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I <br />I <br />[ <br />! <br />1[ <br /> <br />[ <br />! <br />[ <br /> <br />[ <br />[ <br />[ <br />[ <br />[ <br />[ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PRELIMI1NARY PLAT REVIEW OF EVERGREEN POISNT; <br />CASE OF EDINA DEVELOPMENT <br /> By: Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner <br /> <br />Background: . <br /> <br />Edina Development has resubmitted the preliminary plat for Evergreen Point, a I10-unit townhome <br />development on the northwest comer of Alpine Dr. and State Hwy. 47. The property is in the process <br />of being rezoned to K-3 Urban Residential to allow for medium density residential development.. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your review: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br />e) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Preliminary Plat '- <br />Draft Planning Commission minutes dated April 4, 2002 <br />Letter from Mn/DOT dated March 15, 2002 <br />City Sta:ffReview Letter dated April 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />A public hearing is required as part of the .preliminary plat re,new process. Notice of the public <br />heating was sent to property owners within 700 feet of the subject property. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is approximately 24.11 acres in size. As mentioned above, the property is currently in the <br />process of being rezoned to R-3 Urban Residential, which allows for medium density residential <br />development at a density not to exceed 7 units per acre. The preliminary plat reflects a net. density <br />(subtracting Alpine Drive and T.H. #47 road right-of-ways and wetlands) of 6.8 mn_its per'acre.-The <br />proposed townhomes consist of fOur and six unit structures. The sit.e plan approval process for the <br />development will review these units in more detail. -- <br /> <br />In accordance with the newly adopted street policy for multiple residential developments and <br />suggestions from City Staff, Planning Commission and City Council, the developer has worked <br />diligently to design the preliminary plat with a combination of public streets and private driveway <br />collectors,, two accesses onto Alpine Drive and two accesses to the adjacent property to the. west. <br />revised preliminary plat has taken out the private road in the center of the plat that had City staff <br />concerned about potential traffic flow. .. <br /> <br />The City Engineer }las reviewed the Grading Plan and made some technical recommendations for the <br />final Grading Plan required at the time of Final Plat approval. The project is subject to the review and <br />permitting process of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization (WMO) and <br />MPCA. The standard drainage and utility easements are proposed around the perimeter of the plat. In <br />accordance with City policy, the wetlands and stormwater ponds are also proposed to be encumbered <br /> <br />163 <br /> <br /> <br />