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Resolution to Approve the Windsong Site Plan and Development Agreement, Valencia Circle (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 6 Yeas, 1 Nay)
Memorandum
Attached is a resolution to approve the Windsong Site Plan and Development Agreement. Approval of this resolution will allow the construction of six multiple-family buildings containing a total of 32 residential units. Currently, there are two buildings containing 12 units on the site.
The site originally received site plan approval for 44 units in May, 2005 as ‘The Oaks of Ann Arbor’. The 12 existing units were constructed in 2005 along with all required utilities, stormwater detention and parking. Foundations for two additional buildings were constructed in 2005 and never completed. All construction on the site ceased in 2006 and the original ‘Oaks of Ann Arbor’ site plan expired in May, 2008.
The project has been renamed ‘Windsong’, and the petitioner would like to construct the remaining 32 units shown in the original site plan. The petitioner is required to obtain site plan approval to construct the second phase because the previous site plan approval was not extended when construction activity ceased.
The City Planning Commission recommended approval of this request at its meeting of May 18, 2010, subject to 1) review by the City Attorney for the site’s ownership structure and documentation, and 2) incorporating appropriate security recommendations from Public Safety, including solid screening fences.
The City Attorney has completed a review of the site’s ownership structure and has concluded that it is acceptable and documented satisfactorily. Planning staff met with a representative of Police Services to discuss the issues with public safety on the site. Given the nature of the police calls to the site, quality on-site management and increased lighting within the interior of the site were recommended to reduce concerns, rather than fencing. These recommendations have been forwarded to the pe...
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