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MINUTES OF THE Council ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Exhibit C Tuesday, January 16, 2018 18-4002 6:30 o'clock p.m. 8. 18-4002 JOHN PATCH, 2745 KELLEY PARKWAY, CONCEPT, 7:55 P.M. — 8:40 P.M. Barnhart stated the applicant is requesting comments on a sketch plan for a proposed amendment to the Community Management Plan and Zoning Map to develop the 2.55 acre parcel into an apartment building. The applicant is proposing to construct a 56 -unit apartment building. The units include 1, 1+, and 2 -bedroom units in 2.5 floors. Parking will be provided via a surface lot and an underground garage. Staff is comfortable with the proposed parking. A portion of the surface lot will also serve the adjacent medical office building to the west. Access to the site will be via Kelley Parkway in one of two driveways, one of which is shared with the medical office building. The building is U-shaped and 2.5 stories tall, fronting on Kelley Parkway. The defined height of the building is proposed to be 30 feet. The property is located within the MUSA district. The net development density based on 56 units would be 21.9 units per acre. The highest density anticipated by the Comprehensive Plan is high density residential at 10 to 15 units per acre. In order to meet work force housing goals in the Comprehensive Plan and the desire to move density away from areas where it is currently guided; i.e., the Navarre area, reguiding the property may benefit the City in the long-term. To support the development as proposed, Staff anticipates rezoning to an RPUD. The RPUD district standards indicate an RPUD site must be at least five acres in area but does allow for smaller sites under specific conditions. Those conditions are outlined in Staff's report. It should be noted that the Council has recently approved and supported three smaller RPUD developments so that rezoning the Kelley Parkway parcel to RPUD would not be inconsistent. The site is adjacent to the Stonebay Development and Staff anticipates the need to incorporate this project in some form to the aesthetics of Stonebay to meet the RPUD size requirements. A trail along the south property line is anticipated as part of the Stonebay project. Preliminary Hennepin County plans for the upgrade of Wayzata Boulevard include a trail along the north side of Wayzata Boulevard from Willow Drive to Old Crystal bay Road. Final determinations have not been made as to whether or exactly where that trail will be located. Page 1 of 6