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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The intent of this request for a PUD rezoning and development plan is to encourage the design of a well-planned residential development through creative planning which can respond to public and neighborhood issues. Over the past two decades, there have been several development proposals in this area, including four involving the subject site. There have been three approved developments in this project's neighborhood: . E & C Jones' 'Rose Lane, , a three-home subdivision (PUD-88-8) located between the Rose Avenue Estates and Nolan Farms; . Richmond-America's 'Rose Avenue Estates, 'a nine-home subdivision (PUD-97-22) located immediately adjacent to the east of this project site constructed in 1998-1999; and, . Summerhill Homes' 'Nolan Farms, , a 3 I-home subdivision (PUD-99-05) located farther east from this project and built in 2000-2001. The majority of this project's site was once fully approved for a medium density residential project in 1988 (Martinique Homes, PUD-88-11, TM 6238), but that approval expired due to a downturn in the housing market. In 1995, the applicant applied for PUD development plan approval for thirteen (I3) lots on the subject property (PUD-95-03). At that time, the applicant submitted a design for thirteen lots sized to be greater than 10,000 square feet on a cul-de-sac street entering off of Rose Avenue. Staff encouraged the applicant to redesign the street from a cul-de-sac to a 'T' intersection with a 'creek side' street and adjacent trail, essentially the same as is now submitted. (The site design incorporating a creek side street with pedestrian trail became the template that Nolan Farms used in the 1999 Nolan Farms PUD development.) The result of redesigning the street configuration required more public road area, and, therefore, the total area remaining for private lots was reduced. Accordingly, the thirteen lots were resized and reduced down to a 9,700-square-foot average. The Planning Commission supported that lot size and unanimously voted to recommend approval to the City Council. However, there was strong neighborhood opposition to creating buildable lots ofless than 10,000 square feet in this area. The surrounding residents expressed concern that the reduced lot size may impact the value oftheir properties and the integrity of their neighborhood. Therefore, the City Council denied the application, suggesting that the applicant redesign the project with lots at or above 10,000 square feet in size. Accordingly, the current request maintains all lots at or above 10,000 square feet, and the total number of lots has been reduced to eleven to do so. On November 16, 2005, by a 5-to-0 vote, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed PUD. SR 06:013 Page 3 of 17