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Northstar Business Park/P 05-12 July 26,2005 Page 2 single family home has since been removed as a result of the road construction, and the pole barn has been utilized by the City for the storage of miscellaneous materials and equipment. The City has been waiting to develop this business park until the market was ready. Analysis The subject property has a number of site constraints which will make development of the site complicated. The site is crossed in several directions by utility easements; one for overhead electric lines; another for underground natural gas. The westerly one-half of the site is comprised of wedand and detention pond, resulting in approximately 45 developable acres. In conjunction with this plat, the City Council, on August 15, will be asked to consider changes to the Business Park parking and building setbacks to "even the playing field" between business park and industrial standards and to address these site constraints. The preliminary plat is comprised of six buildable lots and an oudot which will contain the wedand area. One road will be constructed with a full access at the intersection of 175th Avenue and Twin Lakes Road, and with a right-in right-out intersection north of 175th Avenue. The lots, as proposed, are from 2.39 to 13.11 acres which exceed the minimum lot area requirements of the Business Park district. The City has been working with three industrial prospects that have identified three of the six lots as potential development sites. Grading and Drainage The City Engineer has prepared a preliminary grading plan which complies with the City's drainage standards. No wedand impacts will result as development of the site. A surface water management fee will be paid at the time of final plat recording. Park Dedication The Parks and Recreation Commission recommended cash for the developable acres at $2,000 per acre. They also requested an easement for trail purposes over Oudot A to allow construction of trails for multi-purposes. Planning Commission Action The Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 26 regarding this issue. No one was present to speak to the plat. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval of the plat. Recommendation Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council approve the preliminary plat for Northstar Business Park with the following conditions: S:\pLANNING\Case Files\2005\P 05-12 Northstar Business Park\08 0105 CC memo. doc