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• • • Saddle Club December 13, 2000 page 2 Land Use and Zoning: To review some information, the site currently is split in half by the MUSA and by a zoning line. Staff is recommending that the City Council amend the land use map to resolve this, which would allow for rezoning the southern portion. The new concept would not require a planned development. The lots are intended to meet current R -1 zoning standards. This new plan is a good contrast to the previous plan, and offers the opportunity to look at the potential trade -offs. There are no special features in return for smaller lots, higher density, or both. Fewer lots means less economic incentive for offering amenities beyond the norm. The previous plan offered the potential for variety in home styles. The new plan would provide for lot cost and home style common to recent suburban developments. Without road and utility connections to the east, the property to the east will remain undeveloped. There is upland there, and Kildeer Drive could serve the area. Like the Saddle Club site, the north part of the 1A 1/ section to the east is within the current MUSA. The previous concept plan opens the potential for developing some of that area — utilizing some existing MUSA land. The existing MUSA land may develop without the Saddle Club connection, but it will be more difficult to do so. The P & Z suggested investigating how Shoreview addresses the potential for falling ice from the guy wires of large towers. I expect information soon from Shoreview staff. Open Space, Trails: The smaller lots of the old plan offered potential open space and trails through the site. No public or common open space is seen on the new plan. The entire site is within individual house lots on the new plan. (The fate of the southwest corner of the site is undefined.) Without development of the northeast corner of the site, there is no connection to the existing trail in the Oaks of Lino. In addition, the land on the east of the site where the road ends is largely wetland and floodplain. This seriously reduces the possibility of a trail connection to Birch Park. Transportation: The previous plan included a road that provided circulation through the site, connecting Old Birch with Kildeer Drive. The new plan does not provide this circulation. It includes Old Birch access and a long, dead -end road. Utilities: Without the road connection to Kildeer, utilities would have to follow Old Birch from Birch St. The economic feasibility of this will need to be determined. RECOMMENDATION Discussion and direction to the developer for assembling a plat submittal.