Agenda - Council - 06/14/2005 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

with building homes. Additional land disturbances such as custom grading operations are expected as homes are constructed on the individual lots. Erosion and turf establishment controls for individual lot construction are required as part of the City of Ramsey building permit. Development of the site will involve modification of the original topography to accommodate the construction of roads, homes, utilities, and storm water management facilities. The main equipment for grading the project wi.ll be bulldozers, scrape,s, compactors, backhoes and other standard earth-moving equipment. The sequence of ' construction will follow standard practices for conventional land modification for residential subdivisions. The construction hctivities will begin with the installation of erosion control measures, followed by overall site grading and road construction, construction of the storm water management systems, the installation of utility services such as natural gas, cable, telephone lines and ending with the establishment cfa permanent vegetative cover. Drainage / Sedimentation Storm water ponds will be constructed early in the grading process to provide sediment control for the site development. Storm water will be conveyed to the ponds by ditching during the grading process and by piping as the site develops. These ponds will provide sedimentation as well as retention of storm water. These ponds will be sized to contain 100 year storm events. The'ponds will provide runoff.rate control for the runoffleaving the site. Erosion Ground cover will be established as the site is graded to prevent the transport of soils via water and wind. Best Management Practices will be employed during the construction of roadways, ponds, and homes. The excavations will bc completed using conventional earth moving equipment. __ Pul)lie Streets Along with the construction of the homes, a network of streets and City utilities will be required to serve this development. Streets and cul-de-sacs will be constructed to City of Ramsey specifications. Right of way for public streets totals 13.7 acres; the developer will construct approximately 9,975 feet of public street. The streets will be constructed to a 32 foot driving width and placed in a 60 foot right of way. The new development's streets will connect to existing city streets at 3 locations and to future streets at 3 locations. Variolite Street NW will act as a collector street to provide access to this development. The new streets will be dedicated to the City of Ramsey upon completion and acceptance. Public trails will be constructed to provide access to adjoining neighborhood city parks. The proposed street network layout can also be seen on the concept layout in Figure No: 2. Public Utilities The proposed residential development will require connection to existing sanitary and watermain facilities. Storm water runoff} stored onsite, will be conveyed from the site. The connection of sanitary sewer to serve this area will need to be connected to existing sanitary sewer lines in the City. In the current proposed area of Sweetbay Ridge, a proposal for a new 18 inch trunk sewer is already underway. Once completed, connection from the Sweetbay Ridge development to this trunk sewer will need to be made. This increase in flow and its effects on the city's treatmem facility are discussed later. Like the sanitary sewer, there is no existing water main close to the proposed area of the Sweetbay Ridge development. All current water usage in the area is coming from private wells. The City of Ramsey has a proposal for expansion o~' water main closer to the proposed Sweetbay Ridge development. Once completed, connection of this area to the City's water source could be accomplished. Impact of adding this development area to the City's water distribution system will be discussed further in this report. Easements Easements will be dedicated on all drainage ways and pond locations, including maintenance access to pond locations. c. Project Purpose The purpose of this project is to provide residential housing to UP to 162 families in Ramsey. Ramsey has an active real estate market and there is an increasing demand for housing. The primary beneficiaries are the developers and the people purchasing the lots. This project is no[ being carried out byza:governmental unit. d. Are future stages offlflis'development, including develop,merit on any outlets, planned or likely to happen? If yes, briefl~ describe future stages, relationship to present project, timeline and plans for environmental review. · No L~ Yes