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HOMES ez SERVICESDecember 20, 2002
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City of Oak Park Heights
14168 Oak Park Boulevard
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
RE: Central Business District PUD: Concept Plan application
Valley Senior Services Alliance and Anchobaypro Inc. are submitting a plan for
concept approval, which encompasses a significant part of the Oak Park Heights
Central Business District. With the AIG Development proposal before the city,
we determined that the interests of all parties would be well served by offering
the city a comprehensive plan for the Central Business District.
The Planned Unit Development (PUD) being submitted is intended to coordinate
and complement the existing Boutwells Landing development to the south and
the proposed Kohl's and retail development to the north — the area we call the
"master site". The plan follows closely the City of Oak Park Heights schematic
"CBD Master Plan" for location of different uses on the site. (see the attached
comparison plan)
This plan offers a coordinated design of the three major elements; vehicular
traffic, pedestrian traffic and site water ponding.
We have identified three major pedestrian ways connecting the commercial uses
of the master site to the residential uses. The east/west trail way connects the
existing trail on the east side of Oakgreen Ave., through a green space including
ponds and landscaping, and continuing through he commercial/retail area west
of Novak Street. The westerly north/south walkway connects directly to the
main entry of Boutwells Landing on the south, circles a large pond area which
divides the office uses on the west and the mixed use building on the east, and
then continues north along a landscaped walk which bisects the new retail
development and connects to the major east/west trail way. The easterly
north/south walkway is a link between the trail around the existing wetlands in
the residential neighborhood and the east/west trail way.
It is our intent to limit the amount of vehicular traffic traveling through the more
residential areas of the overall master site. To help accomplish this we have
shown a new 59 Street continuing east from Novak Street and connecting to
Oakgreen Ave. To the west we have shown 59 street continuing through the
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northern most part of the existing Wal -Mart parking lot and connecting to Norell Ave.
The mixed -use building shown on the corner of 58 and Novak would have space for
commercial and retail tenants primarily serving the existing residential area of Oak Park
Heights. The office buildings would be primary destinations for traffic resulting in a
much lower volume of traffic than retail tenants.
The third item, which ties the master site developments together, is ponding and drainage.
The new ponds shown are the result of coordination of the interests of all parties in the
master site. The western pond located in the Office Center is made available by VS SA,
along with the large circular pond and emergency dry pond, to serve both the Office
Center and the AIG retail center to the north. The ponds located to the south of the new
59 Street can serve the AIG retail center and the new residential areas north of 58
Street and east of Novak. Use of these off-site ponds will enable the AIG development to
maximize and concentrate the retail use of the master site, and provide more open space
and views for the properties closer to the residential areas.
Upon approval of this PUD Concept Plan and the required General Plan, we will begin
development on a portion of the project. It is most likely that the town homes would be
the first phase. The town homes along Oakgreen Ave. would certainly be included in
later phases since some of that property is owned by the occupants of the residential
dwellings.
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