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ENGINEERING SURVEYING PLANNING 14070 Highway 52 Southeast, Chatfield, Minnesota 55923 Phone 507-867-1666  Fax 507-867-1665  www.ggg.to December 28, 2022 City of Hugo Attn: Rachel Juba, City Planner 14669 Fitzgerald Ave. North Hugo, MN 55038 RE: Knut Development LLC - Sketch Plan Dear Ms. Juba, You requested a narrative of the project/sketch plan for the LaValle property. Following your formatted request: Specific Vision for the overall plan: In concert with prior planning and studies by the City of Hugo, provide a development which provides commercial and residential development opportunities. The anchor project being a multistory apartment building with understory parking in the area depicted for mix use applications. Commercial uses are anticipated to include a gas station/convenience store, restaurants and retail commercial. Buildings would be a combination of stand-alone structures and multi-tenant buildings. Proposed Land Use Changes and Proposed Uses: The plan as depicted closely matches the City’s 2040 Comp Plan. The current zoning does not match the Comp Plan so rezoning applications will need to be processed. These can be applied for as the project proceeds and internal street alignments are confirmed to be acceptable by the different departments which review the plans. For instance, all land east of the main access off Frenchman Road would meet the mixed use and land west of the access would meet the commercial use as defined by the City Zoning and Comp Plan. Phasing Plan: Phase one would include the main access off Frenchman Road and the streets, whether public or private, to access the apartment building and parking lot. The entire mixed use area east of the roundabout would likely be graded but not fully surfaced until commercial buildings in the mixed use are realized. The area of the gas station/convenience store would also be graded as that project would likely be one of the first commercial sites developed. Infrastructure - Sanitary sewer, watermain connections and storm sewer piping would be designed to serve the apartment building as well as the entire commercial depicted in the mixed use area and the gas station. Depending on interest in the commercial lots, that infrastructure may be deferred to a later installation date provided the surfacing required for the streets/parking would not be disturbed. Roads - The access off Frenchman Road would be constructed towards the round-about and to the apartment building. The actual surfacing of the round-about could be phased to make the