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Planning Commission Minutes - February 24, 1988 page 2 Motion made by Barnes, seconded by Henry to recommend approval of the Granger/Gallivan application to rezone 42 acres from RR1 to SFE because it compatible with the surrounding neighborhood and can be served by sanitary sewer and streets. All voting aye, motion passed. Subdivision r)reliminary plat (Granaer/Gallivan) On behalf of Birchwood Builders, Inc. an application has been made for the subdivision of 43 acres into 28 lots located west of Highway 61 and north of Lake Air Estates (east 1/2 of the southwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of Section 31, T31N, R21W and the southeast 1/4 of the northeast 1/4, lying westerly of the Railroad right of way, Section 31, T31N, R21W). In conjunction with this proposal the applicant is also requesting a variance from chapter 290-6, Sub. C-10 of the subdivision ordinance to allow for temporary private road access on the subdivision plat. The applicants propose to develop 27, one acre lots within the subdivision. They are also proposing an Outlot that may accomodate a small townhouse or condominium sometime in the future. The layout for the Bald Eagle Estates Subdivision has primary access from 126th St. No. and Falcon Ave. extended. The developer intends to use the on site wetlands as the surface water storage area for the development in question. It is the intent to service the lots in question with sanitary sewer and surfaced streets. The stormwater control plan must be approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District. Copies of the plan will be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for their comments as well as the State Dept. of Transportation. The developer has shown the approximate building locations for those lots adjacent to easements. Copies of this preliminary plat were also sent to the City engineer and city attorney for their review and comment. Copies of the proposed restrictive covenants by the developer are on file for your review. Notice of this hearing has been published in the legal newspaper as requested. If the Planning Commission feels this development plan is consistent with other development in the area and warrants the commissions recommendation, we would suggest that approval of the preliminary plat be subject to the special conditions recommended by staff. The public hearing was opened for comments from the audience at 7:37. Mr. Granger informed the commission that the drainage easement on the south of the property in question is actually within Lake Air Estates and the watercourse of that ditch would not change as a result of this development. Mr. Granger indicated that the access to Outlot A could be dedicated but not improved until the time that the lot was developed. Mr. Granger was informed that if a townhouse or condominium were built on Outlot A it must be one dwelling unit per acre. Local residents felt that there was a significant increase in traffic through Oak Shore Park as a result of Lake Air Estates and that additional development would be a detriment to the area. Residents Garner, Butters, Cofer, Hauer, Stangeland, and Keane strongly opposed any development because of the excessive traffic, speeding, and heavy equipment. In the opinion of the residents the 126th St. access would create a thoroughfare from Highway 61 through Oak Shore Park damaging the roads extensively. There was concern about ditch maintenance, the volume of cars using the gravel portion of 126th St., and that there is no grading being done presently. Grace Jackson indicated that Europa Ave. was originally planned to be a connecting street and that they were designed to city standards to accomodate additional traffic.