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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />4800 Olson Memorial Highway, 8u4te 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 <br />Telephone; 763.231 .2565 Facsimile: 763,231.2661 planners@neeplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: May 8, 2015 <br />RE: Little Canada — Hearth Development Senior Housing — <br />Final PUD and Final Plat <br />FILE NO: 758.09 — 15.03 <br />Background and Analysis <br />Hearth Development has submitted a request for final approvals for a Planned Unit <br />Development permit to develop property at the southeast corner of Rice Street and <br />Country Drive for a 120 unit senior housing facility. The project would include <br />independent senior, assisted living, and memory care units. The site surrounds (but <br />does not include) the existing Taco Johns property, and the proposed plat also shows a <br />reservation of property surrounding the Taco Johns reserved in an outlot. <br />Preliminary Review Summary <br />The project received preliminary plat and PUD review at the April 9th Planning <br />Commission and April 22nd City Council meetings. The primary discussion at those <br />meetings related to architecture and how the building would fit on the site. The <br />applicants suggested that they would be revising the architecture for the final review, <br />and City Council Council approved the Preliminary Plat and Development Stage PUD <br />subject to the comments from staff. Planning staff comments included the following <br />conditions, each with a discussion of the status for the current final approval request: <br />1. Compliance with the terms and requirements of the City Engineer's report and <br />recommendations. <br />The City Engineer is submitting a separate report on engineering issues. <br />