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Agenda Number: K.3 CITY OF HUGO PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION STAFF REPORT TO: Hugo Planning Commission FROM: Rachel Juba, Planner SUBJECT: Excelsior Group, LLC —Preliminary Plat and PUD General Plan for a residential development to be known as "Adelaide Landing" DATE: April 13, 2017, for the City Council meeting of April 17, 2017 ZONING: Single Family Detached Residential (R-3) LAND USE: Low Density Residential (LD) DEADLINE DATE: 60 -day review deadline date starts the day the EAW process is complete. 1. PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE: At its March 23, 2017, meeting the Planning Commission considered and held a public on the requests. There were eight people who spoke during the public hearing on a variety of topics. The concerns were regarding the amount of lots, connections to the park areas, traffic, buffers, preservation of trees, wildlife, drainage, and flooding. Staff stated that the density of the development is less that was is allowed in the R-3 Zoning District. The developer stated that they would add a sidewalk along 137th Street to connect to the neighborhood to the west and will work with staff on additional connections to the park from the adjacent neighborhood. One resident asked for a tree line between her house, in the County Ponds neighborhood to the west, be preserved to create a buffer from the proposed pond and homes. There were a few residents concerned about the wildlife being lost when the development is constructed. The EAW prepared for the development proposes mitigation measures for the wildlife during construction. There were also a few residents concern about the drainage and flooding of their property because of the development. City Engineer, Mark Erichson, stated that the drainage will remain on the development property and is required to meet all stormwater management regulations determined by the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD).