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TO: Eric Johnson
FROM: Scott Richards
DATE: February 12, 2009
RE: oak Park Heights -- oakgreen Village /Carriage House cooperative
FILE NO: 798.04
As per your request, please find the following background information that gives a brief
summary of the process for the oakgreen Village/Carriage House Cooperative projects.
The current approval status of the projects is also highlighted.
oakgreen Village
Tim Nolde, representing Anchobaypro and Valley Senior Services Alliance (VSSA)
made an application for a PUD general plan approval for the area west of oakgreen
Avenue and north of 58 Street. The area under application consisted of approximately
11 acres and encompassed a significant portion of what was the Central Business
District. The city Council approved a PUD general plan on March 9, 2004 for this area.
A revised concept plan was submitted in 2005 but the application was withdrawn before
the City council reviewed the plan.
Concept plans were again submitted in 2006 by Anchobaypro. The City council
approved the concept plan at their April 11, 2006 meeting. A general plan application
was submitted in April 2006 for Phase 1 of the total development plan which included a
total of 67 townhome units. The second phase would have included an additional 46
townhome units. The general plan for the 67 units was approved on May 23, 2006.
In 2007, John and Corey Arkell, representing Nova Scotia Villas, received approval to
construct a different design for 31 of the 67 units. The city council approved that
amendment on August 14, 2007.
In December 2007, an application for a PUD amendment for Phase 1 and a concept
and general plan approval for Phase 2 of the oakgreen Village development west of
oakgreen Avenue and north of 58 Street was filed. The area under application
consisted of Phase 1 that has been previously approved for PUD general plan and
Phase 2, and area that previously was just approved for PUD concept.
The plan was reviewed in December 2007 and a public hearing was opened at the
January 17, 2008 Planning commission meeting. The applicant requested the public
hearing be continued in that he had alternative plans for the Phase 2 area. on May 27,
2008, the city Council approved a PUD amendment for Phase 1, and a concept and
general plan for Phase 2. With the approved layout, a maximum of 90 units with 65 in
the first phase and 25 in the second was approved.
An application for a PUD amendment for Phase 1 of the oakgreen Village was filed in
July 2008. The area under that application consistent of a portion of Phase 1, north of
the pond that was originally approved for 15 attached townhome units in three buildings.
The application proposed one three unit building and two, two unit buildings for a total of
seven dwellings. The City council approved this amendment at their meeting on
August 26, 2008. With this approval, the total number of approved units in Phase 1 is
57.
This is the current status of approvals for oakgreen Village. A plan that indicates the
current approved layout is found in Exhibit A.
Carriage House Cooperative
A PUD concept plan approval application for two 48 unit senior cooperative rental
buildings, referred to as the Carriage House cooperative, was filed in July 2008. The
project was to be constructed in two phases and is located near the intersection of 58
Street North and oakgreen Avenue.
The city council approved the PUD concept plan at their August 26, 2009 meeting. The
approved concept plan layout for this project is found in Exhibit A. In October 2008, the
applicant submitted a PUD general plan request to allow the construction of the first
phase of the Carriage House cooperative.. The applicant withdrew this request prior to
the Planning commission public hearing.
Conclusion
The current status of the oakgreen Village /Carriage House cooperative projects is as
follows:
oakgreen Village is currently approved with a PUD general plan for a total of 57
units.
The carriage House cooperative is currently approved with a PUD concept plan
for two 48 unit cooperative rental unit buildings.
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