9.A.1. PRSR 07-14-1999 .-`/ `\
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ity of , MEMORANDUM
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River TO: Park and Recreation Commission
FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planner
DATE: July 14, 1999
SUBJECT: Seven Oaks Preliminary Plat (Nord
property) Park Dedication, Public
Hearing Case No. P 99-9
Request
Please review the Seven Oaks preliminary plat for park dedication
requirements.
Location
N 1/2 of NE 1/ of NW 1/4, Section 29, Township 33, Range 26, and S 1/2 of NE 1/
of NW 1/, Section 29, Township 33, Range 26, and that part of the N 1/2 of NE
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1/ of Section 29, Township 33, Range 26 lying westerly of the westerly right-
of-way of Meadowvale Road, (North of Meadowvale Heights Park and West of
County Road No. 1).
Zoning/Land Use
Rlc (Single Family Home)/MR (Medium Density Residential)
Attachments
• Location Map
• Preliminary Plat
• Annotated Preliminary Plat A and B
• Meadowvale Heights Park Concept Plan
Overview
The site is roughly 70 acres and lies just north of the Meadowvale Heights
subdivision and the Meadowvale Heights Park. The plat, at present,
contains 87 single family lots with an average size of a %2 acre. The
applicant met with staff early in the planning process and as part of the
• preliminary review the following was discussed:
13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD &Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425
Memo to Park and Recreation Commission/P 99-9
July 14, 1999
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• • Incorporate the Meadowvale Heights Park Concept Plan into the plat.
• Tree preservation
• Grading and filling
• Sidewalks on main road
• Clustered mailboxes
• Looped water mains
• Buffering along County Road No. 1
Last February, the Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the concept
plans and gave the developer the following preliminary comments:
• That a trail be installed as part of the development.
• That the park land dedication be dry land with the trail on dry land.
• That there be a 20 foot minimum distance maintained between the trail
and back yard property lines.
Proposed Park
At present the park consists of 12.30 acres with 3.79 acres of high ground and
8.51 acres of wetland. In addition to the wetlands, the developer has located a
NURP pond (pond to collect pollutants and runoff) and a wetland mitigation
area behind lots 7,8 and 9, Block 3 (see attached annotated preliminary plat
• B). No sidewalks have been shown along streets and no trail has been shown
in the park. Adjacent to Lots 10 and 11, Block 3, the park is too narrow to
accommodate the Commission's request for a 12 foot bituminous trail
between the wetland and rear property lines. The park has 360 feet of street
frontage, but the area has a 1:5 (20%) slope towards the wetland and is
relatively unusable for parking or structures.
Analysis
Overall, the proposed park conforms to the Park Concept Plan prepared by
staff by creating an opportunity to have a trail loop around the wetland with
two boardwalk wetland crossings.
Consistent with recent plats and current park dedication policy, credit for
park dedication would be given for the 3.79 acres of dry park land. The 3.79
acres represents only 5.4% of the plat area, therefore, the Commission has an
opportunity to ask for an additional 3 acres of park land to be consistent with
Section 1008.18, of the Subdivision Ordinance. Staff recommends that Lots
10 and 11, Block 3 (.57 acres), be added to the park to increase the frontage
on the public street, to provide some useable high ground for park purposes,
and to better accommodate the 12' bituminous trail (See Attached Annotated
Preliminary Plat A). If the Commission feels the size and configuration of the
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• park satisfies the area's needs, then any remaining park dedication
requirements could be collected in cash in lieu of additional land being
dedicated as park.
Grading within the park area behind Block 2 results in steeper slopes within
the park area, loss of trees, and a greater difficulty accommodating a 12 foot
trail around the wetland. Staff recommends having all the grading for Block
2 be outside the limits of the proposed park. (See Attached Annotated
Preliminary Plat B)
Staff also recommends having the developer remove the NURP pond from the
park. (See Attached Annotated Preliminary Plat B)
Also, as part of the review of the park, staff has considered options to connect
the park to the County trail on the east side of Elk Lake Road, but has found
the best and safest connection so far to be a sidewalk along the main east-
west road to an intersection with Elk Lake Road. (See Attached Annotated
Preliminary Plat A)
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Park and Recreation Commission recommend that
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the City Council accept the park dedication as proposed with the following
additions:
1. THAT A TRAIL BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
2. THAT THE PARK LAND DEDICATION BE DRY LAND WITH THE TRAIL ON
DRY LAND.
3. THAT THERE BE A 20 FOOT MINIMUM DISTANCE MAINTAINED BETWEEN
THE TRAIL AND BACK YARD PROPERTY LINES.
4. THAT LOTS 10 AND 11,BLOCK 3,BE INCLUDED IN THE PARK DEDICATION.
5. THAT THE NURP POND BE REMOVED FROM THE PARK AREA.
6. THAT GRADING FOR LOTS IN BLOCK 2 BE OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE
PROPOSED PARK.
7. THAT SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED ON THE EAST-WEST STREET IN THE
PLAT.
8. THAT ANY REMAINING PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS BE
COLLECTED AS CASH IN LIEU OF LAND.
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