Becker City Council covened Tuesday to discuss committee reports, the consent agenda and a final plat and development agreement for a local development.

 

 

The City of Becker has received an application from Carl S. Johnson for a final plat for the River Bend Third Addition. 

 

The plat would subdivide approximately 18 acres into 41 single-family home sites and three outlots. 

 

The city council approved the preliminary plat at the Oct. 2 meeting.

 

Ryan Krozos, assistant city planner, said the final plat complies with the subdivision and zoning ordinance requirements and the requirements of the planned unit development established for this area. All new lots created by this subdivision will be served by city sewer and water as public sanitary sewer and water are available to the plat area. 

 

City staff and the planning commission recommend a condition of approval requiring submission of revised engineering plans addressing modifications requested by the city engineer.

 

Krozos says public improvements will be constructed pursuant to the terms of a development agreement that the city council asked to consider in conjunction with review of the final plat. 

 

The terms of the development agreement are being reviewed by the city attorney and final edits to utility information is being completed by the city engineer. 

Upon completion of the improvements, the city will determine compliance with city standards and then accept the private installation as public improvements. Staff recommended a condition of approval that this agreement be executed and recorded prior to recording of the final plat. 

 

A notable aspect of the draft development agreement is that it specifies that the developer will recoup a portion of the cost associated with construction of 112th Street. This roadway will provide access to the plat area as well as to the future residential development to the north.

 

Accordingly, as this roadway provides benefits to both of these areas the cost can reasonably be shared. The city would be able to collect a fee for newly created lots in the future subdivision to the north and reimburse Johnson an amount equal to half of the cost of the roadway improvement.

 

Staff and the planning commission recommend a condition allowing residences to be constructed on three lots of the proposed subdivision prior to acceptance of the public improvements. These particular lots possess street frontage, and access to water and sewer mains which was constructed with the initial phase of development within the River Bend subdivision. Granting building permits for these lots prior to acceptance of the entirety of public improvements associated with this phase of development will allow the developer to commence construction yet this fall. 

 

The River Bend development is located off Co. Rd. 67 at 122th Ave.

 

 

CA Greg Pruszinske gave a report for the consent agenda which included a resolution setting the 2019 city council meeting dates, a hiring and termination report for the BCC, a resolution accepting a donation from the Becker Lions ($1,000) for police safety equipment and a personnel policy update for new hires and training.

 

 

The next Becker City Council meeting is Wed., Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. (due to election day Tuesday).