HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 92-16STATE OF MINNESOTA
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
RESOLUTION NO. 92 -16
1. WHEREAS, the City of Oakdale is in the process of reviewing an
application for the development of approximately 192 housing units
to be known as the plat of Hidden Valley (herein the "Project ");
and
2. WHEREAS, development of the Project requires at least the
following approvals:
a. A Comprehensive Plan Amendment which has been submitted
for Metropolitan Council Review; and
b. A rezoning of the property from General Industrial (G1)
to Middle Density Housing (R -4) which may be approved if
conditions precedent are satisfied; and
C. A preliminary plat and site plan which may be approved if
fifteen conditions precedent are satisfied; and
3. WHEREAS, the City of Oakdale has given its conditional
approvals although it has not reviewed a Surface Drainage Plan for
the Project; and
4. WHEREAS, the Project is within the Valley Branch Watershed
District and surface drainage for the Project will flow into Lake
Demontreville in the City of Lake Elmo; and
5. WHEREAS, the Valley Branch Watershed District has not received
any proposed plans for review; and
6. WHEREAS, traffic generated by the Project, as a practical
matter, will be routed either through Lake Elmo streets in order to
reach trunk highway systems or through Oakdale streets to the
intersection of Hadley Avenue and Highway 36; and
i. WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is
currently studying the intersection of Highway 36 and Hadley Avenue
and evaluating whether to close or restrict access to Highway 36 at
that point; and
8. WHEREAS, a decision by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation to restrict access to Highway 36 from Hadley Avenue
will cause traffic generated by the Project, and by other
developments already approved within the same area as the Project,
to be diverted to Lake Elmo streets in order to reach trunk highway
systems; and,
9. WHEREAS, the Consulting Engineer for the City of Lake Elmo has
estimated that the traffic generated by the Project and by other
developments under construction within the vicinity of the Project
A.
RM
REQUEST FOR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REVIEW
INFORMATION SUBMITTAL
Identification Information (MR5800-0600, Subpart 3A),
le Names and addresses of requestor.
City of Lake Elmo
3800 Laverne Avenue North
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
(612)777-5510
2. Name and address of governmental unit in which project is
located.
City of Oakdale
1584 Hadley Avenue North
Oakdale, MN 55128
Description of Proposed Project including
character, location, function, use and size
Subpart 3B) .
its planned
(MR58M0600,
The Hidden Valley Project is a proposed residential
development in the City of Oakdale, Minnesota. The Project
will be developed on a 62.8 acre site. The site is located in
the Northeast corner of the intersection of 1-694 and 50th
Street in the City of Oakdale. The site borders the City of
Lake Elmo on the east and Pine Springs on the north. The
proposed construction area lies within and adjacent to the
former Priebe Open Pit Gravel Mine which was abandoned in the
1960's. Traffic from the development is proposed to be served
exclusively by 50th Street, a two-lane road that travels
easterly to Washington County Road 13 and/or westerly to
Hadley.Avenue and Highway 36. A copy of the proposed plat is
attached as Exhibit A
C� Statement of- f Criteria contained in Subpart 580000040 which
caused the Proposed Project to be of Metropolitan significance
and a discussion of why it is not exempt (MR5800.0060, Subpart
3c).
Metropolitan Significance Statement, The proposed
physical effect on the
City of Lake Elmo because (a) it may adversely affect
the City of Lake Elmo's ability to control the increase
in traffic generated by this Project and because (b) the
impact on Lake Demontreville and the Tri-Lake area of the
City of Lake Elmo from storm water runoff generated by
the Project has not been reviewed even though this
Project has been given conditional Preliminary approval
by the City of Oakdale (MR5800.0040, Subpart 4A).