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'" \~ji '" I:' I; ,- i' RESOLUTION NO. 88-89 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PRD-50 AND Preliminary Plat PL-175. WHEREAS, an application for preliminary PRD-50 and preliminary PL-175 has been made by Harstad Companies, Inc.; WHEREAS. the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. An application for preliminary PRO-50 and preliminary PL-175 was - i filed with the City of New Brighton on June 3, 1988. 2. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on Preliminary Plat PL-175 and preliminary I PRO-50 on June 21, 1988, and all persons present at the hearing wer~ given an opportunity to be heard. i 3. The City Council reviewed PL-175 and PRO-50 on June 28, 1988. I NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council makes the following Findings of Fact in respect to PRO-50 and PL-175: 1. The site is presently vacant and approximately 27.8 acres in size and located north of 1-694 and west of 27th Avenue NW. il 2. The property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential and R-2, Two Family Residential. 'i 3. The surrounding property is zoned R-3B Multiple Family, R-2 Two Family, and B-1 Limited Business to the east, R-1 Single Family to i the north, and townhouses are constructed within the City of Fridle~ border to the west. ' 4. A report by Barr Engineering indicates stormwater runoff and drainage patterns generated by the proposed development would be adequately handled by on-site retention ponds, thereby, allowing ponds north of 12th Street NW and in Freedom Park to maintain a stormwater level below their projected capacity. 6. , " ,- 7. The preliminary PRO allows for an increase in land use intensity from 1-694 to the apartment buildings, townhomes, and finally singl~ family homes to the north. i , ! 8. The proposed land use pattern creates the potential for a similar pattern of land use to develop on vacant parcels to the east and compliments the existing land use of developed properties in the surrounding area. 9. The Preliminary Plat and PRO would create a 5.9 acre City park; park would be comprised of 3.6 acres of City owned property and acres to be dedicated by the applicant with a remaining park dedication fee balance based on .48 acres. i I i I saiq 2.3 10. The City Park Board at its June 1, 1988, meeting recommended approval of the proposed development plan.