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EA Streets and Access Generally the proposed access locations and street locations meet the intent of the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant is showing a right-in/right-out access to Frenchman Road/CSAH 8 that is not on Washington County's corridor plan and would need to be approved by the County. Washington County plans show future traffic signals at the prosed access points along Frenchman Road/CSAH 8 at Fenway Boulevard and Oneka Parkway. Developer contributions to the cost of the traffic signals will be considered with the development of these properties. The development of this property result in in the construction of Victor Path (frontage road) and Fenway Boulevard. This would require connecting to Fenway Boulevard to the south to the Bald Eagle Industrial Park and easements acquisitions will be required. The applicant has not shown the connection on the proposed sketch plan. The sketch plan shall be revised to include the street connection. Although a phasing plans has not been provided, the developer has indicted that the apartments would be the first phase of the development. The applicant has indicated that the access to Frenchman Road/CSAH 8 would be constructed and a small section of Victor Path to the apartment entrance would be constructed. It's in clear in the plan how and when the other streets would be constructed. Floodplain/Floodway The property has several acres that include the floodplain and floodway. Rice Creek Watershed (RCWD) rules and City Ordinance prohibit fill within the floodway and state that no structure will be allowed in the floodway, and that any floodplain fill will require replacement somewhere else in the property. Letter of Map Revision(LOMR) or comparable will be required to be submitted to MnDNR/FEMA for approval of any modifications to the floodway/floodplain. Typically, no habitable structures are allowed to develop in the floodway. The developer has not shown the floodplain on the plans, which limits the development of the site. Shoreland A portion of the property is within the Shoreland Overlay District for Clearwater Creek. Any property within 300 feet of the creek/ditch is subject to the shoreland ordinance regulations under City Code Section 90-137 Shoreland District. The MnDNR also has regulations for PUDs in the shoreland district. The shoreland ordinance regulates items such as setbacks, lot size, impervious surface, etc., above the standard zoning regulations. To meet the shoreland district regulations the development along Clearwater Creek will likely be limited and revised. Stormwater Management/Water Reuse The plan is not showing how stormwater management would be handled. The applicant has indicated that regional stormwater management for the site, instead of individual stormwater management for each site as it develops. This will allow for efficient use of property and is 8 Oneka Commons Sketch Plan 2022