5.3. SR 05-09-2005 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Mayor and City Council East Elk River Urban Service Area May 9, 2005 Page 2 of 3 north of County Road 12. This area should be assessed in 2006 for the County Road 40 improvement at a rural residential rate. The area will be allowed to be developed in an urban manner once utilities are available. When development happens, then right of way can be obtained thru the platting process and then the deferred assessment for the street (based on an urban density) can start to be collected. In this southern area, staff believes that the street can be reconstructed in the existing right of way but additional right of way on the east side of this road is in the best interest of the city for snow removal clearance, pedestrian movement, and possible future expansion. If some of the properties east of County Road 40 in this southern section do not redevelop in an urban manner, then the city will deal with right of way issues as needed at a future time and the deferred assessments will never be collected. It is likely that a number of these smaller southern property owners will work together to develop a larger parcel collectively. A starting point for these properties may be a Rid zoning designation (14,000 sq. ft lots). For the northern area, we are looking at a win-win-win concept between the developer, School District, and the city. All three groups win to a large degree but no one group gets everything they desire. The developer gets more residential lots and subsequently a larger profit from the property but will not get as many lots as they desire. The School District will get a 40-acre Middle School site but it will not be 100% high and dry property and there will be some expenses that the school will need to absorb once the school project moves forward. The city will get right of way, some money for the street improvement and trunk assessments, and some recreation opportunities with the school project; but it loses some sewer capacity that could go elsewhere (like down Highway 10), and the city also adds to some of the east Elk River traffic concerns. Staff has indicated to the developer that it supports the change in the Urban Service Area and the concept for their development provided that: . The developer provides the school a 40-acre site that the school finds acceptable. The developer provides the city with the necessary right of way for the improvement of County Road 40. The developer provides the city its fair share of the improvement of County Road 40 based on $1,000 per single-family residential lot when a plat is approved. The developer pay the city trunk sewer and water assessments for the entire parcel (including the school site) when a plat is approved. No townhomes can be part of the development project The development project is phased in whereby grading of the site is the only thing that can happen in 2007 and no building permits are issued until 2008. . . . . . Staff has met with the developer a number of times and we believe that they are in agreement in principle with the terms and conditions outlined above. The total amount of lots platted and the minimum (or average?) lot size will be key issues for both the city and the developer. In the end, if the developer does not obtain as many lots through the platting process as they feel they need in order to make the project work, then they can always back away and leave the property as 2 % acre lots. If this happens, then the school site disappears and the city will address the road right of way and assessments as a separate issue.