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allowing driveways of 20 feet will allow for up to a 20% increase in units. Symphony at Town Center was designed with 20 foot driveways based on the proposed ordinance. Preliminary plat approval would have to be contingent on adoption of the ordinance to amend City Code t'egarding driveway lengths in Town Center. Assistant Community Development Director/HRA Executive Director Frolik explained the preliminary plat shows a combination of public and private streets. Ali of the private streets will be 24 feet wide and meet City standards for length. A cross easement with the property to the west will be required for the private street on the east property line of Block 1. She advised the TC-4b District requires two off-street parking spaces for each unit. The double garages and driveways provide four off-street parking spaces for each unit. There is no on-street parking permitted on the 24 foot wide private streets nor on Bunker Lake Boulevard. In lieu of this, the plat has been designed with an additional 62 overflow parking spaces. She stated the Park Cmnmission reviewed the sketch plan on February 10, 2005. They stressed the Town Center Development guideline that encourages the use of private courtyards or usable greenspace being provided for the residents of the buildings. The preliminary site plan complies with the development guidelines and provides green spaces for recreational and stormwater management purposes on each block. She advised the grading, drainage, and utility plans have been reviewed. The necessary revisions are listed in the City Staff Review Letter. The proposed Landscaping Plan easily exceeds the minimum planting requirements in City Code. The Plan is acceptable with some minor modifications. No tree preservation plan is required as the site is void of trees. Assistant Community Development Director/HRA Executive Director Frolik stated the perimeter o~' all three blocks will have sidewalks or trails that are either interior to the site or a part of the Town Center trail system in road right-of-ways. The site plan proposes a system of interior sidewalks that provide pedestrian connections between units and also connections to the Town Center trail system. All but three of the additional sidewalk connectors recommended in the City Staff Review Letter have been incorporated into the Plan. In addition, the applicants are proposing to install a sidewalk to provide a pedestrian link between the units that front on Bunker Lake Boulevard. This has been discussed with the County Engineering Department and the City l~ngineering Department. Greg Voss, representative of RTC, LLC, stated RTC, LLC controls all of the property from Town Center Drive to Ramsey Boulevard and has a concentric right-of-way, meaning they have more land to the south of Bunker Lake Boulevard than the north of Bunker Lake Boulevard. RTC, LInC and Town and Country Homes have talked to the County Engineering Department and thc City Engineering Department regarding the private sidewalk being proposed. There are a couple concerns; one is the use of the right-of-way now and the possible conflict in the future if they run out of right-of-way. The County has suggested that even with the consumption of this land that is proposed to be utilized within the right-of-way there should be adequate property available to make improvements as they are currently planned. RTC, LLC is comfortable with the precedent that would be set on this stretch of property that fronts Bunker Lake Boulevard on the south side. Krista Novak, Community Plan Manager of Town and Country Homes, stated a number of different items were gone through at the Planning and Zoning meeting. The Council may have the most questions regarding the proposed trail link. She presented a graphic of the proposed trail. She explained Town and Country Homes is proposing to put in a five foot concrete sidewalk outside of their property line. In this situation with the minimum driveway lengths and City Council / May 31, 2005 Page 4 of 8