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Planning & Zoning Board October 12, 2005 Page 14 APPROVED MINUTES Staff stated the Hartford Group has applied for a Planned Unit Development final plan for an apartment building with first floor multi-tenant retail within the Legacy at Wood’s Edge project located on the southeast quadrant of Interstate 35W and Lake Drive. The final plan consists of the building plans for th e apartment building as well as the final plat for the lot (Village No. 4). One of the goals of the mixed use downtown is to provide a variet y of housing types and costs to meet life cycle housing needs that ar e not currently available in Lino Lakes. The development agreement between the Lino Lakes Economic Development Authority (EDA) and Hartford Group, the developer of the workforce housing, includes housing covenants. Those housing covenants include an affordability clause that requires that 20 percent of the housing units built on the development property as a whole must meet affordability requirement. Of that 20 percent, 67 percent must be rental units that meet the income and rent requirements for federal low income tax credits. This 60-unit workforce rental housing meet s the 67 percent requirement. In addition, affordable rental housing must meet the following requirements: 1. The developer must retain an experi enced, professional property manager, approved in writing by the EDA. 2. The management agreement must require that the manager will use resident selection criteria that include evidence th at tenants have income to support their rental rate, rental history showing timely payment of rent, and criminal background checks. 3. The management agreement must include a plan for long-term maintenance and repair of the property. The Planning and Zoning Board conti nued this item at the September 14 th regular meeting, and offered up comments to both sta ff and the developer about the proposal. Numerous revisions have been made to th e plans and are addressed throughout this project. Staff presented their analysis and reco mmended approval subject to the following conditions: 1. A site performance agreement between the City and the developer must be completed prior to the issuance of building permits 2. Issues discussed in the S.E.H. engineeri ng review memo must be addressed to the satisfaction of City staff. 3. Operation and maintenance agreements for the site, including provisions for stormwater facilities, must be submitted for review by City staff prior to the issuance of building permits. 4. The ‘gull wing’ fixture shall be changed to a shoebox fixture. This fixture type will need to be approved by staff and used throughout the rest of the parking area on this block, if not the re st of the project site. 5. A revised lighting plan indicating the a bove required fixture changes, and the relocation of the luminaire near the north entrance drive further east to avoid a