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Memo to Mayor and City Council/P 02-07 May 20, 2002 Page 2 Analysis Overview The applicant is requesting a preliminary plat of a single-family subdivision containing 50 lots. The subject property is gently rolling, heavily wooded with a wetland located in the southeast corner of the property. A 70-foot street, utility and drainage easement is located on the property, traversing the property east-west at the 194th Avenue alignment. Within this street, utility and drainage easement is a sanitary sewer force main and a water main. Located north of the subject is the Nordic Woods subdivision, also a single-family plat. Layout The plat is comprised of 50 single-family lots located on one primary street and three cul-de- sacs. The primary entrance to the plat is the existing 194th Avenue entrance, which serves Nordic Woods. A connection north will be made at Boston Street and at Zumbro Street. Two cul-de-sacs will extend south. Lot Size and Configuration All of the lots meet the minimum lot width and depth requirements for internal and corner lots. All lots meet the minimum lot area requirement of 11,000 square feet with the smallest lot being Lot 14, Block 2 at 11,086 square feet, and the largest lot being Lot 29, Block 2 at 115, 273 square feet. Grading, Drainage and Utilities The City Engineer's memo addresses these issues. Park and Recreation Commission Review The Park and Recreation Commission reviewed this request at their April 10, 2002 meeting. They recommended that cash dedication be granted and that an outlot be created between Lots 39 and 40 in order to provide trail access to the Meadowvale School property to the east. They also concurred with the staff recommendation that a sidewalk be constructed on the south side of 194~h Avenue from County Road i to this trail connection. The City will not grant cash credit for sidewalk construction, nor will cash credit be given from the trail outlot as the area in question is unusable due to the presence of the sanitary sewer force main and the water main. Planning Commission Action The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on April 23, 2002. At the hearing, three residents spoke. They expressed concern about wetland impacts, disagreed about the th need for a sidewalk on 194 Avenue, and the level of traffic on County Road 1. One resident stated that he felt the speed was too high on County Road I in this area. S:\PLANNING\Case Files\P 02-07 Nordic Hills\5-20CCmemo.doc