Floodplain mitigation and phasing determine what's buildable in Phase 1
Applicant said floodplain work (conditional LOMR with BNSF/ditch stakeholders) is required before major parts of the site can be redeveloped; the team said that constraint means Phase 1 likely will include the venue only while later phases depend on flood mitigation.
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The applicant told the Planning Board that an earlier mapping of the Boulder Slough and railroad conveyance put much of the site into high hazard flood areas, limiting the portions of the site that can be redeveloped immediately. "We have a conditional letter of map revision... hopefully in 3 years or so, that flood mitigation will be built," applicant representative Danica Powell said, describing coordination with BNSF and local ditch entities.
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