#08 - Bridgewater Village Revised Final Plat & Tree Miitigation

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City Council Meeting August 20, 2024 Net Site Area – First Addition (commercial lots) 7.0 acres Net Site Area – VMDR area 16.19 acres Minimum Units (3.01 u/a) 49 Maximum Units (8.0 u/a) 130 Bridgewater Village is a Mixed Use development to occur in two or more phases. There are a total of 7 acres of commercial land proposed, which includes 4 separate Commercial (C) lots. The remaining land area is guided and zoned as Village Medium Density Residential (V-MDR). The VMDR area shown on the development master plan will be developed in a future phase. Those lots were shown on the preliminary plat to be outlots which will be replatted when market conditions allow per the Applicant’s narrative. No approvals have yet been requested or granted for the future residential area. Final Plat Conformance Several minor changes have occurred to the Final Plat which were identified during the review process following the Preliminary Plat approval. The changes made to the final plat are related to stormwater management requirements of the City and Valley Branch Watershed District. The western and northern lot boundaries of Outlot B, those shared with Outlot D, have moved west approximately 80 feet and north approximately 20 feet, respectively. The shared lot line of Outlod D and Lot 1, Block 2, has moved west approximately 12 feet. Based on the fact that the revisions are to address stormwater management requirements, staff are supportive of the changes, and consider them to be minor in nature. Because the revised final plat is in substantial compliance with the preliminary plat, an amendment to the preliminary plat is not determined to be necessary. Landscaping and Tree Preservation: In the process of compiling final construction plans, the Developer’s team identified a need to mass grade the entire site including the VMDR areas to appropriately manage stormwater. This created impacts to trees which were previously to be removed and mitigated by future development. Generally, the trees along the western border of Outlot E will need to be removed for grading. These are boundary trees which are visible from abutting roadways. Most of the trees proposed for removal are softwoods, and the proposed replacement trees are hardwoods generally of higher quality. Together City’s Landscape Architect and Planning staff identified one high quality specimen tree for which removal should be avoided. It is a 45” burr oak. The Developer’s engineer was alerted to this removal and has revised and resubmitted plans detailing how that specimen tree will be saved.