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STAFF REPORT To: Planning Commission Report No.: VII.3 From: Kin Moore-Sykes,Assistant City Manager i zu j Date: December 21, 2004 Subject: Planned Unit Development Rezoning Request Application for 4001 Stinson Boulevard NE Requested Action: Staff is asking the Planning Commission to review Quest Development's request to rezone 4001 Stinson Boulevard NE, the Apache Medical Building site, to Planned Unit Development site. Based on the information presented by WSB, the City's engineering consultant, Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that WSB be directed to revise the St.Anthony Village Northwest Quadrant EAW to determine the impact of adding an additional 87 residential units to the water, sanitary sewer and storm water sewer systems. Also, Staff is looking for direction in applying the requirement of the PUD ordinance,which states that the parcel being considered for a PUD designation shall not be less than three (3) acres. This parcel is 2.77 acres. The options that can be considered are: the applicant can go through the variance process or this parcel, as the developer is suggesting in his Project Narrative, that his PUD designation be considered an expansion of and amendment to the Silver Lake Village PUD zone. Background: At the November Planning Commission meeting,Mr.Jim Waters, Quest Development,presented concept plans that proposed renovating the 60,000 square foot Apache Medical building into residential units on the second and third floors with medical offices being relocated to the main floor and the construction of two additional residential buildings. The proposed plan calls for the construction of 87 residential units,limited underground parking, storm water ponding improvements,and shared aboveground parking. After the concept review,Staff met with Mr. Waters and his redevelopment team to discuss some issues that the Planning Commission brought up,in addition to other-questions that the City's engineering, financial,and legal consultants had regarding this proposed project. The main issues of concern for the City include: overloading the City's sanitary sewer system,water pressure issues,increased traffic pressure and the parcel size. WSB subsequently submitted the attached Review Summary that highlights the issues involving sanitary sewer, water pressure, traffic and storm water. Mr. Hubmer in his summary recommends that the City amend the EAW to address some of these concerns. When the EAW was first done, the Apache Medical building site was not considered because documents in the City's file indicate that the owner of the property was not interested in participating in the redevelopment efforts that the City was trying to initiate in the area. As stated in Resolution 03-081,A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT REVEDELOPMENT PROJECT,APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA AND THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FINAL PLAT FOR THE RETAIL AREA, at 3.c., "Uses that would not be redeveloped include the Apache Office building at the corner of Stinson Blvd and Silver Lane,the Equinox apartment complex and the Cub food store."