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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2002 4. #02 -2789 Dahlstrom Development LLC— Highway 12 at Willow Drive (NW Quadrant) —Comp Plan AmendmentlPUD Rezoning /Concept Plan Review — Continued dedication fees. The development would be maintained by an association with the resources to keep it properly maintained. The development has a $1.7 million landscape budget. Johnston said that sort of funding comes from density. The project was being funded 100% by the developer and would have a $60 million market value when completed. Jolnston stated that they chose the retail location because there is existing retail on the three other corners of the intersection. He stated that the site was 37.5 acres of dry land, with 32.9 acres designated for residential. With 82 rowhouses and 41 townhomes on 25.7 acres, they came to a density of 4.8 units /acre, within the density range of 3 -6 in the CMP. If one factored in the 112 lofts and the 7.2 acres they comprise, the density would go to 7.3 units /acre. He stated that putting offices in the area would compete with Long Lake's downtown redevelopment, and that the cost of land is too high to support small offices. Project Architect Carolyn Krahl stated that a walkable community is a return to what the • baby boomers grew up with: streets with sidewalks, neighborhood quality, front porches and gardens, life cycle housing for both starters and empty nesters. The retail uses attached to the development would be service- oriented and based on the daily trips that people make. There is an emphasis on community and civic spaces. She stated that the changes to Highway 12.would make the area more livable. She stated they used the existing pond to create a natural community space. Office and residential wouldn't provide a synergistic mix, but residential and a certain type of retail would provide a flow back and forth. Ms. Krahl stated that they proposed curving Kelley to the north so that it wouldn't become a raceway or frontage road. They designed it to create a transition between the density levels of the rowhouses and townhomes. The northern area would consist of single family townhomes with a suburban feel. They used a single level design, and all units back up to a green space. There were no sidewalks because the streets are walkable. The east corner would provide a destination with the proposed retail. The lofts in the west corner were designed with singles in mind. The rowhouses in the middle would work for starters or active empty- nesters. They designed the internal street through the rowhouses to be a safe walkable street with • all houses having porches that face onto the street. All rowhouses have a front and back F