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4.0 REVIEW of PROJECT: 4.1 The project area consists of approximately 4.2 acres, of which roughly 1 acre is existing non - DNR wetland and ponding for the new parking lot and club house. The town home lot is 1.06 acres and the condominium lot is 3.15 acres. 4.2 To the south of Roselawn Avenue are the cities of Lauderdale and Falcon Heights. Their north - south boundaries meet at Fulham Street. The adjacent land uses include the Midland Hills golf course and club house (approximately 155 acres) to the north, a 7.3 acre community park (Lauderdale) and the 141 acre U of M Golf Course (Falcon Heights) to the southeast, 3 residential properties to the west, and 5 eastern residential properties. 4.3 Roseville's policy has been to use site - specific Planned Unit Development (PUD) zones and development contracts in redevelopment areas with mixes of uses. Midland Hills and its mixed residential uses will be a PUD zone, specific to the 4.2 acre development site. 4.4 In May 2003 the Planning Commission provided United Properties comments and direction regarding a sketch plan proposal. United Properties also held neighborhood meetings regarding the proposed development. Given the comments from both staff and the adjacent residents, United Properties revised the site plan, condominium footprint, and building elevations, and submitted plans for a 30 unit condominium and 6 town home units (a total of 36 housing units on 5.5 acres or about 6.5 units per acre — a medium density project when looked at in its entirety). PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE: 4.5 The proposal for the condominium and town home development does not require any new public infrastructure. However, there is an existing sanitary sewer, water main and storm sewer that must be relocated and their easement vacated. The sewer lines will be reconstructed within a newly dedicated easement. 4.6 Fulham Street (32 feet wide) has adequate width to support the project and the Country Club. (Fulham Street connects directly to a county collector street — Roselawn Avenue). 4.7 Specifically, an existing sanitary sewer and lift station lie in the northeast corner of the town home parcel- west of Fulham- with the sewer line traversing the parcel in a northwesterly direction, currently lying under the proposed northern town home unit. 4.8 A storm sewer line is located at the southern portion of the town home development traversing the parcel in a northwesterly direction, currently under the proposed southern most unit. Storm sewer eventually runs north and west away from Roselawn. The Public Works Department is not opposed to vacating the existing easements, rededicating new easements and relocation the utilities, but the cost of such a project would be the responsibility of Midland Hills and/or the Developer United Properties. (University of MN easement) PF3471 — RCA 102003 Page 2 of 10