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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 27, 2018 Page 5 1 Bank site. On October 10, 2017, the City Council denied the request and adopted a resolution 2 outlining their stated reasons. 4 On December 22, 2017, The Village, LLC submitted new applications and requests for a 5 preliminary PUD plan/rezoning, a preliminary plat, and a comprehensive plan amendment for the 6 site. Their submission was deemed incomplete at that time, due to changes in the status of the 7 purchase agreement for the Bremer property, and The Village, LLC was properly informed of 8 this. 9 10 On January 26, 2018, The Village, LLC submitted a revised plan for preliminary plat and 11 preliminary PUD development plan for the site that excluded the Bremer Bank site. The 12 application was deemed complete by the City and is the subject of this report. 13 14 The Planning Commission held a public hearing on February 26, 2018, took public testimony on 15 the revised plan, reviewed the proposal, and recommended, 7 to 0, to approve the preliminary 16 plat and preliminary PUD development plan, subject to the conditions in the staff report, and 17 adding a condition to evaluate the intersection at 27`h Avenue. The Planning Commission also 18 approved, 7 to 0, a supplemental motion recommending that the City Council strongly consider 19 tying financial tax incentives for this development to affordable housing and requiring that 20 housing being included for families and in each building within the development. 21 22 Ms. Rothstein provided a summary of the requests with their land use application for the 23 redevelopment plan for 2501 Lowry Avenue: Planned Unit Development (PUD) preliminary 24 development plan review and Re- Zoning Request and Preliminary Plat review for their re- 25 development plan for 2501 Lowry Avenue. 26 27 The preliminary plat and PUD preliminary development submittal proposes a residential 28 redevelopment that includes several housing types and styles: independent senior rental housing; 29 assisted living senior housing; and general occupancy rental housing. There is a total of 430 30 housing units proposed on the site, comprised of three buildings of multifamily housing. While 31 the floor plans currently show 414 units, the developer is requesting authorization to reconfigure 32 the floor plans and unit sizes and number within the current building footprints proposed in order 33 to increase the number of proposed units up to a hard cap of 430 units. The reconfiguration 34 would result in 28 units per acre. This is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in the zoning 35 district. 36 37 The independent senior building (Building A) is proposed to include approximately 61 studio, 1- 38 bedroom and 2- bedroom units and to be 45.5 feet in height. Building B, consisting of assisted 39 living senior housing, is proposed to have approximately 128 units, which range in size from 40 very small, memory care units to larger 2- bedroom units. This building is proposed to be 45.5 41 feet in height. The general occupancy rental building (Building C) is proposed to have a mix of 42 studio (approximately 77), 1- bedroom (100 units), 2- bedroom (36) and 3- bedroom (12) units. 43 Building C is proposed to be 44 feet in height. These exact breakdowns are subject to change, 44 based on final market studies and plans. 45