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WS — Item #2 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 2 <br />Date: November 3, 2014 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Katie Larsen, City Planner <br />Re: PUD Concept Plan for Watermark Residential Subdivision <br />Background <br />The applicant, Mattamy Homes, has submitted a land use application for PUD Concept <br />Plan review. The proposed development is a PUD master planned residential community <br />located in the northwest quadrant of I -35E and CSAH 14/Main Street. It contains 12 <br />parcels totaling approximately 372 gross acres and consists of a residential density mix of <br />single family lots and townhomes totaling 876 housing units. The proposed development <br />is called Watermark. <br />Future land use applications may include: <br />• Comprehensive Plan Amendment for one 10 acre parcel on the northwest corner <br />o Land use guidance from Urban Reserve to Mixed Use <br />o Sanitary District 3 to 1B <br />• Rezone property from R, Rural and R -BR, Rural -Business Reserve to PUD, <br />Planned Unit Development <br />• PUD Development Stage Plan/Preliminary Plat <br />• PUD Final Plan/Final Plat <br />Staff and the developer reviewed the project with Council at the May 5, 2014 and June 2, <br />2014 Work Sessions. The Concept Plan has also been reviewed by the City's advisory <br />boards. <br />Environmental Board Comments -September 24, 2014: <br />• Overall comments were in favor of the development. <br />• Address the AUAR Mitigation Plan in the preliminary plat design and submittal <br />materials. <br />• Potential impacts to ecologically sensitive areas should be minimized <br />• Design stormwater management plan with a treatment -train approach. <br />• Provide a noise analysis and mitigation plan. <br />1 <br />