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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 27, 2016 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 10. #16-3822 LAKEWEST DEVELOPMENT, 3245 WAYZATA BOULEVARD – PRELIMINARY PLAT 2ND REVIEW – COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT: PRELIMINARY APPROVAL RESOLUTION – RESOLUTION NO. 6637 (continued) Staff met with Fire Chief Van Eyll on May 13. His comments on the preliminary plat drawings include the following: 1. Two access points would be preferred, if possible. 2. If only one access point is allowed, the Fire Chief would prefer the hammerhead as depicted, finding that the cul-de-sac is more difficult to maneuver for large fire emergency vehicles. 3. With either hammerhead or cul-de-sac, the Fire Chief would like drivable ‘emergency only’ accessibility to be developed at that location, with some sort of a drivable base and breakaway or removable barriers which would be necessary to allow access if they are fighting a fire mid-block. 4. The Fire Chief has concerns about the private road and that his experience is that mediocre winter maintenance results in less than desired emergency accessibility. 5. The Fire Chief is willing to reduce the number of hydrants required if each dwelling unit has fire suppression sprinklers. 6. A looping water system would be desirable but appears difficult at this location. 7. A 32-foot wide paved road would be preferred over 28 feet. If the road is to be 28 feet wide, the Fire Chief would recommend that on-street parking be limited to one side. Gaffron stated given the initial comments from Hennepin County and the Fire Chief, and lacking County comment on the revised proposal, Staff has not prepared a resolution for concept plan and preliminary plat approval at this time. Staff does recommend adoption of the draft resolution granting preliminary approval for the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, directing that the amendment, Comprehensive Plan Amendment application and appropriate attachments be forwarded to the Metropolitan Council for their review as soon as possible. Walsh stated on the first page of the staff memo under Met Council density review, it states that the Metropolitan Council noted since the future multi-family site is not proposed to be developed at this time, it does not factor into the current equation. Walsh asked if the City’s guiding of land is not factored in at all. Gaffron stated there is potential for a future multi-family development to be built in the landfill area, which will have to be mitigated. At this point the area being re-guided does not include that. If the developer were to say that they need two acres to build 20 units, that would be 10-unit per acre density, which would be useful in the future as a potential for solving the density. Walsh asked if it is not included because it is not being developed.