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• • • Planning & Zoning Board March 14, 2001 Page 11 Parks and Trails: The Park Board discussed the plan on March 5. This must be replaced. They recommended that Outlot B and Lot 1 Block 4 be dedicated for park. The Judds, who live immediately to the east of Lot 1, had expressed interest in acquiring part of the parcel. In addition, the existing Highland Meadows Park would lose some land to the new Arlo Lane, which must be replaced. A trail connection must be provided to Main St. Typically, parkland was labeled on a final plat and dedicated to the City at the time of recording the plat. TSM Development preferred to label the park as outlot and deed it to the City. Staff agreed with this for the Highland Meadows West (first addition) plat. However, the parklands had not been deeded to the City. This must be done before further development occurs. Natural Features: There was a historic oak savannah on the west side of the property. There may be some small pocket wetlands on the site. There had not been a delineation prepared. Other Issues: There were several issues relating to the first two stages that would need to be addressed before the 3`d Addn. could proceed. These included the association document for the townhomes to the south; deeding several outlots to adjacent properties, and documentation relating to the trail through the utilities easement. In addition, the parkland had not yet been deeded to the City. These issues were being discussed with the developer. Joel Cooper, Developer, stated a wetland delineation had been done and an application submitted to Rice Creek Watershed with the stipulation that the wetland be verified once the snow was gone. He stated all of the lots conformed to R -1 zoning. He stated the oak trees along the west line would be preserved. There would be no grading done to that area. Chair Schaps asked what the price range of the home were. Mr. Cooper replied $180,000 up to $250,000. Mr. Cooper stated the existing homes would stay in place, but those homes would probably need to be remodeled. Chair Schaps stated his concern with respect to their not being enough acreage set aside for parkland. He asked if the Park Board had any concern about the parkland in the area. Ms. Sherman replied the Board recommended Outlot B and Lot 1, Block 4 be dedicated for park. Mr. Lyden shared Chair Schaps concerns regarding the parks. He stated in the past the parkland was always the left over piece instead of it being the most accessible piece and that was a major drawback they had seen.