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Home My WebLink About12.A. Preliminary Plat for Ridge Creek for property north of CSAH 16 east of Pike Lake Rd south of Windsor Dr South-Res. No. 6429 12. fl. CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Julie Klima, Planner II SUBJECT: Preliminary Plat of Ridge Creek MEETING DATE: July 18, 2006 REVIEW PERIOD: Extended by written assent of the applicant to July 18,2006 CASELOG NO.: 06-004 INTRODUCTION Ridge Creek I, Inc. (Randy Noecker) has requested approval of the preliminary plat of Ridge Creek. The subject site is located north of County Road 16 and east of Pike Lake Road (extended). The plat as proposed creates 153 single-family residential lots and provides for approximately 6 acres of park area. The plat also proposes to relocate the Prior Lake Outlet Channel. Copies of reports to the Planning Commission have been attached for the Council's information. DISCUSSION The June 6, 2006 report to the Planning Commission identified several important, unresolved issues associated with the request: 1) The EAC recommended that the applicant provide wetland mitigation either offsite but within the Lower Minnesota Watershed District (LMWD) or if this option was not available, that the applicant provide was required to complete wetland mitigation completely on-site; 2) Prior Lake-Spring Lake Outlet channel construction issues, i.e. the developer has been asked to pay the basic cost of grading the new channel, but does not wish to pay for that cost; and 3) Site grading issues; Specifically, the developer wishes to grade the site in phases. City staff does not support this alternative and would require the developer to grade the entire site, as well a provide access directly from CSAH 16 across the site for trucks hauling fill, rather than using other adjacent City streets. At the June 6 meeting, the applicant indicated that he was willing to provide an extension to the review period to July 18 in order to allow for additional time to complete his wetland mitigation efforts. The applicant did provide, in writing, an extension to the review period to July 18. I At the June 6 meeting, the City Council tabled action on this application in order to allow the applicant time to finalize his wetland mitigation plans. The applicant has indicated via voice mail and email that he is continuing to work toward resolution of this issue, however, at the time of the preparation of this report, staff has not received any written information relative to wetland mitigation. Because these items are not yet resolved, because July 18 is the deadline for action by the City Council, and because it is consistent with the Planning Commission recommendation, staffhas attached a draft resolution of denial for the Council's information. ALTERNATIVES 1. Approve Resolution No. 6429, a resolution denying the preliminary plat of Ridge Creek. 2. Approve Resolution No. 6429 with revised findings. 3. Approve the requested preliminary plat, and direct staff to prepare a resolution consistent with that action, and secure approval of an extension of the review period from the applicant in order to prepare the resolution for Council action. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its May 18th meeting the Commission unanimously recommended denial ofthe preliminary plat. ACTION REQUESTED Offer Resolution No 6429, as.presented or with revisions, and move its adoption. h:\cc\2006\07-18\06004 ridge creek denia1.doc 2 RESOLUTION NO. 6429 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA DENYING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF RIDGE CREEK WHEREAS, Ridge Creek I, Inc., has made application for preliminary plat approval of Ridge Creek on property located at 7301 Eagle Creek Boulevard; and WHEREAS, the Shakopee Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the preliminary plat on May 4 and May 18, 2006; and WHEREAS, all required public notices regarding the public hearing were posted and sent; and WHEREAS, the Shakopee Planning Commission has recommended denial of the requested preliminary plat based on the fIndings below; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the preliminary plat request at its meetings of June 6 and July 18, 2006. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, that it adopts the following fmdings offact relative to the requested preliminary plat approval: Finding A: The proposed plat does not meet the requirements identified by the Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) regarding wetland mitigation. . The EAC recommendation requires the applicant to provide off- site wetland mitigation within the Lower Minnesota Watershed District (LMWD). If the applicant is unable to meet this requirement, wetland mitigation should be provided on-site. . The applicant has not made accommodations to meet either option outlined by the EAC. Finding B: The applicant has communicated that he is unwilling to contribute, as a part of his overall grading plan, the cost of grading the new alignment of the Spring Lake-Prior Lake Oultet Channel as approved by the Watershed District/City of Shakopee and as shown in the submitted preliminary plat. Finding C: The applicant desires to complete site grading on the subject site in an incremental fashion. The City of Shakopee would require that site grading occur in one phase over the entire development area, and that the developer should provide a direct haul route on the subject site 3 for trucks bringing in fill, in order to avoid undue wear on newly constructed, adjacent City streets. Finding D: That the review deadline is imminent and the applicant has not addressed the outstanding and significant issues identified by the City of Shakopee. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA, that Ridge Creek I, Inc. request for preliminary plat approval of Ridge Creek is hereby denied. Adopted in session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota, held this _ day of , 2006. Mayor of the City of Shakopee ATTEST: City Clerk 4 ~7 CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum CASE NO.: 06-004 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Julie Klima, Planner II SUBJECT: Preliminary Plat of Ridge Creek MEETING DATE: 'May 4, 2006 REVIEW PERIOD: Applicant has extended the review period to July 1, 2006 SITE INFORMATION: Applicant: Ridge Creek I, Inc. (Randy Noecker) Property Owner: Randy Noecker and Terry Hanson Location: North ofCR 16, east of Pike Lake Road (extended), south of Windsor Drive South Existing Zoning: Urban Residential (R-1B) Adjacent Zoning: North: Future County Road 21 r-o-wlUrban Residential (R-lB) South: County Road 16/Rural Residential (RR) West: Urban Residential (R-IB) East: Urban Residential (R-1B) Compo Plan: Single Family Residential Acreage: Approximately 80 acres MUSA: The site is within the MUSA boundary. INTRODUCTION Ridge Creek I, Inc. (Randy Noecker) has submitted an application for preliminary plat approval of Ridge Creek. Please see Exhibits A and B for location and proposed design. After initial review by the Environmental :Advisory Committee (EAC) and Park and Recreation Advisory Board (pRAB), it was necessary for the applicant to provide revised drawings. These revisions were received by the City on February 22, 2006. Because these drawings did not completely reflect the recommendations of the EAC/PRAB, a second review by the EAC/PRAB was necessary. The EAC/PRAB reviewed the revised drawings at is April 24, 2006 meeting. On April 24th, the discussion by the EAC/PRAB focused primarily on woodland management issues and wetland mitigation. Ultimately, the EAC/PRAB voted 3-1 to recommended approval of the preliminary plat subject to the conditions outlined in the January 18, 2006 report and subject to allowing wetland mitigation to occur off-site if the mitigation occurs within the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District (LMRWD). If the developer is unable to mitigate the wetlands within the LMRWD, mitigation is required to occur on site. At the time this memorandum was being prepared, the applicant communicated to staff that he was working on trying to accomplish off-site mitigation but had not yet finalized a deal to guarantee the ability to complete off-site mitigation. Additional outstanding significant concerns for the plat application include outlet channel construction and site grading issues. Due to the approaching deadline of July 1 and staffs desire to preserve the opportunity for the City Council to review the application at two meeting dates, if necessary, staff is providing a recommendation for the Planning Commission's consideration at this time. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Due to the outstanding significant issues identified above (I.e. fmalization of wetland mitigation plans, outlet channel construction issues, and overall site grading and access issues) and the review peIiod deadline, staff recommends that at this time the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council denial of the preliminary plat application. .i\CTION REQUESTED Because of the looming review deadline and remaining unresolved significant issues, offer a motion to recommend to the City Council the denial ofthe preliminary plat of Ridge Creek crt this time, and move its adoption. ~ ' ~~~~ Planner II h:\boaa -pc\2006\05-18\denialppridgecreek 06004.doc Shakopee - Location .Maps ", Page 1 ofl . . --- "'l';". "AG AG 0 0 I ' I ~ N _ Subject Property ~.E SHAKOPEE lY ....... Shakopee Boundary COMMUNnYPRmnSLNc:::E1!57 S CJ zoning Boundary r=J parcer Boundary Preliminary Plat of Ridge,Creek ., ... . 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