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Case #4: Request for Preliminary Site Plan Review of ACCAP-Ramsey Town Cdnter Apartments; Case of Anoka County Community Action Program, I~nC+- Associate Planner Geisler stated that Anoka County Community Action Program (ACcAP) has submitted an application to develop a five-story, mixed-use building generally !ocated at Sunwood Drive and West Ramsey Town Center Drive w~thin the Town center. "ACCAP is proposing to construct a 15,194-square-foot building composed of 4 floors of apartments over a ground floor of retail uses. The bmldmg will contain 40 rental apartmen~ ~0 of which will, be affordable and 20 which will be market-rate. This project represents the first a~ordable housing ~:~ to be developed within the Town Center. The bmldmg is proposed to. be l?ated in front of the Municipal Parking Ramp and west o£ the new Municipal d~ Th~'qs an error with the . - . .· ~ .... eastern property line for this lot, as recorded with Ramsey To~wn Center 5 Addmon. Staffxs s~lL~ researching the error but ~t appears it can be resolved by processing ~m admxmstratave plat. Ms. Geisler advised the site is zoned TC-1, and both apa~en~ and retai~ ;~e~permi~ted within ~zis district. The TC-I Disu-ict requires a minimum dens~_~::of~maits per~a~r~.~s proposed, the 40 apartments equate to a density of approximately 111 units ~e~:~cre:~ DiStrict also requires at least 70% of the ground floor frontage of all buildings on pnmarTfir~through s~reets be reserved for retail, restaurant, or other service uses that directly serve the pubh'c~ The s.i~eplan meets this requirement as the entire first floor is p~?posed to be re,il. The TC-~i~dis~gf also requires a Floor Area Ratio of 1.0 for all lots: The Pro~6sed building exceeds this requirement. Aesoc~ate Planner Geisler ad-~ed the b~lding pro~5oseS, tb' utilize ~he parking ramp for parking spaces for both the apartments and ret~ ~es. Clty. C~de requires a~otal of 136 parking spaces for the proposed uses. The Municipal Ra~sp, has. atw~S been e~b~ted to serve ~s building and can accommodate the number of spaces r~q~e~'~ a~eem~n~ will need to be worked out with the applicant regar~payment of a m~i~t~nce fee for the parking spaces for both the aparanents and(~::fet~i 0~nion o£ the buiidi~g. T~e building is proposed to be composed of brick, s~cs0;?nd fiber-¢en~..~t siding. All arepe~i~ted materials m the TC-1 D~smct. Ms. Geisler e~bla'med the buildin~ will gain acc6~S iff~m an alley between the building and the parking ramp..Th~s alley ~s20 feet in w~dth an~s intended to prov!de vehicIe access to fac~htate dehvenes ana~h re~0~?~heb~]ding: Staff understands that upper stones of the bmldmg will have a sligl~v~g tha~ill' e~o~h into this space; additional detail is required on this ,.~overhang to ensU~;6~t~t emergency vehicles can gain access to the rear of this building. Ms. -~ Gais!er noted the Commsssmn s 9acket mcludes the Conclusmus and Recommendatmns dec, on ~rom a"~t~'~y recently com~let~by Maxfield Research on the need for affordable and semor housing m the C~ty. She advtsed staff xs recommending approval of the request for prelumnary site plan appl-6~al. Jeff Jotmson stated he is a development consultant that is working with ACCAP on this project. He explained th~ is a mixed income residential rental development, which means 50% of it will · *'be affordable'rental housing and will apply to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) for ~Io~s., -gr~.~s, '~nd financing to enable the development to be affordable. There is a deadline of Jim~ g0; ~2006 for RFP applications, and four months later they will know if they are successful; if an award is not received from MHFA this project cannot include affordable housing. Ivlr. Jo .l~ason stated there are a number of things in this location to be noted; there are not many Planning Commission/June I, 2006 -228- Page 16 of 23