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Associate Planner Geisler advised that the applicant has made several revisions since the Staff <br />report was prepared, and at this time Staff is recommending approval of the preliminary plat and <br />preliminary site plan contingent on the conditions in the City Staff Review Letter. <br /> <br />Commission Business <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson Johnson stated one piece they have been .concerned about in the Town Center <br />is pedestrian traffic, and asked what' is provided for sidewalks and the flow of pedestrians. <br /> <br />Mr. Voss indicated there are sidewalk corridors on all streets throughout the subdivisions, each 5 <br />feet on One side of each street. He stated on the 7tb Addition there were connections to the trail <br />on Bunker. He indicated while those limitations do not exist here, there are sidewalks through <br />each subdivision. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski showed a map of the sidewalks, noting there are two smaI1 places <br />where Staff is proposing additional sidewalks. ' <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson Johnson stated on the 9th Addition, if you are walking to Cobum's and want to <br />cross at Bunker Lake Boulevard, you would come to the southwest comer and would have to Cut <br />through the houses. <br /> <br />Mr. Voss stated the U-shape now is being platted as an outlot, so they could look at providing a <br />connection in that comer in the future. He indicated on the 9th and 10th Additions, the developer <br />is selling lots to a variety of builders, so they have straggled to come up with housing types. He <br />stated they took representative homes, elevations and footprints as examples. He added they also <br />took all of the builders through The .Village of Sunfish Lake to show them the quality that wilt be <br />required. <br /> <br />Mr. Voss stated he has not seen the plat for the property.to the east, but Town Center Drive <br />alignment was determined by Staff, and he will commit to meeting those alignments. He <br />indicated on Outlot C, there has been discussions with the City Administrator on using it as an <br />exchange property to facilitate the extension of Town Center Drive, so they have not planned <br />anything for that outlot until further discussions take place. He commented they have thrown a <br />lot at the City. Staff over the last few weeks, but will commit to clearing up outstanding items <br />before this gets to the City. Council. <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson Johnson asked if Staff is comfortable moving each of these forward. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Geisler indicated they were. <br /> <br />Motion by Commissioner Levine, seconded by Commissioner Shepherd to close the public <br />hearings for Ramsey Town Center 8'~, 9~, and 10t~ Additions at 9:30 p.m. <br /> <br />-40- <br /> <br />Planning Commission/June 2, 2005 <br /> Page 20 of 22 <br /> <br /> <br />