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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 28 , 2017 Page 2 • Request for Comprehensive Plan Amendme nt to allow for a change in Land 1 Use Guidance from Commercial to High Density Residential on the property 2 located at 2401 Lowry Avenue (Bremer State). 3 • Request for Comprehensive Plan Amendment to allow for a change in 4 density from 40 to 48 units per acre in the High Density Residential land use 5 category. 6 • Request for a Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) Plan to allow 7 833 multi-family units on 2401 Lowry and 2501 Lowry Avenue 8 • Request for a Preliminary Plat to allow the subdivision of the property at 9 2401 Lowry and 2501 Lowry Avenue into 5 multi-family housing lots, one lot 10 for park, 32 lots for townhomes and an outlot for private roads. 11 12 Chairperson Gondorchin explained how the meeting will proceed this evening. 13 14 Chairperson Gondorchin opened the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. 15 16 City Planner Rothstein reviewed the purpose of tonight’s meeting noting this is the first formal 17 step in the city land use approval process. The Planning Commission will receive the staff report, 18 receive a presentation from the applicant, hold a public hearing regarding the proposal, receive 19 input from the public, review all the information submitted in the application and all information 20 presented tonight and formulate a recommendation for the City Council to consider in making a 21 fin al decision (no final decisions are made at Planning Commission). 22 23 City Planner Rothstein reviewed the applicant for the proposal, The Village, LLC, with lead 24 developer Continental Property Group, purchased the Lowry Grove Manufactured Home 25 Community on June 13, 2016. In the ensuing year, the mobile home park, and the former and 26 new property owners were engaged in a series of State statutory requirements for mobile home 27 park closures. The Lowry Grove mobile home park formally closed on June 30, 2017. 28 29 On October 24, 2016, the Planning Commission reviewed an initial Planned Unit Development 30 (PUD) sketch plan submission for the site from The Village, LLC. An Environmental 31 Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the site was completed in November 2016. 32 33 On July 18, 2017, The Village, LLC submitted a series of land use applications for their 34 proposed redevelopment of the former Lowry Grove site. The proposed redevelopment now 35 includes both 2401 Lowry Avenue (the site of the former mobile home park) and 2501 Lowry 36 Avenue (the current site of Bremer Bank). 37 38 City Planner Rothstein provided a description of the request. The site under re-development 39 cons ideration is approximately 17.2 acres located on the southwestern edge of the city of St. 40 Anthony at 2501 Lowry Avenue and 24 01 Lowry Avenue. Bremer Bank (2 stories) is located on 41 the southwestern-most corner of the property and has been added as part of the re-development 42 plan since the review of the sketch plan. The site has approximately 30% land cover in trees, 43 there are no known wetlands, there are significant elevation variations, it is a low point in the 44 neighborhood and there is access to infrastructure. The historical land uses included agricultural, 45 manufactured home community, dry cleaners and commercial. The neighboring land uses 46 2