Are there any changes to the agenda? There are no changes to the agenda. Okay. Um other than uh under item 7A, we will ask for a continuence when we get to that item. Okay. Thank you. Anyone want to make a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Okay. I'll second. All in favor? I I All right. Um, public comment. So, is there any comments not related to anything that's on the agenda? Okay. Announcements. There are no announcements. All right. Approval of minutes. Consider approval of the following September 24th, 2024 meeting minutes. I didn't see anything. I thought they looked pretty good. Anybody else? Agreed. I didn't see anything. Okay. I'll make a motion. I'll second. All right. All in favor? I I Okay. Public hearings. Um Parkway Meadows August um August Ventures LLC applicant consider application to amend PUD ordinance number 297 and preliminary plat for Parkway Meadows. the applicant um late last week uh Thursday or Friday asked that um an unex unexpected conflict came up and he was not able to attend the meeting. He preferred and we preferred that he'd be here to discuss the um proposed changes. Um so he asked if he could be moved to the next planning commission meeting in November. I think it's November 26th. And um so proce because we have already sent out the hearing notices to the adjacent property owners as well as published in the New Craig times the notice of a public hearing. The correct procedure would be to open the public hearing and then continue it until the next meeting keeping the public hearing open. Okay. So I will open the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. Um anyone want to make a comment? You want me to do that? Um, no. We don't need to comments. I don't Nobody is in attendance. Uh, we did post on the city's Facebook page and tried to advertise that it would be continued. So, Okay. All right. So, then can we just have that conver? If somebody could just make a motion to continue. I'll make a motion to continue until November 26th. All right. I will second. All in favor? I. Okay. Just going to double. Yep. The 26 is correct. Perfect. Thank you. All right. Public hearing. Consider amendment to the to title 11 of zoning ordinance adding cannabis regulations. Um yeah. So we're asking to hold a public hearing today just to consider the amendment to title 11 of our zoning ordinance to add cannabis regulations. Okay. Okay. So, I will open the public hearing at 7:06 p.m. Anyone like to make a comment in rel relation to the zinging ordinance adding cannon regulations? I'll make I'll ask again. Anyone would like to make a comment um in regards to zoning ordinance adding cannabis regulations. And there's no one online, right? Okay. I'll ask a third time. If anyone would like to make public comment regarding zoning zoning ordinance adding cannabis regulations. All right, I will close the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. I think it was straightforward. We talked about it last month. Looks like the council was in agreement. They were in agreement with everything that you had recommended. Okay. So, I have nothing further to add. We've talked about this a lot. Agreed. All right. I will make the recommendation to go to the city council. Right. Yes. Okay. I'll make the recommendation. Anyone want to second? I'll second it. All in favor? I I on to general business. Uh concept review for Highland at Eagle View Tamarak Land Development and Victory Fields LLC applicants. All right. So Brandon will be handling the presentation and then we do have a representative of Tamarak here if they have anything to add after um the presentation. Okay, awesome. Let's jump in. Um so we're here talking about a proposed development um north of the school, the elementary school in the northwest corner of the uh city. Um uh being referred to now as Highlands at Eagle View. Uh this is a concept plan review. It's only in the beginning stages and the co-licants are Tamarak Land and Victory Fields. Um, hold on. Cool. Uh, so the property is 50.44 g uh gross acres. The concept plan has not yet been reviewed by the planning commission or the city council. Um, the property is currently zoned plan unit development residential. Uh this PUD zoning reflects a development that had been proposed on the property in 2005 which was referred to at the time as Eagle View Estates. Um the 2005 PUD agreement stated that the underlying zoning should be R1. Um because the PUD agreements and zoning of record predates the merger of the two cities and also because it's nearly 20 years old. Staff agreed that the property should be entirely reszoned. Um, future zoning should be consistent with the city's 2040 comp plan, which guides the property to lowdensity residential. And here you see the property. Um, it's indicated here by the pink box. And as you can see, it's in the very, uh, northwest corner of the current city limits. All right. So, the neighborhood conditions. Um, to the south of this development is a roughly 75 acre parcel which contains a single family residence and agricultural use. Uh, this property is located outside of the city limits, but it is within the city's planned 2040 growth area and is also guided for residential development. Um, also to the south, as I said, is the location of the new Prague Eagle View Elementary School. Uh, to the east of this development is a roughly 30 acre parcel that is currently located in the township in New Market Township, but is within the city's planned 240 growth area and also guided for residential development. Uh the planning commission reviewed a concept development plan for an 80acre property which included this 30acre property and provided feedback back in 2021. Um to the north of this propos proposed development is an agricultural 39 acre parcel also owned by Victory Fields the applicant um and large lot rural residential properties which are approximately 5 acres acres a piece in size um with single family detached homes constructed on most most of the parcels there. Uh the parcels to the north are currently located outside of the city limits and outside of the growth area, but within the ultimate uh sewer service area of the city. To the west of the proposed development is a primarily agricultural property located outside of the city limits and outside of the 2040 growth area, but again within the ultimate sewer area um se sewer service area. Uh the city's 2040 comprehensive plan uh land use plan guides the property to lowdensity residential land use. Uh this land use designation is characterized by low residential densities that provide opportunities for a variety of detached single family residential housing options. Um traditional single family detached homes at the lowest of the urban densities are typical uses. Uh lower densities are often required to preserve and protect environmentally sensitive land. Um, at the present time, this land use designation corresponds with our R1 and our R2 zoning districts. Uh, the proposed use of the property for single family residential homes meets the intents of the 2040 comp plan. Uh, the comp plan calls out a required density of 2 and a half to five dwelling units per acre. This current concept plan uh contains 148 lots on 50.44 acres, which equates to 2.93 units per acre. So, as I said, it's 50.44 acres currently zoned PUB. Um, the property must be reszoned to a new PUD. And yes, that's what we are proposing. Uh, so this this slide here shows the intent of PUD zoning. Um, the relevant intents for this particular development is C and D. um to provide for variations in the strict application of the land use regulations uh in this title in order to improve site design and operation while at the same time incorporating design elements such as construction materials, landscaping, lighting and etc. uh that exceeds the city's standards to offset the effect of any variations and to propo promote a more creative and efficient approach to land use within our city. Um so PUB proposed to allow for the slight reduction in lot size and lot width within the development. Um examples that have been used in other PUDs approved by the city to achieve this purpose um are as shown there. We've talked about a lot of them in many plans but the one here that is relevant is the increased housing design standards. Um because the co-licant uh Tamarak land development submitted a narrative outlining their concept plan submitt and their proposed development. Uh the narrative the narrative identifies public benefits for the PUD development including affordability and diversity of housing styles within the community. Um also mentioned was the creation of more ponding and open space in the lower area of the site. Um this statement implies that more ponding and open space is being proposed and is required which staff is unable to confirm yet at this high of a level. Um staff would request um additional information to determine if the open space being proposed exceeds standards um for the development and more information regarding the proposed diversity of the housing styles within the development as well. Okay, so this this slide shows the current concept plan for the proposed PUB. Um this plan may be tweaked and was tweaked as we continue through the process. But here, as you can see here, um, this concept plan shows the 148 65 foot wide lots. Um, as previously discussed, uh, this concept plan also features the centralized ponding area that I just talked about, um, denoted by the wetland feature in the middle there. Section 1138 of the zoning ordinance also identifies criteria to be considered as part of the request for the resoning. Um, I'm just going to go through these quick. The proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and provisions of and has been found to be consistent with the official city comprehensive plan. The proposed use is or will be compatible with present and future land uses of the area. The proposed use conforms with all performance standards contained in this title. The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and will not overburden the city's service capacity and chap traffic generation by the proposed use is within capabilities of streets serving the property. Um and important to note that staff believes that the request to reszone the property to a new PUD u meets all the above stated criteria for reszoning. Okay, so the following table contains a summary of the variances being sought by the developer as part of the PUD application. Um this table assumes that the R2 district requirements are being applied to this development. Um so as you can see there, the only variation is the minimum lot width um of five feet. Um there might be more discussions on the block lengths etc as we go forward through different plans but as of right now they're asking for a five foot difference on the minimum lot width uh for all newly created lots all all site plans for a single family home uh shall provide location for three star three stall attached garage whether or not construction is actually intended. Uh tree preservation we've all talked about this a lot as well. It's the same as it always is. 40% of significant trees must be pre preserved and 60% may be removed. Um and a tree inventory will be needed. Uh so landscaping, there are some double frontage lots on here. So we had to go into a little bit more detail here, but um lot depth. The double frontage residential lots shall have an additional depth of at least 20 ft designated as an additional drainage and utility easement in order to allow for some space for buffering and like screen plantings along the back of the lot line. uh lot width. Lots which border a major collector or arterial street on a sideyard shall have an additional 10 feet designated as a drainage utilities again in order to allow for space for buffering uh for screening. The concept plan submitted does not show enough detail for us to determine the depth and the width of the lots of the double frontage lots. Um so a screening plan must be submitted as well. In addition to these developer obligations, section 11103, the zoning ordinance states that two trees must be planted upon each lot at the time of building permit. Side placed in the front and sideyards and rear yards must be seated, hydro-seated or land or uh soded. These landscape requirements apply to the builder at the time of the building permit as each new home comes in. Uh easements. So easements have yet to be depicted which is required by our city code. Uh section 1296 of the subdivision ordinance requires that 10 foot wide perimeter easements and 5 foot wide interior easements be dedicated along all lot lines and 10- foot easements are required along property lines that abut undeveloped properties. Um larger easements may be required where infrastructure is installed or to protect required drainage soils. Uh, sanitary sewer. Um, sanitary sewer service is available on the east side of this property um, along Nevada Avenue via 6 inch PVC sewer force man. Uh, the force main is within Nevada Avenue and terminates approximately 150 ft north of the pavement on the north end of Nevada Avenue and it's approximately 8 ft deep in the ground. Uh, preliminary utility plans have yet to be submitted. Uh, when they are, they will need to be consistent with our sanitary sewer plan. The force main will become operational only after a lift station is installed. Um, and the city sanitary sewer plan calls for a system lift station um, and a force main along the east side of the property, meaning that the lift station and the force main will be permanent and intended to serve a larger area as you see here depicted by W5 um on the on the picture there. Uh, the city typically pays for the system uh for system lift stations and force mains provided there are adequate funds available in our infrastructure fund. Um, a desirable option would be for the developer to in install and construct a lift station in the forest man during construction of the first phase of development and the city would then reimburse the developer. Uh, terms outlining the agreement would be out would be outlined in a development contract. Uh, in order to develop the property, a sanitary sewer lift station must be installed at a low point and a sewer force man will need to be extended from its current terminal at the north end of Nevada Avenue uh to the new lift station. uh water. So, preliminary utility plans have not yet been provided. Water service is available on the east side again of the property along Nevada um via 12 in ductile iron pipe. Uh the water man is within Nevada Avenue and terminates approximately 150 ft north of the pavement. Uh the city's water plan depicts a future 12-in trunk line running east and west through this property. As you can see on that photo there, uh the developer will be required to implement this plan during development and the city does reimburse costs of oversizing for any water manes greater than 8 inches in size. Um the city also seeks looping of the water system to the degree possible and seeks to avoid any deadend water manes. Um so the developer will be required to stub water to adjacent undeveloped properties. Storm water. A storm water plan has also not yet been submitted for review. Uh the concept plan shows one storm water ponding area on the property. Um city access must be provided and city staff believe that it is a 10 foot wide vegetative buffer is required from all high water levels around all storm water ponds. Um a storm sewer line exists along the entire east side of the subject property. The 36 inch HDP line was constructed as part of the 2005 um development and flows north under 250th Street where it discharges to the surface. And another unique thing about this property is that the entirety of this property lies within the Scott wershed management district and the surface flows towards the west or the northwest. Um the portion of the property shown in the back in the black hatch on the on the drainage map there has dis discharge rates that are more stringent uh than the existing runoff rate matching schemes around uh the rest of the city. So these extra restrictions were a commitment by the city to the township as part of storm water improvements associated with the school and are meant to protect downstream properties from erosion and flooding. Uh the city engineers office should be consulted during design to ensure that these restrictions are met and the lower rates may have the effect of increasing detention volume for the project. Another unique thing about this property is that there is a drain tile there. A pretty big drain tile system. So, city staff are aware that there's an existing drain tile system throughout the subject property which provides agricultural drainage for it. Um staff's understanding is that the drain tile system was connected downstream to the city's storm server in 2015. Drainage patterns and areas um should be verified by the developer and the existing drainage pattern must be perpetuated and the existing drain tile cannot be rerouted into the storm water uh ponding areas uh wetlands. So a wetland delineation and MN RAM will report will need to be completed prior to development of the property. Um as always a wetland buffers are required and buffer signs are required as well. Uh the subdivision ordinance requires that wetlands and buffers be contained in outlots and conveyed to the city upon the filing of the plat and there are no FEMA designated flood planes or DNR protected waters on this property. Um the proposed development borders on three existing public streets. Nevada Avenue on the east side, 255th on the south, and Texas Avenue on the west. Nevada Avenue and 255th Street are identified as major collector streets in our city's transportation plan, and Texas Avenue is identified as a minor arterial roadway. Okay, so the purpose of a major collector is typically to link neighborhoods um together within the city or link neighborhoods to business concentrations. Um, access to collector roadways should be made via local streets and private access should be prohibited. Public street connections to major collector streets should be spaced at least 660 ft apart. And this concept plan shown here shows three proposed connections to 255th Street at the southern end of the property and one connection to Nevada on the east side. Staff notes that as shown here, it probably doesn't meet the 660 spacing requirement. Um, Nevada Avenue. So, Nevada Avenue is stated um is classified as a major collector street in the city's transportation plan. Staff's preference would be that Nevada Avenue is constructed to the northernly property line of that plat. Um however, the street lacks the full rightway needed to construct the full street. The existing rightway as it stands today on Nevada um adjacent to and east of the property is 35 feet. This 35 ft rightway was dedicated during um as part of the new market school edition platform from 2005 which contemplated that the future Nevada Avenue would be centered between the Victory Fields property and then the Svin property that stands to the east. The current standard uh for a major collector is 100 feet of rightway. So staff recommends that the additional 15t of rightway be dedicated on the Victory Fields property for Nevada Avenue uh during the platting process. The additional 50 ft will be dedicated during the platting of the solvent property when that develops to the east. Uh the improved section of Nevada Avenue located adjacent to and south of the subject property was constructed at 40 ft in width and with insurmountable curbing. The city's transportation plan shows a northernly extension of Nevada Avenue from 255th and to the property line of the subject property. Uh 255th Street borders the entire property to the south. As previously stated, it's um identified as a major collector street. Um there is an existing trail there um along the north side of 255th adjacent to the portion of the property. Um the trail should be extended from its current westerly termini and west to Texas Avenue. As indicated on that picture to the right on the bottom, it's the highlighted mark is the missing trail section. Um and the future sidewalk on the south side will be can be incorporated in the future when the property to the south develops. Uh Texas A it borders the property to the west. It's under the jurisdiction of Scott County and they have it identified as a major arterial roadway or we do sorry and Scott County seeks a total rightway um width of 150 feet which is 75 feet from each center line um which they already have. So, no additional rightway is anticipated along Texas Avenue. Uh there's a lot of local streets. So, several local streets are depicted on the concept plan. Um local streets must be in a minimum of 28 ft in width with insurmountable curbing within a 60 foot rightway. Sidewalks are required on one side of local streets and the additional highle comments are as follows. I'm just going to read the last one because it's the most important one. Um there are there are two existing homes located at the northwest corner of this proposed development. Um, and the concept plan should provide for public access to those properties to allow for future development um, and for the future closure of Texas Avenue points. The city subdivision ordinance requires that concrete sidewalks are constructed on at least one side of all the local streets. Uh, the transportation plan requires that sidewalks be constructed on one side and trails be constructed on the other side of collector streets. Um the 2040 park and trail plan further identifies a proposed sidewalk and trail corridor along Nevada Avenue. Um we'll need to construct five foot sidewalks adjacent to all local streets. Construct a 10-ft trail on the north side of 255th. Construct a 10-ft trail on the east side of Texas Avenue. Um once the development proceeds to a formal application for the preliminary plat approval, staff will also be seeking recommendation from the parks uh commission regarding the location of the proposed sidewalks and trails within the development. Parks related comments. Um, the city's subdivision ordinance requires 8% of all land to be dedicated for parks, playgrounds, public open spaces, or trails, andor the developer shall make a cash contribution to the city's park and trail system uh fund roughly related to the anticipated effect of the plat on the park and trail system. If no land dedication is required, then the park fee has been established at 8% of the fair market land value. Um, more parks related comments. Um the city's 2040 plan um park and trail plan does not identify any park search areas on the subject property. Um based on this on this park plan, staff is recommending a cash contribution versus land dedication for the subject property. Um, this item was able to get squeezed onto the previous parks commission um, agenda where they preliminary give gave their feedback requesting land dedication uh, at a 3-2 vote. Pursuing parkland dedication as identified uh, in the city's 2040 park and trail plan will allow for an approximate 12acre park area to be acquired to the east in the future and the park dedication funds received from Victory Fields can be used to build out that park system uh, the park system either there or in other locations. Um, so some miscellaneous items. Staff believes that we should have a neighborhood meeting. Um, and it should be held prior to any formal public hearings on the proposed project just so we can educate um, the adjacent land owners about the proposed development and obtain their informal comments and feedback prior to submitting a formal develop development application. Um, on-site marketing co- property. So, as you'll see, there's that little sliver of red there. um tiny bit right north of 255th. Um the concept plan is submitted will require acquisition of this additional property. Um the oddly shaped sliver of land is described as outlaw B New Market school edition and was created in '05 during the platting of the school property. Staff recommends that the property be incorporated into the plat if that's possible. Um if not possible to incorporate into the plat one of the street connections to 255th would need to be eliminated. Additional comments. The city engineer, public works director, and city attorney all reviewed and their comments were incorporated into this report. The police chief had nothing to no comments at this time. The fire chief did not respond yet. Um the building official has reviewed the concept plan and also has no comments at this time. And as of our latest data, um the proposed there will be 0.55 students added per household within the New School District. Um, so the fact that this current plan conducts or depicts 148 lots, then uh it would add 81 students to the school system once it's fully built out. Um, staff recommendation for resoning. Um, following all feedback from the planning commission regarding the proposed concept plan, the planning commission is being asked to make a recommendation to the city council regarding the development. Um, if the planning commission does not support the proposed lot size, lot standards and layout, staff recommends that the commission provide a specific recommendation. Um, if the planning commission does support the proposed lots, standards and layouts, staff would recommend approval of a proposed development for the following reasons. Um, the fact that it the proposed use of the property for single use, single family residential meets the intent of our comp plan, which guides this property to lowdensity residential land use. Um and the second being that the development of this property as single family residential is compatible with the adjacent land uses. Okay, just to summarize um I'm just going to go through the list. Number one, the developer must enter into development contract with the city at the time of the final plat. Um development of the property for single residential single family residential homes meets the intent of the 2040 comp plan. Uh the comp plan calls out a preferred density of two and a half to five 12 units per acre for the subject property and as I stated before the 2.93 meets this um development of the property as single family residential homes is compatible. More info must be submitted regarding the proposed mix of housing styles within the development improved site design or design elements that ex exceeds city standards uh to meet the purpose and intent of a PUD zoning. Tree inventory must be completed. Additional lot depth and width must be provided for um on those double fringe lots. A comprehensive screening and landscaping plan um meeting the requirements of those two titles must be provided for lots that above major collector or arterial roadways and the screening requirement applies to Texas Avenue, 255th Street and Nevada Avenue. Draging utility will also be required during the planning process. Um sanitary sewer lift station must be installed. 12-in trunk water line must be installed running east and west through the through the development. A 10- foot wide buffer from the high water level is required around the storm water ponds. An extensive drain tile system exists on the property and we wanted to make that aware. Um, a wetland delineation must be completed before preliminary plat. Public street connections to a major collector streets should be spaced out at least 660 ft apart. attempt callac will be required uh where there's any proposed local street that's extended past 150 ft in length with also with a future road extension sign required. Um acquisition of the on-site marketing property is recommended. If the property is not acquired, a re redesign of the concept plan will be required to remove a street connection. An additional 15 ft of rightway dedicated uh dedication will be required along Nevada Avenue. Trails must be constructed along the north side of 255th on the east side of Texas Avenue. Um staff recommends cash in ll of land for park dedication. However, the parks commission has recommended park land dedication. Um following a recommendation by the planning commission, the final recommendation regarding park dedication will be made by the city council. Um, a neighborhood meeting is encouraged prior to the formal plat application and the outlot shown along the northern boundary of the plat is not permissible under the city subdivision ordinance. There was a little tiny piece but that was like an outlot but they fixed it so that's relevant now. And the planning commission is being asked to provide just your general feedback regarding the concept plan and make recommendation to the council. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. All right, comments, questions. That was a lot. I know. I never know how fast to go through it. Like, do I want to take or do I want to like rush through it? Um, do we want to start a specific area? Do how do you want to tackle this? I will also say that about four hours ago, we received a completely different concept plan. Um, so they actually really fixed a lot of the things that we that I just discussed. So, okay. I we haven't had a chance to really look in depth to it yet, but Okay. Yeah. So, you're not sure which Okay, got it. And I can put a picture of it on the screen if you want, just so we can talk about it easier. Sure. I can find one here. So really the concern is the or not concern one of the uh things we're to talk about is the lot size, right? Yes. Um, so the variation from 70 foot width to 65 is really the only variation that they're asking for. Now, originally they were asking for a slight reduction in lot size from 84 to 8,000, but Okay. I thought I read that that was al that was also corrected and I Yeah, that was also corrected in the one they sent over a few hours ago. Okay. So, thank you for clarifying that. I was like, I'm pretty sure it said something different. Um, okay. So, lot size. Any concerns with going with the from 70 to 65? No. Personally, I don't think that's an issue. Okay. So, on the lot size issue, I'll just add just to make sure everybody um our minimum lot size is 8,400 square feet, right? And with the revised plan that they submitted this afternoon, they will meet 8,400 square feet with all of the lots. So, um, they made them 5t narrower but longer or deeper than our code would typically require. Oh, okay. We're okay with the 65 ft. Yes. Okay. They're not asking for any deviations from setback requirements. So, meet our standard setbacks. So, then the only other question would be the parkland dedication. Yes, ma'am. Okay. So, I noticed that you said the parks board wants actual land dedication. How would that how would that impact what they've got going on right now compared to the cash? I mean, it would impact it. Yes. um they would figure it out. But just based from staff's perspective, just based along the fact that our park and trail plan doesn't call for one here is why we are recommending against the park commission's recommendation. You have go ahead. So if you apply the 8% dedication uh to this development and and the city chose to take the full 8% in land it would be four acres. So would reduce the development um you know fairly significantly. Number of lots we don't know. I guess we would have to put that back to the developer um to figure out. Sometimes the city can take a combination of land and cash. Um I think we, you know, I think I'll let Jake speak on it a little bit when I'm finished. Um we have a lot of neighborhoods with a lot of really small parks and four acres is is not a small park, but um I think we're trying to get away from the really small pocket parks and, you know, kind of get to larger parks that have more amenities, more regional parks. Yeah. neighborhood park under our park and trail plan is approximately 10 acres in size. So, we're looking for a bigger neighborhood park just happen to be slightly to the east. Um, do you have any more um of the parks commission like comments and like rationale of Jake was at that meeting? I think I I mean as stated in the staff report, I think we acknowledge as staff that if there is not a park here, it would uh this property, this development would be underserved for a period of time, right? Until that property to the east develops and and that park is developed and it's hard to project the timing on that, but we know it is owned by an investor who has submitted a concept plan. So we can't predict the economy, right? And then uh the school property does contain a park area just not accessible during certain times of the day or certain times of the year. So I'll turn it over to Jake. It's probably easier to explain if can you throw up the parks plan in the presentation? Everyone can see. Um, so this is the park service area that Rene was talking about with the property right here. Um, a portion of it would be served currently by Wagner Park which has that large radius. Um, so a majority of the property would be underserved until this park over here called for in the comp plan. Uh, the parks commission was split I would say two two with one on the fence going for dedication. recommendation is simply we decide to build a park here. Um it's going to take away from the service area over here. It's going to relatively miss everything that goes out into the township. Uh this is why the comp plan was designed the way it was the parks and the areas they are to maximize that service area so we're not basically spending twice as much to serve the same Thank you. Y comments. So, I just want to touch a little bit more on that park service area. Um it's probably evident, but um so that pink area shown is a service area around um Wagner Park, which is a community park. Um, but there's an overarching goal of the adopted park and trail plan that all neighborhoods be served by a neighborhood park within a half mile. So if you so that would be a reasonable walking distance and that was really the purpose um for the neighbor neighborhood parks. Community parks kind of serve a different purpose um than a neighborhood park. We want neighborhood parks to be walkable uh from the most neighborhoods. Okay. Thank you. And um when you're done with this, also just want to point out or um remember to let the uh developer represent uh representative Yes. speak if he wants to add anything. Yeah. So, I guess going back and forth like really we don't know when that future park is going to happen and that's really kind of like the dilemma right now that's kind of hanging over us, right? Okay. I'd be comfortable um uh supporting the staff's recommendation for cash instead of land dedication if it it makes sense if it's going to follow our comp plan, right? Yeah. Yeah. Well, especially with the park that's right at the school. I mean, it's easy enough to get over there. Even though it's not open all the time, it's still available mostly. I would agree. And that didn't show up on the map just because that's not a city park, right? Yeah, it's a short walk. Agreed. It is. Okay. So, it sounds like we're okay with the land or the cash. The cash land. Okay. Okay. Okay. Do you have any other questions or comments about the overall concept? I don't I don't think so. I it would be nice to see a more um detailed one with all the other stuff on it, but yeah, I'm also interested in hearing what the definition of affordable is. Yeah, I was curious too. Housing and how that all works. So, yeah, if you'd like to come up and introduce yourself. Just is um can you just make sure that microphone is turned on there? Uh yeah, there's a little button there. Can you hear it? Okay, great. Um well, I did also want to introduce myself. I'm Reed Schultz. some with Tamarack Land Development. I've been in the development engineering industry for almost a couple decades. In fact, I've done developments down here and back when Algo and New Market were split. Um, so I I'm excited to be back doing stuff here in Alco New Market. Um, and uh I guess Tamarak is is relatively new or locally based but national developer u primarily serving uh the national home builders. um as our primary focus. We do uh dabble a little bit in the local builders, but um focus only mainly on the national builders. Um and so that's uh that's the direction they've told us to to come down to Elco New Market and explore this area because they see tremendous growth opportunities down here. Um, being a resident of Lakeville, I know we're getting full and so naturally um, you know, schools and everything are wonderful down here and so that growth is is going to head this direction. So, um, working here, um, with this, uh, property owner over the last few months here, um, ultimately guided by, you know, the comprehensive plan that the city council has adopted is our guide and it's our go-to, our first step that we go right to it when we look at development opportunities and and a lot of those pieces uh, that we recognize what what can make a development occur uh, come a lot from those comprehensive plans. And so uh when we were developing this concept plan, obviously the park was never part of that discussion in the comprehensive plan. So that was never part of our concept plan, nor was it factored into the the financials side of it. Just dedicating four plus acres um for this development. Um that 4 acres um would do tremendous impact to this neighborhood just from a lot count. And so it would have to then go back and and renegotiate those type of um conversations we've had with that seller. So um sounds like you guys are in support of the comprehensive plan which we appreciate. I just wanted to add some context to that as kind of where we come from and as developers. So um with that um we're excited uh to to be in front of you guys to present this proposal. Um we are working closely with a national home builder for this development. And I think um what national home builders can bring to the area is a diversity of of housing types um styles and variations which I think are super important especially in um developments as such like this. Um our home builder that we work with on this one um has a variety of home styles, variations and styles, colors and home um you know exteriors and facads and all of that. So, uh, looking at a neighborhood like this, you're going to see quite a bit of variations. And when we come before you, um, at Plinary Plat, we'll be able to provide some more examples of that and share some of those information, um, exterior renderings and all of that with you guys to kind of show that. But the the national home builders uh can provide that one extra level of variation because they um have the capabilities to make sure when they plan for homes um and staggered is such that they they develop it that way. Um um with that uh affordability is always a challenge. Um, I like I said, I couldn't um answer that directly and say these these prices are going to be $400,000 or whatever people deem as afford, you know, affordable. Um, what I will say is is whatever we can as developers to drive the home price down is what our goal is and and make the end all um, you know, cost prohibitive for new homeowners, whether they're first-time homeowners or next generation homeowners, whatever it may be. One area that we look at as developers is looking at lot width. Um, not necessarily lot size, but lot width. And that is all driven by the cost of the infrastructure, the utilities, and the streets. Those are hard fixed costs that we really can't control as developers. Um material cost, labor cost, all of that is a fixed price. But what we can do is is get the lot size down so we can fit more homes on the same amount of street per se. Um and that ultimately would drive prices downward. Um we do um we go to the home builders and say what is your product type that you would be proposing here? They give us the product type and the housing style and um that lot width with the setbacks and easements and all of that is what drives that you know in this case 65 foot wide lot. Uh so we're not shrinking it down so it's super tight. It's uh a product type that that fits on that with some flexibility. Um they all come with three stall garages, you know, so on and so forth. So, a very traditional single family uh but that 65 foot wide is a very uh traditional single family detached um lot size that you're going to see from from the national builders on that. So, that's where that 65 comes from. And then we can creatively design things around to maximize uh the development density. And as staff has alluded to, we we can increase the lot depth to still have the same amount of lot space, lot size that your city code requires. uh but achieving that that more affordable product type on that. So uh without sacrificing a lot of what people like granite countertops and and those type of things, we builders generally can still provide all of that um but reduce cost down to be um competitive um in in the market. So uh doesn't really probably answer your question what affordable is. uh as we move forward with this project, we will be able to provide some, you know, price ranges uh and some housing styles and stuff. So, um I do want to just mention as staff has alluded to, we did submit a revised concept plan. Um it is generally very similar. Um, but what it was is just mainly addressing a lot of the city staff comments about uh providing access to those exception parcels, dealing with the landscape buffer, those type of things just changed things along. But generally, it's the same amount of lots just a little different configuration, one less access to 255th, some of that kind of stuff. So, um, but we're excited to, uh, move forward here with your guys', um, support and move forward to city, you know, city council and stand for any questions you guys have. Thank you. I don't have a lot of questions. Very informative. So, thank you. Like I said, it'd be nice to just when it's finally all set and see all of it and see what the buildings are going to look like. That would be nice. I appreciate you taking the initiative to address staff's comments and concerns um before we even had today's meeting. So, thank you. Yeah. Yeah. We met with them on Friday morning and um so it was a very quick turnaround and um yeah, we appreciate that. Had we been able to meet with them a little earlier, we might have been able to present a different report to you. But um that's just how the timing played out. And so I think we have what we So do we have to go through all the recommendations or just in general? I don't unless you have something that you okay don't agree with I think we'll just carry staff's recommendations forward to the city council and we'll make it um we'll have a separate recommendation let them know uh your feelings about the park recommendation sounds good and I do really like the idea of having that um neighborhood meeting I think that'll be very important yeah I think in these big developments um it's a good idea before we get into to a public hearing and that's the first time they're hearing about it. Um, we want to encourage that neighborhood meeting and staff can be involved in that and could be hosted here. But it's more of an informal maybe a presentation and then just more of an open house kind of thing. I think that'll be very beneficial. So, thanks. Okay. So, we're okay with the recommendation with staff's recommendations then to move forward to the city council. Sounds good. Thank you. Thank you. All right, then we're on to miscellaneous community developments or updates. Um I have just a couple updates. I know that I can't remember if any of you were able to do the walkthrough at the Niagara site or not, but um they will be having once they open they will be having an official ribbon cutting and um another opportunity for you to see the facility when it's completed and they would love to have you there. Um but staff was able to um go through that site about two weeks ago. It's looking good there. Um, we have uh I think you may have been informed of this uh recently, but Lenar Homes has purchased a number of lots in the community and they have been bombarding us with building permit applications the last um couple of weeks. So, I think they are purchasing approximately 60 lots in total, finished lots from other developers in Ridge View Heights and in Boulder Heights. And um and then I just included a memo. Uh the Met Council is starting its next round of planning for the next 2050 comprehensive plan. Uh they published hundreds and hundreds maybe thousand pages of policy documents that cities and townships and counties will have to comply with their policies and their new plans was very overwhelming and maybe a bit unrealistic uh in their expectations. I submitted a letter on behalf of the council um our mayor and um city administrator and I included that in your packet just to keep you informed of that. Okay. I was wondering what that letter was like in response to It was in response to I kind of thought so but and that's all I have. Okay. Do you guys have anything else? Rich Township. Okay. Okay. Are you up for election? I am too. Okay. Are you reun running? Yes. Okay. Good. All right. Yeah. People have been voting at city hall over the last couple of weeks. Has been really busy. I don't know how many came tonight, but as of this afternoon, I think over 500 people had voted already that lived in the municipal city limits. Thanks. I think we had over 100. I think we're over 600 now. Nice. All right. If there's nothing else, um, anyone want to make a motion to adjurnn the meeting? So moved. All right. Second. All in favor? I. All right. Uh meeting adjourned at 7:54