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Council Exhibit D MINUTES OF THE 18-3998 ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Tuesday, February 20, 2018 6:30 o'clock p.m. 2. 18-3998 JAMES AND MARY JUNDT, 1400 BRACKETTS POINT ROAD, PRELIMINARY PLAT AND STREET VACATION, 6:32 P.M. — 7:00 P.M. Chuck Algon, Developer; Mark Gronberg, Surveyor; and Brian Benson were present. Barnhart stated the applicant is requesting preliminary plat and street vacation approval to subdivide the existing lot at 1400 Bracketts Point into five separate lots and relocate a portion of the public Bracketts Point Road to the middle of the peninsula. The project proposes subdividing a 13.78 -acre parcel into 5 -lot single-family residential lots. All of the lots meet the minimum 2 -acre dry buildable requirement and 200 feet of lakeshore. The Planning Commission reviewed this as a sketch plan. The application tonight does meet the zoning requirements and Comprehensive Plan requirements in terms of density and use. The significant feature of this project is the relocation of Bracketts Point Road to the center of peninsula. Bracketts Point Road intersects with North Shore Drive at the north end and converts to a private road at the hammerhead. The private road services three homes. The applicant is proposing to vacate the red portion of the road, which includes the hammerhead, and relocate the road to generally the center of the peninsula and providing access to the five lots on either side. As part of that relocation, the applicant is proposing to vacate an existing sanitary sewer trunk line and relocate it. The relocation of the trunk line will require the need for a second lift station serving the area. The City would prefer the lift station over a deep trunk line and potential conflicts with water table and soil stability. Barnhart displayed the new location of the road and sanitary sewer on the overhead. Barnhart stated in terms of improvements on the property, there is currently a large home, a tennis court, a caretaker's building, and some other improvements. The home will remain but the caretaker's building and other improvements will be removed. No structural coverage variance is required for the house. As part of this project, a number of trees will be removed partly because of the grading and some of the other improvements associated with relocating the road. The trees to be removed are primarily located in the southwestern portion of the property. Overall the applicant will be removing 77 trees over six inches in girth and replacing them with 61 trees, many of them along the new Bracketts Point Road. Staff is recommending that some of the trees be shifted to create a more natural look. There are no wetlands on the property. One of the comments received during the sketch plan review was to verify with Hennepin County that the proposed subdivision would not require any improvements to the intersection of Bracketts Point Road and Shoreline. The County has indicated they have not identified any needed improvements. Another comment related to some possible Native American significance to the site. The applicant has diligently worked with the State Historical Preservation Office and other agencies to ensure that this site has no verifiable evidence of Native American activity. If any such physical evidence is found, a condition of the development is that the developer will contact the State Historic Preservation Office. At this point Staff is recommending approval of the application subject to the conditions that are outlined in Staff's memorandum. Page 1 of 4