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• Bluebill Ponds March 8, 2000 page 3 The Park Board met to review this plat on March 6. Staff will have the Park Board's review for the March 8th P & Z meeting. Stormwater Management and Wetlands The City and the Rice Creek Watershed District are promoting infiltration and volume - reducing techniques. The proposed grading plan does not incorporate such techniques. The stormwater management should be redesigned. The wetlands will be covered by a drainage easement on the final plat according to standard policy. We have no information from the Watershed District regarding its review of the project. The City typically includes final Watershed approval as a condition of approval, but staff always requires an indication of pending Watershed approval before we recommend approval of the project. Utilities The applicant has assumed that sewer and water service will come from Main St. This is not necessarily the case. It is possible that utilities should come through the Highland Meadows West development and 79th St. We will need to prepare a feasibility study to determine how this development and nearby areas will best be served. It is City policy that the benefiting property owner bear the cost of such a study. We have received a petition for public improvements that would include extending 'sewer and water to the site. This petition has not yet been formally considered by the City Council. Transportation, Roads, Access, Circulation Main St. Access: The major issue at this time is access to Main St. (CSAH 14). Anoka County recently completed an access management study. Eventually, Main St. probably will have a median separating eastbound and westbound traffic. Wood Duck Trail is the designated location for a full access intersection. Bluebill Lane will be a limited access intersection. This means that Bluebill will be a right - in/right -out only intersection. The Bluebill Ponds development, with 77 lots, will be ill- served with such a limited access intersection. In addition, the City should be looking to provide circulation in the area. Ultimately, there will be 150+ dwelling units in Highland Meadows West, and 70+ in Bluebill Ponds. A full access intersection on Main St. is the appropriate connection, and Wood Duck Trail is the appropriate location for it. The new roads through these plats will be very curvy. They will not be very good for a shortcut route between Main St. and Lake Drive. Rather, the new roads will provide circulation through these developments and access for the residents.