by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
A final plat for a residential project dubbed Ferche SW Plat 2 was approved unanimously by the Sartell City Council at its last meeting.
The preliminary plat for that project was approved last summer, said Sartell Planner/Developer Anita Archambeau, who outlined the project for the council members.
The multi-family development, known as “Four Point Development,” is in an area zoned as “mixed-use” and is located just north of the Pinecone Marketplace plaza in south Sartell in the “Town Square” area that contains a mixture of businesses and residential facilities, including the Chateau Waters senior-living complex and the Sartell Community Center now under construction.
The site area is 4.36 acres, with another outlot, 21.17 acres, planned for future development of office and retail space, Archambeau noted.
Council member David Peterson said he is concerned the development, as well as future developments, should be easily accessible for emergency fire-department vehicles. Council member Ryan Fitzthum, who is a member of the Sartell-LeSauk Fire Department, agreed with Peterson’s concern. In some cases, through the years, the design of buildings and green spaces around them can at times make it difficult for fire-fighting equipment to gain ready access to them.
Archambeau said such factors in developments must gain the fire marshal’s approval during the planning stages, and modifications to the designs will be made if necessary with fire safety in mind. However, both Fitzthum and Peterson said the council and city staff should do another review of those policies to ensure every development has a quick ingress and egress by the fire department.
