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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 12, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. 20. #16-3554 ASHISH AGGARWAL ON BEHALF OF APEX HOLDINGS, LLC, 2635 KELLEY PARKWAY, SKETCH PLAN REVIEW (continued) The property is serviced with City sewer and water, with access off of Kelley Parkway. Development of the property would require rezoning to RPUD, an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, and re -platting from an outlot to a lot per the provisions of the Stonebay PUD No. 4 Agreement. The goal of the review is to provide the developer with an overview of the pertinent City ordinances and how they affect the proposed development. The property is located directly across Kelley Parkway from the Stonebay Lofts at the west end of the long stormwater pond. The property is governed as part of the Stonebay Master Development Agreement and is guided and planned for commercial office use. This property has the potential to assist in meeting the City's residential urban density goals in order to allow continued development of Orono's sewered lakeshore areas as intended. Staff recommends the City Council's review of the sketch plan address the following: Is there justification for the necessary CMP amendment and rezoning to allow the guiding of this property to be converted from commercial to resident? If that conversion is not allowed, what other uses for this site might be acceptable? 2. Is the Council comfortable with the density of the development at 20 units per acre gross? 3. If the developer had to construct a third story over part of the building in order to meet required setbacks and hardcover limits while maintaining the same 70 units, how would the Council react? Gaffron noted the applicant is not proposing three stories at this time. 4. Is there sufficient justification for flexibility in terms of hardcover and proximity of the building to Wayzata Boulevard. The Council should discuss whether this development should be required to create the RPUD standard 10 percent private recreation space. Staff recommends that a 10 -foot trail easement be retained along the south boundary of the property. 7. The conceptual landscaping layout does not provide any buffering from Wayzata Boulevard. Gaffron displayed a sketch of the proposed building and interior layout. Gaffron noted the stormwater pond was originally sized to accommodate all elements of Stonebay and no additional ponding will be required on this site. Because the site is so flat, the assumption is that in order to make drainage function adequately and allow for underground parking, the site will require some amount of fill, likely raising the main floor above the level of Kelley Parkway. An internal storm sewer system is likely to be constructed on the site which will discharge to the pond. Page 25 of 34