Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/10/2005

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Case #3: Sketch Plan Review for Town Center 7th Addition Civil Engineer 1I Linton explained Ramsey Town Center, LLC has submitted a sketch plan to develop 152 townhmnes on 12.6 acres in Ramsey Town Center. (5gil }ingincer Linton discussed the staff report with the Commission. Chairperson Johns asked on the western lower half of the map, there is an open space and she wondered i f this was a pocket park. Civil Engincer l~inton stated it was. Chairperson Johns asked if this was the only open space. Civil f'~ngineer Linton stated there may be some in the northeast quadrant also along with parki~g. He stated the Planning Commission discussed this and discussed that there did need to be c(mnectivity through the neighborhood. He noted the Plmming Commission was also worded about oFF street pinking. He explained the Planning Commission had some concerns that needed to be addressed and the developer would come back with changes. Chairperson Johns asked how large the open space was. Civil Engineer l,inton stated he did not have numbers to clarify the size. Commissioner Ostrum stated it looked like there had been a lot of cuts in the park area in the I11 [l Chai FpeFson Johns thought they may have lost some green space since the original drawing. Ci¥il Engineer Linton stated they do not have a signed copy of the parks allocation yet but by the lime o Flhe final agreement, they should have park dedication worked out. Chairperson Johns stated she would be curious as to the size of the pocket park and what they l~ltmncd on doing there. Civil Enginccr Linton stated there was not a lot of detail put into plans at the sketch plan phase. (?ese #4: Sketch Plan Review for Town Center 8th Addition Park and Recreation Commission/February 10, 2005 Page 4 of 7