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MINUTES HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION JUNE 22, 2006 Call to Order Chairman Schumann called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Bailly, McRoberts, Rosenquist, Schumann, Weidt ABSENT: Hoffbeck, Kleissler ALSO PRESENT: Bryan Bear, Community Development Director (CDD) Michele Lindau, Community Development Assistant Minutes of June 8, 2006 Weidt made motion, Rosenquist seconded, to approve the Planning Commission minutes of June 8, 2006, as submitted. All Ayes. Motion carried. Wilderness View 3ra Addition Preliminary Plat The Commission held a public hearing to consider the Application of K -G Incorporated, 3050 Echo Lake Avenue, Mahtomedi, for preliminary plat for Wilderness View 3rd Addition. The plat would consist of 60 single family homes on 27.14 acres. The property is located east of Highway 61 and north of 125th Street and Zoned Single Family Detached Residential (R-3) where the minimum lots size for single family homes is 10,400 square feet. The CDD explained that in December of 2005, the Planning Commission and City Council had reviewed a sketch plan for 52 homes on the eastern 19.69 -acre portion of this site (Mulcahy Property). The CDD presented the revised plat to the Commission which included the Hauble property to the west. The proposed lots met all R-3 requirements for lot size, width and depth and all building setback. The plans included a 20 -foot -wide outlot (Outlot A) with a 20 -foot -wide access easement between Lot 4, Block 3 and Lot 1, Block 4 to allow access to the stormwater pond on the east end of the site. Staff was concerned that the outlot would not be properly maintained because there was no homeowners' association for this development. Staff recommended that the applicant remove the outlot but retain the 20 -foot -wide access easement for access to the pond. Fences, landscaping, and other structures would not be allowed in the easement. Water and sanitary services would be available. Sanitary service would utilize the existing system in the Beaver Ponds South development to the north and the applicant would be required to contribute to the cost of the lift station. The existing sewer system had adequate capacity to serve this development but additional development to the south and west could not be served by this sewer system. Schumann referred to a letter from ERA Muskie that questioned the potential road to the south and he asked if their concerns had been addressed. The CDD explained that there were no plans to construct a