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Planning & Zoning Board March 8, 2000 Page 2 V. ACTION ITEMS A. PUBLIC HEARING: Bluebill Ponds, Main Street, Preliminary Plat Chair Schaps declared the public hearing open at 6:33 p.m. Staff advised that the applicant, Heritage Development, has submitted an application for a preliminary plat. The site is on the south side of Main Street across from Wood Duck Trail and Bluebill Lane. The original application came before the Planning & Zoning Board in October of 1999 and has been continued since then for various design reasons. It was noted that the City received the revised plat application on December 13, 1999 and State Statutes allow 120 days for the City to make a decision on a preliminary plat application. In order for the City Council to meet this statutory deadline, the Council must act at its March 27, 2000 meeting. Staff presented the preliminary plat as submitted for Bluebill Ponds to create 77 single family lots on a 35.35 acre site for a gross density of 2.18 units per acre. The site is completely within the existing MUSA. The site has ' rrent land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan of SF Residential, and a desi :i� :� of Low Density Sewered Residential in the 1998 draft of the Comprehen Plan e current zoning of the property is R -1 SF Residential. Staff presented information about the lots �;,�� . `' of the preliminary plat, parks and trails, stormwater management and w d utilities. Staff reported that the major transportation issue at this time is n Street (CSAH 14). The City and Anoka County recently completed an acc : n ment study. Wood Duck Trail is the designated location for a full n ection. Bluebill Lane will be a limited access intersection. This means th lueb _ will be a right - in/right -out only intersection. In addition, the City should be loo ng to provide circulation in the area. Ultimately there will be 150+ dwelling units in Highland Meadows West, and 70+ dwelling units in Bluebill Ponds. A full access intersection on Main Street is the appropriate connection, and Wood Duck Trail is the appropriate location for it. Staff explained the problem with the Main Street access is that the extension of Wood Duck Trail south of Main Street would cross the property of the House of Praise Church. The developer and the church are negotiating a land trade that would allow the Wood Duck extension. The church would best be served with a full intersection rather than partial access to Main Street. The developer would have better access for the new development. It will be safer for churchgoers to have an access on the new extended Wood Duck Trail than to access Main Street directly. The City will benefit from the improved safety because of the better access management, and from improved circulation in that area of the City. The goal is a result that benefits the developer, the church, and the City. • • •