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Planning Commission Minutes June 12, 2001 Page 3 . reviewed the layout of the plat. Sherburne County has now agreed to allow the pond on their easement to be expanded for storm water drainage, as requested by Gold Nugget. Horst Graser, representing Gold Nugget Development, explained that there was an error in the original plat application which stated the number oflots as 104. He stated that there were actually 99 lots shown on the original plat. He stated that the Sherburne County Attorney and City Attorney have come to an agreement to allow them to expand the County's pond, instead of having two different ponds. Mr. Graser drew in the location of the ponding expansion on the plat. Mr. Graser reviewed the revised plat, and eXplained where the pond would have been placed, if an agreement with Sherburne County had not been reached. The outlet would come down the street via the storm sewer system and discharge into Kliever Lake. He requested that as a condition of approval, the revised plat be accepted if, for some reason, the County decides not to allow expansion of the pond, as shown in the original plat. Mr. Horst requested that if the revised plat was necessary, he be allowed to add one additional lot by shifting the road over and extending the cul-de-sac slightly. Commissioner Ropp asked where sidewalks would be located. Mr. Harlicker stated that sidewalks are proposed on the south side of Street E and on Street G. Chair Pederson stated that he suggested previously that sidewalks be added on Street A and Street B. The Commissioners expressed their support for adding sidewalks on these streets. . Commissioner Mesich asked what would happen if the rezoning for Outlot C was denied. Mr. Horst stated that Outlot C would then be developed with single family homes. He explained that because of the soil conditions, they will mine material in the northeast corner of the site which will be used to raise some of the elevations in plat. The pond which will be created from the mining will store storm water, thereby increasing the on-site storage capacity. He noted that the townhomes are proposed to be built around this pond area. Raising the elevations for the single family site will allow some variety in housing styles including walk-outs, split entries, and split entry walk-outs. H the townhome rezoning is not allowed, the grading of the site will change. Commissioner Mesich asked if a grading plan was available. Mr. Graser stated that a grading plan has been submitted to the city. Commissioner Mesich asked if hills will be built for individual lots. Mr. Graser stated that the elevations of general areas in the site will be raised to get above the sub-surface water elevation. He stated that the grading will be gradual in order to meet the city's grade requirements for streets and drainage. Mr. Graser explained the areas on the plat for split entry walk-outs, full basement walk-outs, and flat lots. Chair Pederson asked if the elevations needed to raised in order to build basements. Mr. Graser stated that without raising the elevations, the plat would consist of 99 split entry houses and he did not feel this was a sound marketing practice. Chair Pederson asked if the park was in a wetland. Mr. Graser stated that there is a very small wetland in the southwest portion of the plat that has been delineated. Ms. McPherson noted that the wetland is only .03 acres. Chair Pederson asked if Mr. Graser has considered providing amenities for the park. Mr. Graser stated that he has not. Chair Pederson stated that he did not support a longer cul-de-sac. He questioned the setbacks for the plat. Ms. McPherson stated that the setbacks are 30 feet - front, 10 and 5 feet - side and 30 feet - rear. . Commissioner Franz questioned the zoning of the property. Ms. McPherson stated that it is zoned R1e.