HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-09-21 Weekly Notes Ref & Resident Sample Ltr CITY OF OAK P• ' HEIGHTS WEEKLY NOTES for: SeptemberZ%md]01?
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TO: City Council Members& Staff
FROM: Eric Johnson, City Administrator
Zoning and Development Items:
1. The City has not received any new applica Vans;
2, The lssacson Building at 14385 60th street(where Pizza Man is located)was supplied a letter requesting a number of site clean-up matters
be addressed.See enclosed,some have been taken care of to date,but the site remains in poor condition.Please see the enclosed letter
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= indicated that they plan bonow move forward. Staff will be sending an update to the neighborhood surrounding the Palmer Development
site updating them that the City expects the developer to commence construction in 2017 or 2018—see enclosed.
4. I have excerpted a short ankle from the LMC Legislative Update for 2017 that highlights MN STAT 415.19 that outlines specific actions a
City must now take before it adopts an ordinance update.Overall,the impact is not meaningful from a cost or process standpoint,but will
delay consideratiofor adoption or repeal of ordinances by at least 10 days.
5. In Oct 2016,STANTEC did perform a pre-construction traffic count/studalong 58th Street/west of CSAH 15—to understand the baseline
data for the anticipated trmffinimpacts and/or improvements once the Kwik Trip was completed and operational.They will badoing the
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O. Staff did seek a proposal from a recognized consultant/firm that can complete independent Fiscal Impact Studies related to annexations
and development proposals. Enclosed is a copy of a draft Annexation Fiscal Impact Study the City will generally request of the Hy-Vee
Development elements.This study—when completed—should provide the information that this was outlined in Scott Richards letter dated
8/23/17.While this version should likely be amended to some degree completion of these type of studies—by a qualified third party such
as SPRINGSTEAO—are typical of major annexations and aid cities in understanding costs in the short and long term and are funded by
the party(the developer)seeking the annexations.
Mayor McComber provided:
MAOSC Federal Legislative Update-Sept 2017
METRO CITIES NEWS—for Sep220,2017
Article from the Star Tribune—Traffic Counts on STh /Bridge.
Meeting Report from the Coalition of Utility Cities°Economic Development Brainstorm"Meeting 9/13/17
SAVE THE DATE—Nov 13th—Greater MSP Mnual Meeting.
SAVE THE DATE-The 2018LMC Conference will beinSt.Cloud, K8N-June 20-22
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City of Oak Park Heights
14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Box 2007•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574
September 21, 2017
TO:
RE: Palmer Site Update—5625 Oakgreen Ave.
Dear City Resident:
As you may recall, in 2014 the City was approached by the Property Owner(Creative Homes) of the above
property to consider the placement of 13 single family homes on the site generally known as the "Palmer
Site". It is the 7+/-acre site located at the southeast corner of Oakgreen Ave and 58th Street.At that time, a
number of public hearings were held and while there were some concerns, the project was viewed as
generally favorable by the neighborhood and was subsequently approved.
Since that time,the Developer has obviously not moved forward with their project but has continuously sought
extensions to their approvals. In early 2017, the City informed the Property Owner that if it did not complete
the necessary steps to commence the project by October 31st, 2017 — by executing the necessary
Developer's Agreements and posting required financial securities-that the City's approvals would lapse and
the Council could not consider any further extensions. Meaning, that if they still desired to develop the site
that they would be required to go back through the City established review process.
The City wanted you to be aware that at this time, the City has been re-engaged by the Property Owner and
they appear to be moving forward with the necessary submittals to meet this 10/31/17 deadline which would
likely result in construction in Spring 2018, or perhaps late 2017. This would include tree removals, roadway
construction,storm water construction and other regularly anticipated elements associated with single family
residential development. There have not been material changes from the 2014 plans.
Please contact me if you have any questions or would like further information on the submitted plans. The
enclosed maps generally show the approved layout.
Kind Regards
Eric Johnson,
City Administrator — 651439-4439
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