Rachel development is proposing a residential and mixed-use development on approximately 146 acres (site of a sand and gravel pit) southwest of the intersection of Mystic Lake Dr. (County Highway 83) and 17th Ave E (County Highway 16). The proposed development concept includes 223 single family homes, 98 attached townhomes, up to 534 apartment units, and 174,300 square feet of mixed commercial use space including grocery, offices, medical, and retail, and approximately 24 acres of public open space. Construction may also include a water treatment plant owned by Shakopee Public Utilities (SPU), internal roads, stormwater BMP's, and utilities. 

The city received seven responses due the EAW comment period which ended May 23, 2024. The comments received were related to:

• Dust control, managing stormwater during active construction, post reclamation, and project phasing.
• Concerns about possible negative health impacts related to having the possible Water Treatment Plant adjacent to the existing residences to the south.
• Maintaining an emergency overflow area and tree preservation on the west side of the subject property for residents along Wyndam Drive.
  

The stormwater managment plan for the project will include a centrally located, clay-lined detention basin designed to handle a 100-year storm event as well as smaller infiltration and filtration basins to contain stormwater effectively and preventing additional flooding. The reclamation pan for the project will address project conditions and vegetation management. The grading plan for the project will address how the proposed new development will tie into the existing grades on adjacent properties as well as tree protection initiatives.

Shakopee Public Utilities will address any concerns during the design of its project should it move forward.

The EAW report has been on the city's website for more than 30 days.

Council will see this project again several times including for Tax Increment Financing Plan, preliminary and final plat and all PUD approvals.