Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/09/2024

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5. 3. Park and Recreation Commission Meeting Date: 05/09/2024 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Connect the community through Parks,Trails and Recreational Programming. Information Title: Recommend Park Dedication for Harmony Farms Purpose/Background: US Home LLC(Lennar)has submitted an application to Plat the undeveloped land directly south of Brookside Elementary School. The purpose of this case is to recommend the required Park Dedication and Trail Fees. The Harmony Farms plat is anticipated to be before City Council for Final Plat consideration on May 14th, 2024. Notification: Mailed notices were sent to property owners within 700 feet of the site. A notice was placed in the February 9, 2024,Anoka Union Herald Newspaper legal section. A "proposed development" sign was placed on the property. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: Lots The proposed plat contains 57 detached single-family lots, all of which meet the minimum areas and widths of the RI-A zoning district(80-foot width and 10,000 square feet in area). The density of the site is 2.50 units/acre. The proposed subdivision is short of the 3.0-4.0 units/acre density required by the Comprehensive Plan. In discussing the situation with our Sector Representative,the Metropolitan Council looks at the aggregate density of all developments in the community in a given year. With anticipated townhome and multi-family projects this year,the proposed density is not an issue. Roadways The plat dedicates a network of local roadways. Access to the site will be in two locations. The western access to Nowthen Boulevard NW, 168th Avenue NW, is shown as a right-in-right-out per Anoka County's spacing guidelines. A right turn lane will be constructed on Nowthen Boulevard. The southern access will be constructed across a City-owned outlot that was dedicated with the previous plat of Harmony Farms in 1997 that was intended to be a future roadway. This roadway, Coquina St.NW, is opposite existing Coquina St. south of 167th Avenue. This connection provides full movement access to the site as needed by the public safety departments. Across the outlot,the applicant is proposing to construct the roadway as a rural section road as essentially a temporary roadway. The adjacent property owners have not indicated a desire to subdivide at this time, so sanitary sewer and utility services will necessitate digging up this roadway in the future should those subdivisions occur. All of the internal local roadways are shown at the standard 32-foot widths within standard 60-foot rights-of-way. The proposed street names follow the Anoka County naming system,with two required adjustments: Ebony Lane should be,Street and the northern 168th Avenue should be Lane. At the northeast corner of the site, 168th Lane is stubbed to provide a connection to the property to the east should that landowner decide to subdivide someday. This connection point would make a convenient pedestrian connection to Brookside Elementary School and for the potential ability to severe it with existing utilities (other properties along Zirconium Street will need sanitary sewer extended from the southeast which is several years