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all departments, and found to be satisfactory. Also, all required legal notices were met. <br /> Additionally, Section 26-33 establishes the following qualifications governing the preliminary <br /> plat(staff responses in italics): <br /> (1) The Planning Commission may return a conditional recommendation. The City <br /> Council may require revisions as it deems necessary for the health, safety, general <br /> welfare,order and convenience of the City. <br /> Staff would not recommend any conditions be placed on preliminary plat approval as the <br /> land is vacant. <br /> (2)The approval of a preliminary plat indicates that the subdivider may proceed toward <br /> fulfilling the necessary steps for approval of the final plat in accordance with the terms of <br /> approval. <br /> The City will proceed towards final plat once the City Council approves the preliminary <br /> plat. <br /> (3) No plat will be approved for a subdivision which covers an area subject to periodic <br /> flooding or which contains extremely poor drainage facilities and which would make <br /> adequate drainage of the streets and lots impossible. <br /> There are not flood impacted areas within the preliminary plat. The area proposed for <br /> road dedication has been refined by our engineering department and environmental <br /> consultant. In other words, the road alignment is fixed <br /> The preliminary plat will create four outlots and dedicate right-of-way for a future road <br /> connecting Old Highway 8 NW and 14th ST NW. The lot breakdown is as follows: <br /> Outlot A: 16.67 acres <br /> Outlot B: 20 acres <br /> Outlot C: 1.98 acres(to be retained by the City for ponding) <br /> Outlot D: 1.17 acres(to be retained by the City for ponding) <br /> Right-of-Way: 5.63 acres <br /> Total: 45.45 acres <br /> Staff fords the plat to be in satisfactory form, including the dedication of the appropriate <br /> Drainage & Utility Easements. The four outlots will be retained by the City for sale to <br /> developers for future redevelopment efforts. Outlots C and D will remain city owned as they <br /> contain regional ponds. <br /> Noting the above, staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plat to be known as <br /> NORTHWEST QUADRANT EAST. <br /> STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br /> Adoption of the attached Resolution recommending approval of the Preliminary Plat of <br /> NORTHWEST QUADRANT EAST. <br /> C aitdiad <br /> Janice Gundlach,City Planner <br />