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Agenda Number: CITY OF HUGO PARKS COMMISSION REPORT TO: City of Hugo Parks, Recreation and Open Space Commission FROM: Shayla Denaway, Parks Planner SUBJECT: The Lincoln Group. Request for a sketch plan review of "Creekside Heights" consisting of 251 residential homes on 132 Acres east of Highway 61 and west of Oneka Lake DATE: October 6, 2017 for the Parks Commission meeting of October 18, 2017 1. INTRODUCTION: A sketch plan application has been received from the Lincoln Group. The applicant is looking for informal comments from the Parks Commission prior to submitting a formal application. A recommendation from the Parks Commission is not needed at this time. 2. DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting comments on a sketch plan for a subdivision of the 132-acre site and development of 251 housing units. The housing units are proposed to be a combination of single family, villa, and townhomes. The gross density is 1.9 units per acre and the net density is 3 units per acre. The property is currently vacant and does contain some challenges regarding wetland, existing drainage ditch and high ground water. The applicant will be requesting a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the Creekside Heights development. The use of the PUD zoning also allows for a greater variety of uses, internal transfers of density, construction phasing, and a potential for lower development costs. In exchange for this enhanced flexibility, the city has the expectation that the development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive proposal than would have been the case with the use of other, more standard zoning districts. The plan shows 251 proposed residential lots, stormwater ponding areas, open space, sidewalk and trail connections, and road connections. -1- Lincoln Group October 18, 2017