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<br /> <br /> <br />901 N 3rd St, Suite 120 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55401 <br />tel 612.260.7980 <br />fax 612.260.7990 <br />www.elanlab.com <br />Site Analysis & Planning | Civil Engineering | Landscape Architecture | Construction Services <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />May 10, 2021 <br /> <br />City of Hugo Mayor, City Council, Parks Commission and Planning Commission <br />c/o Rachel Juba <br />Community Development Director <br />14669 Fitzgerald Ave N <br />Hugo, MN 55038 <br /> <br />Oneka Lake Reserve Subdivision <br /> <br />RE: Project Narrative <br /> <br />Greetings: <br />On behalf of our client, Oneka Lake Reserve, LLC, we are pleased to present the proposed Oneka <br />Lake Reserve neighborhood, a community of 40 attached townhomes. <br />The neighborhood is located north of 150th Street North at the extension of Generation Avenue. The <br />Generation Acres townhome development lies to the south, Oneka Lake View townhome <br />development is to the south east, Oneka, Lake View North townhomes to the east, Sweet Grass <br />Meadows single family to the north and the Hugo Estates manufactured home park to the west. To <br />the northwest of the site is an industrial park and to the southwest is the New Life Church. <br />The site was previously approved and platted as a 30 unit townhome development named Oneka <br />Lake Townhomes 2nd Addition. That project never went forward due to the 2008 recession. <br />Between 2008 and 2010 the previous property owner commissioned a hydrologic study that <br />concluded that areas previously designated as wetlands lacked the hydrology necessary to be <br />classified as wetlands. A Technical Evaluation Committee (TEP) agreed with the finding that there <br />are no wetlands on the site. Without the wetlands to work around it is desirable to increase the <br />overall density of the project to match the density of the adjacent townhome developments and <br />facilitate housing affordability. <br />The proposed development includes 40 units in a mixture of 2 and 3 unit buildings. Each ~2,300 ft 2, <br />two story unit has three bedrooms and 2 ½ baths including a main floor master bedroom. Each unit <br />has an attached 2-car garage. Building materials include maintenance free vinyl siding, stone and <br />aluminum soffit and fascia. <br />The homes would be accessed via a privately owned and maintained street that is aligned with <br />Generation Avenue. The proposed street width is 24 feet with 20 - 8 foot wide shared guest parking <br />stalls. Each unit has two additional guest parking stalls located in front of their garage. A 5 foot wide <br />concrete sidewalk is provided on one side of the private drive. A 6 foot wide sidewalk is shown <br />along 150th Street N. The private drive is located within outlot to be owned collectively by the <br />homeowners. Other than width and designated parking stalls the private drive will be built to the <br />same construction standards as city owned and maintained streets.