Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/10/2005

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Chairperson indicated his 'comments woUl,'d be to stage development, prOvide access to Alpine, close the northwest comer access to Nowthen, and he would pref-~r to"se¢ the east ~;ide access be 152® Avenue. Commissioner Brauer stated that' Chairber~6.n Nixt mentioned dengity on thg east side} 5~e indicated he likes" the house design~ ar/d does~ not have a' problem putting th6se on Alpine, but he has a bigger problem phtting those lot sizes, close to the existing neighborhood. Jo-mm~ss~oner Br~uer asked if the only deviation from R~i is that the lots are. 'five 'feet ~mtT'ower, and that the developer is saying that because of the. unique footprint of the house~ there w/ll still be 20 feet between hbmes. Mn. ShelIrud indicated that is correct. :'"' ' ,hmrperson Nixt indicated that the advantage of a PUD is that 'they;would b~ abi~:t~"set the ?UD to require s. pac!ng,, whereas, wit!/..a standard R-t they could set the lots, but the builder could space them as he wanted;.thi~ gives the Cify m0~e control:: ~" (,omm~ss~.oner .Brauer a. or_e. ed, and. r~0t, cd tbs .,~. d~fferent than Rum ...River Meadows because that was skirting everything of R:-i s~andards. "' i "' ' "' ~'": '" Ch~irpe, rs'oh ,N!~t ~in~iCated '"'hd" ~,. ge~ne~ajl7" in: £~or of'~;e ptatfi."i H~. suggested the."" app'licant work w/th Staff t0 addregs the igsubs, and come b'&k with' a'skg plain, "He a'ls6;i encouraged the applicant to m~et with ,,t!ie resi, den.ts. He noted that this is not a publid hearing, but he would take brief Comments," ' ' ' ' :" ' ~ - Betty' pe ,,htk. e,, 5.566. !52~d..Aver}ue,' g~atec~-.:he~/cbri¢~ern is.'.10ts ~3'3~-an& 34: an.d-the 'mad proposed to -come fl-~rough t~ i B2~d :Xven~e. ' Sh~- ii~dica~d: they Were';the. firsf- build in the development, and 152~? Avenue was not even there. She stated wt~gn they" put their house in~ there were' told: to. put: it straight. She indicated if }his .road- goes' through it Would have ~0' go'r/'gh; thr~-~g~ ~er'Pr~-~i ,., -. ":,: : Chairperson Nixt indicated ~hat bef6TM tl~e road :47~i d~ehmineci they w~'u. ic~: here to' takff '. i~xto consideratiorf Ms. Pehlke'S property location. - NiekT¢ O'Conn~l!; 5590 15.2n..a Lance? ind,.i, ca.te~i her higges't concern is that they have 40 houses in Branseth, with 4'0+ children in.the area that hay& ha'.d, flee' rein _of a'playing area- 5~r a. long 'time. She sta~ed that putting an access by her house would cause pr. obl~ms for- cI~i)dren getting hit by cars, etc. She indi'cated she is very op'P0s, ed, and does not 'see going ~hrough existing neighborlioods'~o' get ~0'~t neW'one: Ch,.hperson Nixt agreed, whic/4 is why he is ot~posed to that access point. Commissioner B~auer stated if that access is taken out, the~e will probably be a house tJtero, a~ld asked Ms. O'Connell i£she is okay with that.