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Mayor and City CouncillP 99-5 May 17, 1999 Page 2 . Overview At the April 19th City Council meeting the Council considered this request. The Council postponed action on this project to allow the applicant an opportunity to address concerns raised by the Council. Those concerns were the removal of trees, the density of the project and the private road. The applicant has made some revisions to the plan to address the issues raised by the Council. In an attempt to preserve trees the applicant has revised the grading plan, eliminated the berm and removed one townhome. The revised plans show 25 trees being preserved along Meadowvale Road. Of those 25 trees, 9 of them are either within building pad area for the townhomes or close to the proposed trail and are not likely to survive. . The project reviewed by the Council on April 19th had 27 townhouses, 3 three- unit buildings and 9 two unit buildings. In response to the issue of density, the revised plan has 26 townhouses, 2 three unit buildings and 10 two unit buildings. The number of townhouses was reduced by one. The question that needs to be resolved is, does the elimination of one unit address the Council's concern regarding density. The reduction of one more 2 unit building in the southwest corner would better address the issue of density and allow for the actual preservation of additional trees. The proposed street remains a private street. Most townhouse developments have private streets. In Elk River private streets are included as part of the following townhouse developments: Trott Brook Farms Cottages of Elk River (behind Target on Jackson) Meadowlark Townhomes (on Meadowvale Road by Cretex) Bailey Beck Townhomes (east side of Lake Orono) Barrington Place Townhomes (behind McDonald's) Country Crossing Townhomes . With public roads, a 60 foot right-of-way is required and setbacks are measured from the right-of-way. In townhouse developments this means the front of the buildings are about 100 feet apart. Typically in townhouse developments with private streets the front of the buildings are about 60 to 70 feet apart. Staff is aware of only one case where the developer of a townhouse project has asked the city to investigate the possibility of assuming maintenance and snow removal responsibilities. This request is likely the result of the homeowners association not being happy with the performance of the maintenance company hired for street maintenance and snow removal, and not a function of street design or operation. \ \elkriver \sys \shrdoc \planning\scott \p995ccmy .doc