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8. PLANNING, LAND USE AND ZONING: A. Final Plat for Collopy Hills: Abbott/Friederichs On behalf of his client, in his February 2, 1999 letter, Tim Freeman of Folz, Freeman, Dupay & Assoc., requested that the Final Plat for Collopy Hills be removed from the City Council agenda on February 2, 1999. Freeman will contact the Council in the future if the status of this project changes. B. CANCELLED C. Amended Open Space Concept Plan: Tana Ridge Planner Dillerud reported at its January 25, 1999 meeting, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the amended OP Concept Plan for 18 single family detached dwelling units on a 40-acre site west of the Fields of St. Croix and south of 50'h Sheet N. The approval recommendation consisted of several conditions, many of which are related to the interdependence of this amended OP Concept Plan with the Emerson/Forliti and Fields 2"d OP Concept Plan. The Lake Elmo Parks Commission reviewed the three concept plans at its January 12th meeting and recommended to accept the Public Park Dedication proposed, subject to: Parking facilities to include five parking stalls on the north side of the park and 15 stalls on the south side of park, with a two-way street from TH5, total acres of park to be 14.5-acres, park to include a soccer filed, softball diamond, tot lot; all to be built by developers, two signs; one each end of park (north and south) announcing the park as a "Lake Elmo City Park". Tim Freeman, Folz, Freeman, Dupay & Assoc., submitted a memo outlining the position of the three developers as it concerns the open space calculation of the three developments. In all of the previously approved Open Space development, the areas dedicated as park have been considered a part of the required . open space. Mr. Freeman also submitted a memo outlining the position of the three developers as it concerns the park portion of these developments. Their main interest was to create a neighborhood park that would be an asset to the development, as well as the City. With the 120 plus homes; including Phase 1 of Fields of St. Croix, that are being proposed adjacent to this neighborhood park, they feel that additional scheduling will overcrowd this facility. This will seriously detract from the neighborhood feel of this new area of Lake Elmo. The use of a Neighborhood Park, as defined in the Lake Elmo Park Plan, is to serve the needs of the surrounding neighborhood, not the entire community. After much discussion, the Council agreed to the following amendments: The Development Stage Plan shall reflect Public Park Dedication coordinated with the Emerson/Forliti and Fields 2"d as follows: 1. The public park shall be 12.5 acres in area, as depicted by the concept plan. 2. The public park dedication shall include park improvements at a cost not to exceed $40,000, and include grading and seeding of a soccer field, grading and seeding of a softball field; installation of a chain link backstop; and building of a tot -lot area with sand base an activity equipment. 3. Vehicular parking for Park visitors shall be on street, with sheet cross section to accommodate five vehicles. 4. The public park dedication proposed shall be also considered Preserved Open Space for the purpose of Ordinance requirement regarding Open Space to be provided. M/S/P DeLapp/Siedow - to adopt Resolution No. 99-11, as amended, approving the amended OP Concept Plan for Tana Ridge, based on the findings, and subject to the conditions recommended by the Planning Commission. (Motion passed 3-2:Dunn: This is too dense of a development for the area. Not in favor of transfer of density. Armstrong:She voted against these parcels to come out of the moratorium. The development is too dense for the area. The Council should look at each parcel individually. She is not in favor of the transfer of density. The Council has not considered what the Planning Commission has asked LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 2, 1999