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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 2, 2016 DRAFT 5 179 4. Watermark Development Update – City Planner Larsen updated the council on 180 the Watermark Project. A public hearing was held at the Planning and Zoning Board and 181 three comments were received (none from Lino Lakes’ residents). The comments heard 182 were about drainage, traffic, signals, buffers or noise walls. The Planning and Zoning 183 Board discussed the lack of commercial development that was planned and one member 184 still has concerns with the development being called mixed use under those terms. There 185 were some minor changes proposed to the development based on P&Z discussion on 186 traffic and those changes will be brought back to them. The design standards are still 187 under review for the townhomes (they are mostly hammered out for the single family 188 element). 189 190 Council Member Maher asked about the small parcel in the southwest corner of the map 191 that isn’t included. Ms. Larsen said the property owners apparently are not interested in 192 selling that land. 193 194 Mayor Reinert noted that this would be the largest development in the history of the city 195 so it is a big consideration. He also noted that if this development wasn’t master 196 planned, it would be split into many individual projects each looking for different things 197 and probably higher density and different standards and quality. As a whole he feels this 198 development looks good in its fit within the city. This being right against 35E and to get 199 good quality in that location, he sees as a win for the city. The gross and actual density 200 was noted and is fairly low. 201 202 Council Member Manthey noted that the project also ties into the city’s future plans in the 203 area of drainage and improvements that are much needed. 204 205 Council Member Rafferty asked if this will be reviewed by the Public Safety Department 206 and Ms. Larsen said they’ve been involved in the design review process from the 207 beginning. 208 209 The mayor asked about remaining issues and Ms. Larsen noted design standards which 210 will be a topic at the next Planning and Zoning Board meeting. Other than that, minor 211 things like storm main location and impact on property lines, a trail connection and minor 212 tweaks in the plat. The mayor asked about park dedication budget and Ms. Larsen said 213 that isn’t finally determined as yet but she explained the areas that will be credited to the 214 developer within the development (trails, private park land, etc). Mayor Reinert noted 215 that he really likes the front end build out of the park and those inclusions for residents to 216 use right away but he does understand that will have an impact on the park dedication 217 fees. 218 219 Mayor Reinert discussed a communication plan, including proactively working with the 220 newspaper to get information out about the development so that people can bring forward 221 their questions. 222 223