Date: April 6, 2021
To: Members of the City Council
City Administrator Ben Martig
From: Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner
Title
Consider the Preliminary Plat for Hillcrest Village Addition.
Body
Action Requested:
The City Council is requested to provide a motion on the preliminary plat for the Hillcrest Village Addition.
Summary Report:
The Community Action Center has applied for a preliminary plat to create Hillcrest Village on property owned by the CAC. The CAC has been before the Planning Commission (PC) for voluntary review of this subdivision on several occasions. The PC held a public hearing and reviewed the preliminary plat request at its March 18, 2021 meeting. The PC voted unanimously to recommend approval of the preliminary plat to City Council (Commissioner Nowak recused himself from the vote and discussion due to his involvement in the project).
The parcel is approximately 2.2 acres, proposed to create seven lots and is zoned N2-B: Neighborhood General 2. The site layout will accommodate an accessible and sustainable housing community with six buildings totaling 17 units (two 4-plexes, one 3-plex, and three 2-plexes) and a solar array to supply energy to the homes creating a net-zero project.
The current proposal will connect with Sheldahl Rd. and create a new public street entering into the neighborhood. It will create a turn-around/cul-de-sac since the CAC does not own the property to the north. Right-of-way will be dedicated to the property line to leave the option open if a potential connection could be created to the north in the future.
Background:
The site was historically known as the Hillcrest Motel and then as the Manger Inn in 2001, when several Northfield churches, the Community Action Center, youth groups and businesses were involved in renovating several of the homes when it transitioned from a motel to housing. The project created and continues to supply housing for low cost, transitional and emergency housing.
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