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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />July 8, 2010 <br />Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />The minor modifications to Areas 2, 3 and 4 (the “Units/Floor Area” and <br /> <br /> <br />“Density/FAR”) reflects the transfer of density. <br />Area 3 has minor modifications to “Encumbered Pocket Park Land” and <br /> <br /> <br />“Non-Encumbered private Common Open Area”. <br />Area 2 was modified to illustrate the change from a townhome layout to a <br /> <br /> <br />single family lot configuration. <br />The lot layout for Area 3 was modified. <br /> <br /> <br />Area 4 reflects minor modifications to Maximum Dwelling Units and <br /> <br /> <br />Maximum Gross Density which is a result of the density transfer of 20 <br />units to the area from Areas 2 and 3. <br />Tract F is a new private access, as well as part of the emergency access <br /> <br /> <br />plan. <br />New architectural elevations were included for the Patio Homes. <br /> <br /> <br />Staff recommends approval of the revisions to the GDP, Plat and PUD for <br />Takoda Village with the following condition: <br />1) The applicant shall comply with the conditions stated in the July 1, 2010 <br />memo provided by Craig Duffin, Assistant City Engineer. The <br />modifications shall be reflected on the plans sets prior to City Council. <br />Commission Questions of Staff: <br />Loo asked if Area 3 had been reviewed by the Fire District. <br />McCartney stated the department received the Referral Comments back from the <br />Fire District and they stated they had no comments. <br />Brauneis discussed with staff the elimination of the alley and future trail <br />connectivity. <br />McCartney reviewed the revised lot layout with the elimination of the alley. He <br />also stated the trail connectivity topic could be better answered by the applicant. <br />Applicant Presentation: <br />Rick Brew, 726 Front St, introduced the other key parties for Takoda Village: <br />Justin McClure and David Waldner. <br />Brew made the following points: <br />The project is market driven. <br /> <br /> <br />Area 2 is planned for low maintenance patio homes. <br /> <br /> <br />Area 3 is planned for front loading garage homes. <br /> <br /> <br />Ryland Homes is the planned builder for the products. <br /> <br /> <br />Patio homes will be the same price point as townhomes. <br /> <br /> <br />Price point is less for front load than alley load homes. <br /> <br /> <br />Trail connectivity requires the coordination with FasTracks. <br /> <br /> <br />Funding ($250,000) for the trail connectivity will be funded through <br /> <br /> <br />the Metro District. <br />Members of the Public: <br /> <br />