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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 28, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 24 (4. #11-3498 MATT ALEXANDER ON BEHALF OF KRAUS ANDERSON REALTY COMPANY, 875 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST - RPUD MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL, Continued) true rain garden with an infiltration basin but rather a filtration system. There will be two and a half feet of a soil/sand mixture that will filter out the contaminants and drain out into the adjacent wetlands. Johnston stated the way the site has been laid out is the parking lot area will all drain to the center area and then the other rain gardens will pick up the other runoff. The ponds will fill up during a rainstorm and then drain out. Bremer asked about the reduction in park fee. Alexander noted the park dedication fee was reduced for the memory units proposed in the other application and that the enhanced assisted living will be for tenants who are short-term, which will be close to eight months to a year. Those residents will typically be recovering from surgeries and will not be utilizing the park system within the City. A waiver of the park dedication fees would help to keep the costs down. McMillan asked if the residents would be leaving the building. Alexander stated if they do leave the building, it would be likely to utilize the trail around the facility and that they typically will not be leaving the property. Rahn asked if there will always be the acute care section or whether that would be converted at some point into assisted living. Alexander commented he cannot say they never will be, but that they will be working with Fairview Hospitals to help accommodate patients who are recuperating from surgery. The design of the unit is more for a recuperating patient and will consist of a kitchen unit. In an effort to help reduce costs, they are requesting the park dedication fee be reduced. Bremer asked if the City has a consistent policy on the waiver of park dedication fees. Gaffron indicated the City has very little history with these types of development. Orono Woods on Highway 12 was a TIF project where the City deferred park dedication fees for a period of 20 years. The City still has the opportunity after those 20 years have elapsed to collect those fees under certain conditions. Approximately one year ago at this site the City Council elected to waive the park dedication fees. The Klinglehutz project in Navarre also had the park dedication fees waived completely. The City does not currently have a standard for dealing with memory care units and park dedication fees. Bremer stated she would like this request to be consistent with what the City has done previously. Alexander noted the number of units has been increased to 62 and that they are really only requesting a waiver of the park dedication fee on three of the units from what was previously approved. Rahn moved, Franchot seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6032, a Resolution Granting RPUD Master Development Plan Approval for Kraus-Anderson Realty Company for Orono Senior Housing Planned Unit Development No. 7, with the park dedication fee being based on 43 units, and to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 86, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending the Official Zoning Map by Item #03 - CC Agenda - 04/11/2011 Approval of Council Minutes 03/28/2011 [Page 6 of 24]