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pk./ A( <br /> Item# <br /> t'� <br /> ity •of1 v MEMORANDUM <br /> Ilk <br /> Iiver TO The Park and Recreation Commission <br /> FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planner 50 <br /> DATE: October 13, 1999 <br /> SUBJECT: Park Dedication Requirements for Windsor <br /> Park <br /> Request <br /> Consider park dedication requirements for Windsor Park preliminary plat. <br /> Location <br /> 212th Avenue and Elk Lake Road, just south and west of County Road 33 and Elk <br /> Lake Road. <br /> Zoning/Land Use <br /> Rla (Single Family Residential) /LR (Low Density Residential) <br /> • Attachments <br /> • Location Map <br /> • Preliminary Plat <br /> Overview <br /> Windsor Park is the City's first residential cluster development with 31 single- <br /> family residential lots on 57.03 acres. Presently, the site is about 50/50 rolling and <br /> wooded to the west, and flat open meadow to the east near Elk Lake Road. Over <br /> 50% of the development, 33.27 acres, will be open space permanently protected by a <br /> conservation easement and owned in common by a homeowner's association. Of the <br /> 33.27 acres, 12.06 acres is wooded and 15.20 acres is open meadow. The developer <br /> proposes to have the clustered septic drain fields, community gardens and trails in <br /> the open meadow, and have the wooded open space become City park. The 31 lots <br /> are set back from Elk Lake Road, situated in the wooded portion of site surrounding <br /> the wooded open space. <br /> Park Dedication Requirements <br /> The present draft of the cluster ordinance would require the developer to dedicate <br /> 10% of the platted land for a park, 5.7 acres, or pay park dedication as follows: <br /> • <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD &Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 <br />