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4.O BACKGROUND AND PROPOSAL SUMMARY � 4.1 On September 15, 2008, the City Council approved a Planned Unit Development (PUD) � for a 95-unit senior cooperative residential project on the current subject properties in � conjunction with a plat which created three lots. Minutes from this City Council meeting � are included with this report as Attachment C. The approved plat created Lot 1 Slock 1 _ (shown in red) to accommodate the approved cooperative residence, Lot 2 Slock 1 _ (shown in blue) for a proposed assisted living facility on adjacent parcels to the south _ along Cleveland Avenue, and dedicated City right-of-way — the third lot (shown in grey) _ — for a new public road serving the cooperative development and Langton Lake Park; the _ approved plat is included with this staff report among the other approved plans as _ Attachment D. _ 4.2 The applicant's narrative (included with this staff report as Attachment E) explains that _ the proposed PUD AMENDMENT is intended to allow the development of the senior _ cooperative residence in phases in light of heightened pre-sale requirements for HUD- _ backed mortgages. Phase I would entail the construction of a building containing � approximately half of the approved 95 residential units in addition to all of the common � areas, and Phase II would essentially be the addition of the remaining units if and when � market demand indicates support for those units. Schematic site and elevation drawings � and for the proposed Phase I are included with this staff report as Attachment F. � 4.3 The narrative also explains that the proposed PxELiMiNAxY PLAT, which is included with � this staff report as Attachment G, is necessary to allow United Properties to hold (for the � potential future development of Phase II) the undeveloped portion of the cooperative � residence site after the first phase has been completed and sold to the residents. 4 5.O DEVELOPER OPEN HOUSE � United Properties held the required open house meeting on June 17, 2009; one person F attended the meeting and expressed some concerns about adequately buffering the F residences along the south side of Srenner Avenue from the new "Langton Lake Drive" F and relocating the resident wildlife, as well as inquiring about the anticipated F construction schedule. A written summary of the open house is included with this staff report as Attachment H. 6.O STAFF COMMENTS F 6.1 The applicant is requesting this PUD AMENDMENT to allow a phased project construction. F If and when approval is given to phase the project, United Properties will be able to get F the final commitments from prospective buyers; until that time, they won't know exactly F how many units can be built in Phase I. For instance, United Properties might discover E that they have enough commitments to support building 55 units in the first phase, or E they might find that only 45 units can be built. This uncertainty doesn't pose any E problems for the PUD AMENDMENT, however, because from a land use perspective, E Phase I could contain any number of dwelling units so long as the building takes shape in E a way that is consistent with the previously-approved PUD. The present inability to E specify the number of units in Phase I means that the plans reviewed with this application F are illustrative of the first phase of construction but may not precisely accurate; Planning Division staff believes that the PUD AMENDMENT may nevertheless be approved with the PF07-006 RCA 081709.doc Page 2 of 6