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Consensus of the Council was that there should be connection to Tungsten Street. <br /> <br /> Principal Planner Trudgeon reviewed the proposed setbacks of the develo' options <br /> the Council has as it relates to density transition. He explained that if they~!~re a <br /> landscaping buffer there would have to be a 25-foot. buffer between <br /> existing homes because it would be medium density adjacent to low den~~'~! ere is <br /> space in the development to promde' the buffer ~?~,~'~¢~' ~;~?{~;-~%. -*,~'~;' <br /> <br /> Mayor Gamec inquired if there would be an opportunity to m vgh 'cod: back five feet with <br /> the ehrmnatmn of the trml. <br /> <br /> Councilmember Elvig stated that if they are passing ~.i;.,~sm. fety test for ffz~;:~d safety they should <br /> maintain as much of a buffer as possible. He noted ~ti:./~;~'~Z~b~!d like th~db~blgper to meet with <br /> the Environmental Policy Task Force to discuss the b~fer a~a:,~:;p}~ o~aditional trees. <br /> Paul Kangas, Loucks and Associates, explained that they are tryi~Q~i~..e, velop something new in <br /> the commumty by usmg a smaller lot and making them very marketaBIe~;~;;;What ¢o,~cerned him ~s <br /> that some of the things they hoped m~ide has been talked about be'f~:~;!fat~inated from the <br /> plan. He stated that the m~tml ske~dtS~l~;'~was?.~better layout appeara¢~e~'wise, but does not <br /> work w~th larger pubhc nght:og;;way~;~:~ey have~,ampp~, the umt count from 129 to 1 I5 to <br /> reduce the density. They are-~ing t~{~'tS? good ne~:0~m,i:~Y-}~0~Cti~ssing the concerns of the <br /> ex/sting neighbors. Surprisingly they ~,,fmding ~f::~kails '~i¢~i'ng seen as negative, when <br /> normally they are mewed as a positive. ~es~dents-'were coaCmmed about the narrower lots so <br /> they widened th~?~Xe:,~,Kangas explaine~t};~h'e has been~¢ven a mandate from the. owners <br /> at l~f.;,;l';i:5.~i~s,~ on the prope~f~j~Some of the issues with wider streets and wider <br /> ~oup <br /> to <br /> get <br /> right of ways;~ushes the ~ to the peru-ae(~;~§ome of the th~ngs that make ~t a quahty <br /> devetop~qs the narrom'~/! streets, and bbe~a~ds. Nobody disputes the fact that the <br /> developme~¢,has to be sa~l~ut there are ma~;examples of commumt~es that have narrower <br /> streefs?'~-ie:-(~velopm~¢;;~as;,~e~!ed ~-%~berty on the Lakes m St~llwater that has the <br /> <br />~j~.~o~;Gamec noted;~at ~t seemed as ~f everyon was comfortable w~th the 115 umts being <br /> <br /> Pnnc~pal Pla~er Tmdg~o~noted that the w~der roads do not ~mpact ~e number of ~ts. ~e <br /> oMy tMng tha~;~ght imp~fit the number ofu~ts is ~e co~ection to Tungsten Street. <br /> <br /> ~. K~gas s~?d ~at w~ ~e w~der s~eet w~dth reqmrement there ~s land ~at-!s lost· He <br />~stated' ~at ~;~e as~ng ~e Council to t~e a creative look at ~e layout of the development by <br /> ~'~;~g t}e:~ed unit development process. ~e homeowner's association a~eements c~ be <br /> '~¢:~at ~e phvate s~eets are.maintained by the homeowners association· Fey ~e not <br /> pr0~ ~hng ~at would be a dethment to the co~u~. <br /> <br />66 <br /> <br />City Council/January 21, 2003 <br /> Page 6-of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />