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% * <br />#2308 - Brook Park Realty/Tonka Ventures <br />August 19,1999 <br />Page 2 <br />Parameters for future development of Outlet B are detailed in the Subdivider's Agreement. Ten of <br />the 29 units will gain access via a private road with a 'hammerhead' turnaround. Maintenance of this <br />private road (Outlet A) as well as responsibility for the common areas of this Planned Residential <br />Development (PRD) will be carried out by a homeowners association. The City is being granted <br />underlying Road, Drainage, Utility and Trail Easements in relation to this Outlet. <br />Sewer & Water. The developer will be extending existing sewer and water lines to serve the site. <br />The water main will be looped as required by the City. The Health Department has confirmed that <br />the water main can be placed in the same easement as the existing sewer line, and Greg Gappa has <br />confirmed that we would not need additional easement area to repair/replace the sewer line if a <br />problem occurred at some future date. <br />Site Improvements and Protection . The two 'Commons ’ lots contain woods and wetland areas which <br />are being protected via site design, open space covenants and flowage and conservation easements. <br />A trail system connecting the residential units with County Road 15 will be constructed. A <br />stormwater pond will be constructed near the west boundary of the site. The grading and drainage <br />plan has been approved by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. <br />Landscaping Plan. The developer has submitted a revised landscape plan (Exhibit F-1) to address <br />the concerns noted by Wally Case of DSU in his review of the original landscape plan. The <br />preliminary plat approval requires that the landscape plan be further reviewed and 'tweaked' as <br />necessary once framing of the units has been completed. This process allows the developer and City <br />to establish an appropriate final landscape plan once the actual degree of site impact by road <br />construction, etc. is known. An estimated $5,000 for public area landscaping is intended to be <br />incorporated into the development letter of credit, with an additional estimated $2,000 per unit <br />escrowed for landscaping around each unit, which would be released on a per-unit basis before each <br />unit is sold. The City's goal for landscaping will be to maintain as much of the existing vegetation <br />on site as possible, then supplement with additional materials where necessary to screen the <br />buildings, retaining walls, etc. when viewed from off-site. The revised plan has not been reviewed <br />by Case as of this writing; however, final plat approval need not be held up pending his review. <br />Lighting. Applicant has submitted a lighting plan which includes one street light plus individual <br />permanent lights outside each dwelling unit. In staffs opinion the lighting plan is appropriate. <br />Council may wish to review the design of the proposed street light (Exhibit E). <br />Sohns' Driveway Easement: Wetland Restoration . The existing driveway serving the adjacent Sohns <br />property will be partially relocated back onto the Sohns site (in the area of stormwater pond) as part <br />of this development. Nearer County Road 15, applicants have granted a driveway easement along <br />the west 10' of the property to allow this driveway encroachment to remain temporarily until the <br />Sohns family no longer owns the site. <br />ti