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INTER OFFICE• MEMO - To: Parks& Recreation Commission From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Subject: D.W. Jones PUD Date: July 11, 1997 Attached you will find a site plan and landscaping plan for the D.W. Jones PUD. This development is on property bounded by Highway 10, Silver Lake Road and the St. Paul Waterworks Easement which is more or less parallel to County Road I. The City Council has approved the rezoning of this property from B-2 to PUD. The PUD rezoning process involves three steps: a general concept plan, a development stage plan and a final plan. The City Council has approved the general concept plan for this development. The plans included in your packet are part of the development stage plan submittal. • Staff is bringing these plans to the Parks&Recreation Commission to discuss the potential for trailway connections and treatment of the wetland as a community amenity. The applicant is proposing that the wetland be preserved as is, although there may be some modification to the southeast corner of the wetland to address some drainage issues. With respect to trailways, the original concept advanced by staff was for a trailway around the entire perimeter of the wetland. This idea is considered impractical at this point because the owner of the existing office building (TJB Homes building) has indicated that they will not allow the trail to cross their property. This parcel is an outlot and not part of the D.W. Jones PUD. Staff has also been discussing with the applicant whether walkway could be built from County Road I/Silver Lake Road intersection along the edge of the wetland behind the senior citizen housing building to the office buildings along Highway 10. This idea was proposed to provide a pedestrian connection from the existing Silver Lake Point senior citizen housing building and the proposed apartment building to the office area. Staff regards this connection as less critical since offices were substituted for the sit down restaurant, but still desirable. The applicant is concerned with possible security issues if there is a walkway behind the apartment building. They have proposed as an alternative a walkway along Silver Lake Road and the entrap.;. which will link to the office plaza and a proposed water feature. The walking experience along Silver Lake Road will be different than walking experience along the wetland. • Staff has also discussed with the applicant the idea of building a trailway connection along the St. Paul Waterworks Right of Way which would allow viewing of the wetland, linking Silver Lake Point and the D.W. Jones project, and providing a off-street trailway to the commercial at County