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• • AGENDA ITEM 5A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson DATE: July 27, 2005 TOPIC: Pine Glen /Preliminary Plat BACKGROUND: Pine Glen is a 68.46 acre parcel. This parcel of land is located south of James Street to the North, and North of Lois Lane to the South the total upland area is 44.78 acres. The total wetland area is 23.68 acres. The outlot areas in Pine Glen total 25.83 acres. Writing on plat indicates that outlots will be maintained by a neighborhood association and be covered by a drainage and utility easement. Proposed zoning is R -1 and Commercial. Existing zoning guides this property for General Business, R -X, and Rural to the west. There are two Tots proposed for Commercial use on the West. The commercial area totals 2.08 acres. From the proposed commercial areas to the wetlands to the East there are 78 single family Tots proposed. The single family lots have an average lot area of 16, 458 square feet with a density of 0.88 lots per acre. Submitted with the preliminary plat are a Preliminary Utility Plan, Preliminary Grading, Drainage & Erosion Control Plan, Storm Sewer Drainage Area Plan, Drainage Area Map, and a Wetland Fill and Tree Preservation Plan. Analysis: Soils of Pine Glen Attachment 7 depicts the soils of Pine Glen. Soils consist of upland sand soils on West side of the parcel, with bands of wet sand bordering muck and upland sands to the East. Banded soils are important ecological features in the Anoka County Sand Plain. Existing Wetlands and Surface Water of Pine Glen Attachment 9 shows the wetland complex, flood plain and perennial stream that are features on the East side of the property. The flood plain overlaps the banded soils in two spots that might support rare features. See two red dots on Attachment 11. The perennial stream conveys surface water from the North and East to George Watch Lake.