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ty of MEMORANDUM <br /> lkRiver TO: PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> FROM: STEVEN B. ACH, CITY PLANNER <br /> DATE: APRIL 14, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT <br /> APPROVAL BY COUNTRY RIDGE <br /> PARTNERSHIP. PUBLIC HEARING <br /> CASE P94-2 <br /> ISSUE <br /> Consider request for preliminary plat by Country Ridge Partnership to <br /> subdivide approximately 40 acres into 73 single family lots. <br /> LOCATION <br /> NE corner of the extension of Joplin Street on County Road 30. <br /> • ATTACHMENTS <br /> Revised preliminary plat. Unapproved minutes from the March 21 City <br /> Council meeting. Unapproved minutes from the February 22 Planning <br /> Commission meeting. Report to the Planning Commission dated February <br /> 22, 1994. Memorandum to the Park and Recreation Commission dated <br /> March 31, 1994. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The Planning Commission originally recommended approval of this <br /> preliminary plat as it was presented which consisted of 97 lots throughout <br /> the entire 40 acre parcel. However, at the City Council meeting Park and <br /> Rec Commission Chairman Dave Anderson, offered some comments <br /> regarding the number of trees that existed along the north end of the project <br /> and expressed an interest to save these trees. One option expressed by Mr. <br /> Anderson was to have approximately the northerly seven acres dedicated as <br /> park to assure complete protection of the large stand of trees. The other <br /> option would be to increase the lot sizes considerably to enhance the <br /> preservation of the trees. The City Council directed staff to meet with the <br /> • developers and present a revised plat to the Park Commission for their <br /> consideration as well as bringing the plat back to the Planning Commission. <br /> P.O. Box 490 • 13065 Orono Parkway • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />