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PUD — General Plan Narrative
Dear Dusty,
This narrative for the PUD General Plan application serves as supporting documentation for the
City of Medina's Plowing Commission and City Council.
Project Description
The proposed project is located on a 3.90 acre site located at 510 Clydesdale Trail, directly
north of the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina Minnesota:
The plan includes 32 affordable town home units and a 1,400 square foot clubhouse,
playground, parking for 19 guests, sidewalk connections and preserved green space.
The unit mix and expected tenant population:
2 flatly accessible 2 bedroom units
- 3 two bedroom units
- 20 three bedroom units
- 7 four bedroom units
The expected resident population of 130 residents is calculated using the following guidelines:
- Two bedroom units are expected to have 3 residents.
- Three bedroom units are expected to have 4 residents.
- Four bedroom units are expected to have 5 residents.
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PUD — General Plan Narrative
Legal Description
Please see attached Exhibit A.
Solid Waste Disposal Procedures
Domini= Management Services, L,LC ("DMS") will implement a solid waste disposal
management policy that is similar to the one held at Albertville Townhomes, in Albertville,
MN; a similar development that DMS currently operates. This policy will comply with all City
of Medina and Hennepin County rules and regulations. Currently, there are no issues with the
solid waste disposal at Albertville Townhomes and we foresee no problems at the proposed
Medina Townhomes development.
Issues Addressed After Concept Plan Application
Comment: Extend driveway lengths.
Action: Given the dynamics of this site and the area we have to work with, extending all
driveways past 22 feet is infeasible. However, the easternmost building next to
the pump house can easily be moved back 2 feet to accommodate a longer
driveway. We have extended the driveways for this building to 24 feet and we
will direct residents with larger trucks/vans to these particular units.
Comment: Guest parking.
Action: Two additional stalls were added at the northeast corner of the private drive.
This brings the total guest parking stalls to 19. The Senior Vice President of
Property Management at Dominiwn Management Services, Jean Ferguson,
believes 19 will be sufficient when taking into account her experience at
Albertville Townhomes.
Comment: Architectural features for trash and recycling containers.
Action: DMS will instead implement a management policy that will require residents to
store trash and recycling receptacles in their respective garages. This is a similar
policy that has been implemented at Albertville Townhomes and has succeeded in
minimizing this concern. We believe this will be a better way of managing this
issue than implementing an architectural solution.
Comment: Downspout locations, directly flows on to driveways.
Action: This design is currently used at Albertville Townhomes and appears to have no
issues with icing and storm water runoff control or quality. In addition, all storm
water runoff from these downspouts will be treated through a rain garden
filtration system and another treatment system located in the storm water
reservoir, to be used for irrigation, before entering the City's storm sewer system.
2905 Northwest Blvd, Suite 150 a Plymouth. NIN 55441-2644 • Corporate 763/354-5500 • Fnx 763/354-5519 • Web dominiumnpmnnents.com
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PUU — General Plan Narrative
Continent: Garage doors in front facade are overwhelming
Action: The garage doors have been altered to include small windows to bleak up the
overall appearance of a front facade with too much of the same material. This
should break up the garage doors and make the development more appealing.
Please refer to Exhibit B for an example photograph.
Comment: Strip of land to break up driveways between units.
Action: DMS has determined that from a management perspective this is best left
unchanged. A separation in the driveways is infeasible from a maintenance
standpoint. It will make snow removal substantially more expensive. In addition,
whether the break in the asphalt is sod or some other landscaping, it will be
impossible to keep it alive in such a narrow space and will become unsightly over
time.
2905 Northwest Blvd, Suite 150 • Plymouth, NIN 55441-2644 • Corporate 763/354-5500 • Fax 763/354-5519 • Web dominiumepertments.com