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Planning Commission Meeting November 13, 2003 - page 3 inadvertently setting the downtown standards. She said she would like to see the downtown standards addressed quickly. Schumann said he felt the City needed a balance between the granting of variances and revisiting the ordinance. Malaski made motion, Schumann seconded, to recommend approval of the application of Comfort of Homes. All Ayes. Motion carried. Waters Edge North PUD Amendment — Pulte Homes The Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider the request of Pulte Homes of Minnesota, 815 Northwest Parkway, Eagan, for approval of a PUD amendment for Waters Edge North on the 186 -acre parcel located east of Everton Avenue, west of the Creekview Preserve development. The City Council approved a rezoning to PUD, PUD General Plan, and Preliminary Plat for Waters Edge North on December 16, 2002. The City Planner explained that since then The Army Corps of Engineers reviewed the site and found that the site contains 46.31 acres of wetlands, not 26.5 acres as originally shown. Based on the revised wetlands, the original PUD approved by the City would have resulted in 13 acres of wetland impact. The applicant had revised the plan to reduce the wetland impact to 3.12 acres. In order to accommodate the changes, the applicant revised the street alignment, unit types and number of homes. The planned school site and neighborhood design concept remained unchanged. The City Planner said they were working with land owners to receive temporary access from the south and there was to be no construction access from the Creekview Preserve Development. Chairman Schumann opened the public hearing, John Udstuen, 15190 Everton Avenue North, was concerned about the transition from agricultural properties to six and eight unit buildings and the lack of buffering between them. Udstuen said he felt he may lose money on his land. Arnie Triemert, 15220 Everton Avenue North, said he thought there was to be a greenway corridor and transitional land between multi -family and the open space. He said there was no room to turn around on Everton Avenue and the road was not capable of handling all the traffic. The City Planner said the City would require any access to be upgraded. Michael Happ, owner of vacant property on Everton Avenue North, said the road was meant to be a cartway and not for construction traffic. Happ said he felt the plan was very different from what was presented in the past.