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Item No: 08B MOUNDS VIEW City of Mounds View Staff Report Meeting Date: Dec 12, 2022 Type of Business Council Business City Administrator Review To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: 1. PUBLIC HEARING (continued): First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance No. 998, Amending the Official Zoning Map for 2310 Mounds View Boulevard, from R-1 Single Family Residential to PUD Planned Unit Development. 2. PUBLIC HEARING (continued): Resolution 9653 Approving the Preliminary Plat of "WOODALE APARTMENTS". 3. PUBLIC HEARING (continued): Resolution 9654 Approving the PUD of "WOODALE APARTMENTS", and Development Review. Introduction: Reuter Walton (developer) is proposing "Woodale Apartments", a 140-unit apartment building to be located at 2310 Mounds View Boulevard. Public Hearings were conducted on November 14th and November 28th, and continued to December 12th, to allow time for the Developer to clarify or complete: 1. Traffic Study: In progress. 2. Parking Study: In progress. 3. Exterior Lighting. Full size page included in packet (no changes). 4. Tree Preservation (clarification). Four trees will be preserved (increased from two). 5. Needs Analysis (renters). This is subjective, as it could be argued that the needs of low- income renters are similar to the needs of market -rate renters or homeowners. No substantially new information is added. The Zoning Map Amendment (Ordinance 998) requires a 1 st and 2"d reading prior to approval of the Preliminary Plat, PUD, and Development Review. Thus, Staff requests that the Council conduct the 1st Reading, and table action on the Preliminary Plat and PUD/Development Review, to coincide with the 2nd Reading to be held on December 27tn. Discussion: The project includes a "ghost plat" to include a Phase II 130-unit apartment east of Phase I. Phase II would require the acquisition of three homes to the east, none of which are for sale. The intent of the ghost plat is to demonstrate how a Phase II would be compatible with Phase I. There is no timetable as to when (if ever) Phase II will be developed. As a Planned Unit Development (PUD), the project may deviate from the minimum requirements of the City Code. Proposed deviations include: Density is increased, from 50 units, to 140 units (e.g. increased from 1 unit per 2,500 sq ft lot area, to 1 unit per 890 sq ft lot area). The Comprehensive Plan guides PUD's within a The rviuunus view vuiun A Thriving Desirable Community