 2005. In order to allow for the construction of the buildings, the land which they will be built upon needs to be subdivided into a buildable lot. The plat will create two lots, two outlets and the right-of-way for Sapphire Street out of existing outlets. Lot 1, which will contain the Ramsey Municipal Center and the parking ramp will be 5.323 acres in size. Lot 2, which will be developed as liner retail along Sunwood Drive, will be 0.364 acres. Outlet A, which is the possible location of a movie theater, is 2.203 acres in size. Outlol B, the potential site fbr a community/fitness center is approximately 4 acres. The First Amendment to the Master Development Agreement identified the area contained in Outlets A and B as the "option propetnties" that the City can acquire to assist in the future development of the properties. This plat just creates them as outlets to facilitate a future real estate transaction. ~>~pptm-c Street is being dedicated as a 60-foot public right-of-way. Sapphire street will connect Stmwood Drive to Civic Center Drive and is an important connectiOn to the main entrance to the parking ramp. Sapphire Street will be constructed as part of the Ramsey Municipal Center construction.