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Date Application Received: May 19, 2021 <br />Date Application Considered as Complete: May 19, 2021 <br />60-Day Review Period Expires: July 18, 2021 <br />To: Chair Kirchner and Planning Commission Members <br />Adam Edwards, City Administrator <br />From: Jeremy Barnhart, AICP, Community Development <br />Director <br />Date: June 21, 2021 <br />Subject: #LA21-42, Mohegan Hansen Arch o/b/o CBS MN Properties, LLC, 2060 Wayzata <br />Blvd West, Master Development Plan Approval, Zone Change, and Preliminary <br />Plat <br />Public Hearing <br />Background <br />The project was presented as a sketch plan (LA20-53) in March and April of this year. This <br />formal submittal is generally consistent with that submittal. The subject property was/ is the <br />site of the proposed Amber Woods Office Center in 2007. Only one building of that project was <br />built. <br />The 2040 Comprehensive Plan guided this property as High Density Residential, from the Office <br />use previously. <br />Proposal <br />The applicant proposes a 48 unit market rate apartment building. The building is three stories, <br />plus one level of underground parking. The units themselves are a mix of 1, 2, and 3 bedroom <br />apartments, with balconies. Each unit is shown with laundry facilities. There are community <br />spaces throughout the building, most notably a community room and adjacent rooftop deck on <br />the south end of the building, on the third floor. <br />The L shaped building exterior will feature brick, limestone, and metal panels on all four <br />Application Summary: The applicant is requesting approval for Master Development Plan, <br />Zone Change, and Preliminary Plat approval for a proposed 48 unit market rate apartment <br />building. <br />Staff Recommendation: Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the Master <br />Development Plan, Preliminary Plat, and zone change to RPUD subject to: <br />1.Met Council approval of the Comprehensive Plan amendment that reduces the density <br />below 20- units per acre <br />2. MCWD approval <br />3. City Engineer approval <br />4. Fire Chief approval <br />5. Approval of the final plat and Development Agreement <br />Council Exhibit E <br />LA21-42