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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-05-20 PRC packet0 1 r1 R, F i A t N F f A t7 t M± N N 1 S 6 A If* ;te't•7 �&'i #AIR INTIA 114 :7 NOTICE O M ONDAY , 0 ( • - The City of Stillwater Parks and Recreation Commission will meet on Monday, May 20, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Stillwater City Hall, 216 North Fourth Street. 1. Approval of the April 22, 2013 Minutes 2. Open Forum - The Open Forum is a portion of the meeting to address the Board on subjects which are not a part of the meeting agenda. The Board may take action or reply at the time of the statement or may give direction to staff regarding investigation of the concerns expressed. Out of respect for others in attendance, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less. Action Items 3. Friends of Washington County 4. Preliminary Plat Approval of Browns Creek Preserve Informational Items 5. Park Tour Discussion Commission Items /Topics CITY OF STILLWATER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION APRIL 22, 2013 Present: Chairman Linda Amrein, Commissioners Rob McGarry, Don Stiff, Sandy Snellman, David Brandt, Scott Christensen, Solveg Peterson, Council Liaison Mike Polehna Absent: None Staff present: Public Works Superintendent Tim Moore, Community Development Director Bill Turnblad Guest: Brian Larson, Larson Architects, LLC SOUTH LOWELL PARK RESTROOM REMODELING PROJECT OPEN HOUSE An open house took place from 7:00 to 7:25 p.m. Brian Larson, Larson Architects, LLC, reviewed the preliminary layout and three schematic designs for the project. Approval of Minutes - Motion by Snellman, seconded by Amrein, to approve the March 25, 2013 minutes. All in favor. OPEN FORUM - There were no public comments. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS LCCMR Grant Turnblad reported there has been discussion about potential acquisition of the Aiple property along the river, which is for sale. The property includes 4,000 feet of shoreline from the former depot north to the railroad bridge. Washington County has taken the lead in seeking revenue sources to purchase the property. There is an opportunity to apply for a LCCMR Grant to assist in the purchase if the property is restored to a primarily natural condition. It could be used for recreation related to the river and Browns Creek Trail, incorporating elements such as a dock for kayaks and canoes, walking paths, and nature observation. The Commission expressed a consensus that the majority of the property should be left natural and the grant opportunity should be pursued. Summer Programs Moore presented a list of programs scheduled for Teddy Bear Park and Washington Square, planned by Jennifer Quinn, Program Coordinator. Programs in Teddy Bear Park will run between May 14 and August 28. Events in Washington Square will run weekly between May 28 and August 21. All costs for the events are being paid for by the Stillwater Park Foundation. Park and Recreation Board Minutes April 22, 2013 Page 2 of 2 Triangle Park Moore handed out a proposal developed by a neighbor to donate landscaping improvements. Staff has reviewed it and recommends approval. Commissioners agreed that staff should continue to working with the neighbor on the improvements. Motion by Snellman seconded by McGarry to adjourn. All in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 8:29 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Julie Kink Recording Secretary .. _ iva ter rt E Bi �7!* v i a :. .. 0 F M . Rt rte � p .a LI�� To: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Tim Moore, Public Works Superintendent yrvM Date: May 16, 2013 Re: Agenda Items Friends of Washington County Marc Hugunin from the Friends of Washington County will be attending to talk about a Sub — Regional Land -Based Recreation Plan they are proposing. Preliminary Plat approval of Browns Creek Reserve The Parks and Recreation Commission should review and approve the Preliminary Plat for Browns Creek Preserve with Parks and Trail Dedication Fees. Park Tour Discussion The annual parks and recreation tour is scheduled for the June 24 2013 meeting. Millbrook Park has been developed with a parking lot and playground since the last time the Commission visited the site. The Aiple Property would be a good site to visit with it being proposed for a natural park setting along the river. Finally we could visit the completed Pedestrian Plaza and bathroom to discuss how it will fit with the next phase of the Lowell Park Improvements. If you have any other suggestions or parks that you would like to visit please let me know. We will also have our annual potluck get together following the tour. Friends of Washington County Prospectus Sub - Regional Parks and Trails Plan 65 1,491 1981 [rien (IS Ojwashco.org The Friends of Washington County is seeking partners in the development of a Sub - Regional Parks and Trails Planning study. Proposed Scope of Work The study will inventory and plan for parks, trails and other land -based recreational infrastructure in the `Upper Lower" St. Croix Valley —that is, in Stillwater, Minnesota, and Central Washington County and environs encompassing the Brown's Creek and Gateway Trails to the west and the St. Croix Boom Site and Fairy Falls to the north. Study Objectives The ultimate study objective is to maximize utilization and visitorship associated with land- based, outdoor recreation opportunities in the sub - regional area, and to optimize the user experience of all recreational facilities as a system. Toward this end, study goals include: ® Inventory land -based recreational infrastructure including but not limited to parks and trails, and encompassing proposed as well as existing facilities, and properties in private as well as public ownership e Evaluate interconnections among all recreational facilities existing and proposed in the sub - regional area e Propose enhancements to facilities and interconnections among facilities to optimize the appeal and user experience of these facilities I10M)tARY BOARD e Identify opportunities to optimize visitorship to the "Upper Lower" St. BOARD or DirtECrORS Croix Valley through proposed enhancements and interconnections I�dV( � IY�;tiU'4)n'1 Afton o Identify potential funding sources for all proposed enhancements t>t�rr.,��c.ilae .tiz. reru development and issuance of an RFP and the selection of a vendor or t " 1 " "d` R ,Is H° `" Proposed Structure of the Study Mare Hauser Birchwood to staff the Committee and to conduct public outreach /engagement/ parr, r °hny "° ry °odL,ury The Friends of Washington County hopes to partner with any and all exretrrNF. DtRKTOR stakeholders in the field of outdoor, land -based recreation in the sub - Gte;l..arsen- LAeland region including but not limited to the City of Stillwater, Minnesota John LeinenM<zyrorvr7sh;p Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service /Wild and Scenic Cenprice "loodrury St. Croix River and Washington County as well as private entities in the area. We are grateful to the City of Stillwater and the National Park RoperTornten -s atrvat'er Service for their encouragement of this effort to date. I10M)tARY BOARD It is our intent that a Steering Committee be formed, consisting of .Ii,n1- 1 1 DrI)nI'IrK 1r wIIS! (i representatives of the study's funding partners, to provide overall o .:ul,lt Iltweu- milinc,,7„f,s direction to the study. Chief among the Committee's tasks will be the development and issuance of an RFP and the selection of a vendor or li iQKrou -R4ay rownship vendors to conduct the study. The Friends of Washington County proposes Dic Staf'oid Wood[wry to staff the Committee and to conduct public outreach /engagement/ information for the study. exretrrNF. DtRKTOR It is hoped that the study will be initiated in 2013 and completed in 2014. (vlarchla"iulin cral,� P0. Box 2058 Stillwiter, MN 55082 tc , 0111 HIN1111111111 REPORT DATE: May 9, 2013 CASE NO.: 2013 -12 HEARING DATES: Planning Commission May 13, 2013 Joint Planning Board May 16, 2013 Park Commission May 20, 2013 City Council June 18, 2013 APPLICANT: Jon Whitcomb, Midwest Real Estate Management LANDOWNER: Greg Wallace & Bill Krech REQUEST: 1) Annexation 2) Rezoning to CCR, Cove Cottage Residential 3) Preliminary Plat approval of Browns Creek Preserve, a 15 lot Residential Subdivision LOCATION: 12205 McKusick Road COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: LMDR, Low /Medium Density Residential ZONING: NA, currently located in Stillwater Township REVIEWERS: City Engineer, Fire Marshal, Browns Creek Watershed District, Washington County Public Works PREPARED BY: Bill Turnblad, Community Development Director BACKGROUND Jon Whitcomb, Midwest Real Estate Mgmt, plans to develop six acres of property located at 12205 McKusick Road. The site is currently located within Stillwater Township. The preliminary plat for the project, to be known as Brown's Creek Preserve, shows 15 single family lots that are requested to be rezoned to CCR, Cove Cottage Residential. The project is located on McKusick Road immediately west of Settler's Glen 9th Addition and immediately south of Brown's Creek State Trail. The proposed zoning for the development is the same as Settler's Glen 9th Addition, though the Browns Creek Preserve lots are considerably larger. Browns Creek Preserve May 9, 2013 Page 2 SPECIFIC REQUEST In order to develop the property as proposed, the applicant has requested approval of the following: 1. Annexation of the 6.0 acre property 2. Rezoning of the property to CCR, Cove Cottage Residential 3. Preliminary Plat for 15 single family lots EVALUATION OF REQUEST I. ANNEXATION According to the Orderly Annexation Agreement, the subject property is located in the Phase IV annexation area. This area is not scheduled for development until 2015. But, the infill provision of the agreement (Section 4.09) would allow the request to be approved, since each of the following criteria are satisfied: 0 1.00% of the subject landowners have signed an annexation petition ® Greg Wallace and Bill Krech are the sole owners of the property and they have signed the annexation petition. o The property is adjacent to property within the City's corporate limits ® Settler's Glen 9th Addition immediately to the east has already been annexed into the City. o The level of growth in the entire area regulated by the agreement has not exceeded 120 permits per year ® This is true o Utilities are immediately available to the property ® All utilities are to be brought to the property boundaries by US Homes as they develop Settler's Glen 9th Addition this summer. II. REZONING Mr. Whitcomb has requested that the development be zoned CCR, Cove Cottage Residential after it is annexed. This zoning is the same as Settler's Glen 9th Addition. Though the zoning is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan,_ and is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood, staff suggests that TR, Traditional Residential zoning be considered. The reason is that with the larger lots of Brown's Creek Preserve, TR might work better. For example, TR zoning allows for a mother -in -law apartment and the garage regulations are considerably less confusing than in the CCR district. The garage has no restriction on number or orientation of stalls, they are simply limited to 1,000 square feet of floor area and have to be set 27 feet from the front lot line (house has 20 foot front setback). In addition, 75% of the 15 lots would have to have garage faces set at least 6 feet back of the house front. Browns Creek Preserve May 9, 2013 Page 3 IIl. PRELIMINARY PLAT A. Minimum Dimensional Standards: CCR District Standard Min. requirement Proposed Lot area 7,000 10,000 sf av 10,641 - 18,755 sf Lot width* 60' 80' min Lot depth** 100' 130' min Lot frontage on public road 35' 52.4' min * distance between side lot lines measured at right angles to lot depth at a point midway between front and rear lot lines ** average distance between front and rear lot lines. The table compares the minimum standards for the proposed CCR zoning district with the minimum standards proposed for Brown's Creek Preserve. As can be seen, each minimum standard would be exceeded. The TR, Traditional Residential zoning requirements are also exceeded by each proposed Iot. B. Civil Engineering The City Engineer has reviewed the preliminary plans and offers the following comments: 1. Storm ponds should be designed to reflect the new rainfall data from National Weather Service Atlas 14. 2. The street widths are shown as 28' back of curb to back of curb and must be increased to a minimum of 28' face to face. 3. The storm pond on the southeast corner of the site shall have an access road for maintenance vehicles. The outlet form the pond shall be a manhole with outlet and not a weir structure as proposed. Settlers Glen 9tt, has a back yard drainage pipe draining to their abutting wetland. This drainage pipe in Settler's Glen should drain into the Brown's Creek Preserve pond so that there is one outlet instead of two. (Other alternate designs are possible, but must be approved by the City Engineer.) 4. Drainage from Monterey Court shall not be directed into Macey Way. 5. Backyard drainage from lots 1 to 10 is a concern, since proposed grades are minimal. A revised drainage system must be proposed and approved by the City Engineer. 6. This development will be responsible for paying the Trout Stream Mitigation Fee of $10,021 per acre; the Transportation Mitigation Fee of $17,1.60 per acre; and trunk sewer and water fees as yet to be determined by City Engineer. These fees will be due prior to release of the final plat for recording with Washington County. 7. Annexation petition cannot be filed with Minnesota Municipal Board until utilities have been extended to Browns Creek Preserve property lines. Browns Creek Preserve May 9, 2013 Page 4 C. Tree Preservation A tree inventory, tree removal and tree protection plan have been submitted. A Iandscaping plan has also been submitted. Both plans need to be reviewed yet by the City Forester. That review will be completed prior to City Council consideration of the development plans. No protected slopes exist on the site ( >24% over a 50 foot run). So tree removal on slopes is not an issue. Moreover, the vast majority of the trees on the site are plantation pines, which are not subject to the tree City's tree protection standards. The City's environmental ordinances would allow 35% of the tree stock to be taken down. Less than 27% of the total wood mass would be removed according to the plan. So, no replacement is required. One note on the landscaping plan: the subdivision code requires an average of three trees per lot along the street, though outside of the platted right -of -way'. The landscape plan only shows 18 trees for all 15 lots. This needs to be revised to be compliant with City Code. D. Park and Trail Dedication The Comprehensive Plan's park element shows no planned park or trails on or through the property. Though, the state trail runs along the northern property line of the site. The Park Commission is scheduled to review the plans on May 20, 2013. It is likely that they will recommend that park and trail dedication should be cash rather than land or improvements. If so, $2,000 per lot would be due for the park dedication and $500 per lot for trail dedication. This cash dedication would be due prior to release of the final plat. E. Environmental Issues Wetlands - The property has no wetlands. But, there is a Management Category I wetland just to the south of the site and it has a required 75 foot buffer area. This may impact grading of the proposed storm water pond, which will become clear during Brown's Creek Watershed District review. BCWD - Karen Kill, Brown's Creek Watershed District Administrator, completed a preliminary pre - permit plan review of the development plans. She makes the following comments: "If the Management Category I Wetland to the south of the property is a groundwater dependent natural resource (which is likely), then the proposed stormwater basin will not be allowed within the buffer unless the basin bottom is at least 3 feet above the seasonal high water table, bedrock or other impeding layer and the basin is designed and maintained to infiltrate the 2 -year 24 ' City Code Ch 32, Subd. 6(3)q Browns Creek Preserve May 9, 2013 Page 5 -hour precipitation event. Right now that isn't how it is designed. Also, the order of the stormwater facilities (infiltration first and NURP second) is backwards, so there is going to need to be some moving things around." Floodplain - The property includes no FEMA identified floodplains. ALTERNATIVES A. Approval If the Planning Commission finds the proposal to be satisfactory, it could approve it with the following conditions: The site shall be developed in substantial conformance with the following plans on file with the Community Development Department, except as may be modified by the conditions herein: • Preliminary Plat dated 4/19/13 • Grading dated 4/19/13 • Erosion Control Plan dated 4/19/13 • Utility Plan dated 4/19/13 • Tree Preservation Plan dated 4/19/13 • Landscape Plan dated 4/19/13 2. The rezoning necessary for development of the subject property shall not become effective until the applicant receives Final Plat approval from the City Council. 3. The City Forester shall review the tree inventory, tree preservation plan and landscape plan. Any revisions found necessary by the City Forester shall be made to the plans prior to City Council consideration of the final plat and plans. 4. The developer shall submit a grading permit application to Brown's Creek Watershed District. Any permit conditions that the City Engineer finds necessary to include in the final plan set shall be included in the final plat application package. 5. If the Park Board finds that park and trail improvements are not advisable on this project, a $2,000 park dedication fee for each lot and $500 trail fee for each lot shall be submitted to the City prior to release of the final plat for filing with the County. 6. All electrical and communications utility lines shall be buried. This shall be specified in the plans submitted for final plat approval. 7. Storm ponds should be designed to reflect the new rainfall data from National Weather Service Atlas 14. 8. The street widths are shown as 28' back of curb to back of curb and must be increased to a minimum of 28' face to face. 9. The storm pond on the southeast corner of the site shall have an access road for maintenance vehicles. The outlet form the pond shall be a manhole with outlet and not a weir structure as proposed. Settlers Glen 9th has a back yard drainage pipe draining to their abutting wetland. This drainage pipe in Settler's Glen should drain into the Brown's Creek Preserve pond so that there is one outlet instead of two. (Other alternate designs are possible, but must be approved by the City Engineer.) 10. Drainage from Monterey Court shall not be directed into Macey Way. 11. Backyard drainage from lots 1 to 10 is a concern, since proposed grades are minimal. A revised drainage system must be proposed and approved by the City Engineer. Browns Creek Preserve May 9, 2013 Page 6 1.2. This development will be responsible for paying the Trout Stream Mitigation Fee of $10,021 per acre; the Transportation Mitigation Fee of $17,160 per acre; and trunk sewer and water fees as yet to be determined by City Engineer. These fees will be due prior to release of the final plat for recording with Washington County. 13. Annexation petition cannot be filed with Minnesota Municipal Board until utilities have been extended to Browns Creek Preserve property lines. B. Table If the Planning Commission finds that the preliminary plat application is not complete enough to make a decision, it could continue the review for additional information. C. Denial If the Planning Commission does not find the rezoning, annexation or the preliminary plat to be satisfactory, it could recommend denial of the requests. With a denial, the basis of the recommendation should be given. 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