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PLANNING REPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT: LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 6 July 1988 1857 Gerald H. Kaufhold Southwest Corner of County Rcad and Lexington Avenue (see sketch) Approval of Preliminary Plat 1. Attached is a copy of the Planning Report prepared for the June meeting of the Planning Commission when Mr. Kaufhold°s proposal was tabled to the next regular meeting. General concerns relate to the disposition of a park fF,cility and the ultimate use of the remainder of the land (5.16 acres) now proposed for a single-family lot, or park dedication. There was also the question of a possible usu of this property for multi -family housing .irposes (including a park) by a potential developer who had been meeting with Craig Waldron, Community Development Director. 2. At an informal work session, Mr. Waldron presented a scenario under wl.-ic"i this developer could possibly develop the site utilizing tax increment financing and a City contribution toward a park site. The result was an indication from the Council that the sums of money involved were tcj large, and that the solution (as presented wi:.h that developer) would not be workable. 3. Not withstanding that attempt to utilize the land for multi -family housing and park purposes, there remains the critical question as to whether or not the preliminary plat as proposed is an appropriate and intelligent development proposal. Our concerns relate to the fact that the plat as presented merely represents the easiest, cheapest, and most expeditious way of carving out a few lots with no investment in streets and minimal investment in utilities, without regard as to the overall solution to the bulk of the land remaining. Mr. Kaufhold claims that the continued use of the site for school purposes will go on indefinitely and that represents a long term use. Information obtained from the staff of District 916 a