Agenda - Council - 10/25/2005 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Alone with the construction o£the homes and businesses, a network of streets and City uti]ities will be required to serve this development. The proposed street network layout can also be seen on the concept layout. The probosed street network connects the City's existing streets on US Highway l 0, Armstrong Boulevard and Alpine Drive. The cunnection 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 the Pine Shadows development, a proposal for a new 18 inch trunk sewer is already underway. Once completed, connection from the Pulte Homes development to this trunk sewer will need to be made. This increase in flow and its effects on the treatment facility are discussed later. Like the sanitary sewer, there is no existing water main close to the proposed area of the Pine shadows development. All current water usage in the area is coming from private wells. The CitylofR_amsey has a proposal fbr expansion of water main closer to the proposed Pine Shadows developmentl Once completed, connection of this area to the City's water source could be accomplished. The City is also planning to route a water transmission main through the Pine Shadows development area to a nearby water treatment facility in the future. Impact of adding this development area to the City's water distribution sys~e~ will be discussed further in this report. The surrounding land use is zoned residential and rural reserve on the north and northeast sides. To the southeast is the 7'own Center. On the west and northwest sides, the area is zoned for a Planned Unit Development (mixed use, residendal/commercia[, with an overall density of a mmximum of 4 units per net acre). US Highway I0 runs along the south border of the project site, and to the south of the highway the land is zoned residential. 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 will be bulldozers, scrapen~, compactors, backhoes and other standard, earth-moving equipmenic. The sequence of construction will follow standard practices for conventional land modification for residential subdivisions. The cr)nstruction activities wiI1 begin with the installation of erosion controI measures, followed by overall site grading and road construction, construction of the storm water management systems, the installation of'utility services such :zs natural gas, cable, telephone lines and ending with the establishment of a permanent vegetative cover. Construction of homes and apartments on the individual lots is proposed to begin late in the 2005 or early in the 2006 construction season and continue as each lot is sold. Construction of the apartments will be the first with development expanding to the west. It is estimated that 2 to 3 years is required to complete all the construction a~ssociated with building homes. Additional Iand disturbances such as custom grading operations are expected as homes are constructed on the individual lots. Erosion and turf establishment controls for individual tot construction are rcttuired as part of the City of Ramsey building permit. Streets and cubde-sacs will be constructed toCity of Ra.,msey specifications. c. Project Purpose The purpose of this project is to provide residential housing to up to 768 families in Ramsey. Ramsey has an active real estate market and there is an increasing demand for housing. The pr/mary beneficiaries are the developers and the people purchasing the lots. This project is not being carried out by a governmental unit. d. Are future stages of this development, including development on.any outlets, planned or likely to happen? If yes, briefly describe future stages, relationship to present project, timeline and plans for environmental review. [] No Yes Is this project a subsequent stage of previous project? tf yes, briefly describe the past development, timeline and any past environmental review. -207-