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AttachmentF PLANNING FILE 12-001 1 Request by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for approval of a PRELIMINARY PLAT of the land area 2 bounded by County Road C, Cleveland Avenue, Twin Lakes Parkway, and Prior Avenue 3 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 6:35 p.m. 4 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd summarized the request of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in conjunction with 5 Roseville Properties, owner of the subject property, seeking approval of a PRELIMINARY PLAT of the 6 land area as identified and detailed in the staff report, and creating three (3) lots. 7 Mr. Lloyd advised that the request also included the transfer of ownership of a small portion of City- 8 owned land adjacent to the Mount Ridge Road roundabout. Mr. Lloyd clarified that this request for a 9 disposal of land by the City, was NOT a Vacation request, per se; but in lieu of a public hearing, and in 10 accordance with State Statute, the Planning Commission must review the proposed disposal of land and 11 determine whether it would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. 12 Staff recommended approval of the proposed PRELIMINARY PLAT of the land area bounded by 13 County Road C, Cleveland Avenue, Twin Lakes Parkway, and Prior Avenue; along with the 14 recommendation that the Commission determine that the proposed transfer of ownership of land area 15 specified in the Preliminary Plat is in compliance with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan; based on the 16 comments and findings of Section 4-7, and the recommendation of Section 8 of the staff report dated 17 February 1, 2012. 18 Chair Boerigter sought clarification on the original intent in the City acquiring the property for creation 19 of Twin Lakes Parkway, and now the City’s determination that it was no longer needed and could be 20 disposed of. 21 Mr. Lloyd advised that the property had been originally acquired from the property owner for its 22 potential use in connection with the roundabout as access to the redevelopment property, but had not 23 been intended to create a public street south of the roundabout. 24 Chair Boerigter requested more detailed information from the City’s Engineer. 25 City Engineer Debra Bloom 26 Ms. Bloom concurred with Mr. Lloyd’s analysis of the City’s original intent in using the property as the 27 fourth leg of the roundabout for landscaping treatments. However, Ms. Bloom noted that this was prior 28 to the City knowing final roadway design, the type or size of the development that may occur in this 29 area, and that acquisition was for the most part precautionary in planning ahead; however, the City’s 30 need ended at the crosswalk and this property was no longer needed. 31 At the request of Member Boguszewski, Mr. Lloyd advised that the overall acreage of the 32 Walmart/Roseville Properties property was approximately fourteen (14) acres. 33 Member Strohmeier asked how staff responded to his interpretation of various areas in city-wide plans 34 versus Planning District 10 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan (Chapters 4 and 7) and development of a 35 big box retailer in the Twin Lakes area. 36 Mr. Lloyd noted staff comments that it was odd for a given development proposal to be reviewed by the 37 Planning Commission against the Comprehensive Plan, since it was not intended for that purpose, and 38 provided a misapplication of individual goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan if it were used as 39 a lens for this or any development. Mr. Lloyd noted that the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan was to 40 serve as a guide for creating specific requirements attempting to meet its policies, for instance the 41 zoning code update now addressing goals like walkable communities that were not addressed in 42 previous code. Mr. Lloyd opined that no one business was going to achieve entirely the goal of walkable 43 streets; however, walkable communities remained an overarching goal. 44 Page1of14