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CASE #: ~} REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY E,[AT AND PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR SUMMERSET MEADOWS CASE OF PULTE HOMES By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP Community Development Director Background: The Ciw is in receipt of a preliminary plat submitted by Pulte Homes to develop a residential development named Summerset Meadows. Puke Homes is proposing to develop a total of 606 housing units on 187 acres. The subject property is located north of Highway #10, west of Armstrong Blvd., and south of Alpine Drive. The t'oll{~wing items are enclosed for your information: a) Sire Location Map b) Preliminary Plat Submittal (Booklet Was 'sent to the City Council on October. 7) c) Environmental Assessment Worksheet d) ?lanning Commission Meeting Minutes dated March 10, 2005 e) City Council Meeting Minutes dated March 22, 2005 f) City Staff Review Letter dated September 30, 2005, Revised October 21, 2005 g) ?roposed Preliminary Plat Resolution Observations: 'In March, 2005, the Planning Commission reviewed the sketch plan for this development. The sketch plan showed approximately. 785 units. Pulte Homes has removed the 175 apartment units si~own on the sketch plan at this time. They 'may bring back a future development the will contain apartments in the future, but at this time it is undetermined if and when that would happen. As part of the approval process, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was required. On July 26, 2005, after review of the comments received from the documents and looking at i~formafion contained within the EAW, the City Council determined that no further environmental review was necessary. 7'he preliminary plat covers an area Of 187 acres. Puke Homes is proposing to develop 606 housir, 5 units on 136 acres of the site. As part of the plat, the developer is creating outlots that may contain commercial development on _38.5 acres. They are also reserving a 300-foot wide corridor needed for the future Mississippi River Bridge Crossing. This corridor is nearly 14 acres [~ size. The residential portion of the development will consist of 154 smalMot single family ~omcs. 274 village row townhOmes, and 178 court home (back-to-back) town_homes. The plat also dedicates 4.26 acres as a public park and creates a 2.23 acre home owners association park r[am will contain a pool, tem~is and basketball courts, and a clubhouse.- ~J'he property currently has several zoning designations, R-l, R~2, R-3, and TC-2. Pulte Homes ~S ?rot3osin5 to rezone the entire property to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The current zoning district locations are shown on Page 5 of 35.0fthe Engineering Plans. Given the fact that that a~ppiic::mt is planning to reserve some land for possible commercial development, Staff -197-