06-16-26 City Council Meeting Packet

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Performance Standards: Other than flexibilities 1-3 noted above, the proposed plans appear to comply with bulk standards listed in section 105.12.790. Section 105.12.820 (a)(3) contains specific standards for attached townhome units in the Village area. With the exception of flexibility number 4, noted above, proposed plans are consistent with specific use-based standards. Utilities: The proposed project would be served with public utilities, with connections made to utility stubs planned with the Bridgewater Village project. With private streets proposed, drainage and utility easement corridors will be required over the private drives at the standard width of 65’ created with the Inwood Townhomes project. Private utilities may not run within public utility easements and will be required to be planned with corridors running elsewhere in the development. Streets and Access: As proposed, the private drives must be built and platted to the standard that the City has created for these features. The City Engineering memo provides additional detail on this topic. Access points where located with the Bridgewater Village development for the development of the subject outlots (D & E). The Applicant is showing a plan that would remove one access from the east side of Linora Ave. N. to Outlot D along with a relocated access on Upper 40th St. N. Additional coordination may be required on the relocated access, as the public utilities run under the current access location. Landscaping & Screening: As proposed, the project plans indicate that the City’s tree planting requirements are met for disturbed acre and street frontage trees. Street trees were planted along new public streets as part of the improvements in the first phase of the Bridgewater Village Development. At present, no street trees are found on the south side of Stillwater Way corridor abutting this site. The development plans shall be revised to provide a continuous row of street trees along Stillwater way. Additional coordination will likely be needed to ensure that street trees are planted outside of any drainage and utility easements. Christ Lutheran Cemetery Cemeteries and other burial sites are protected under Minnesota State Statute Chapter 307. If grading activities are to occur in close proximity to the Christ Lutheran Cemetery bordering the development site on the west, the City may require an archaeological literature review on the likelihood that any remains are located within the disturbance area. The City may also require archaeological observation of grading activities in close proximity to the cemetery.