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Planning commission recommends PUD amendment to add 256 lots; resident raises floodplain concern
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Summary
The commission recommended approval of a PUD amendment to add two tracts (256 lots) to the Manor Heights development after staff and the applicant said the addition was contemplated in the development agreement; a resident asked whether an adjusted 100‑year floodplain would reroute a creek onto private property.
The Manor Planning and Zoning Commission on May 14 recommended approval of a planned-unit-development (PUD) amendment that adds two tracts to the Manor Heights subdivision, representing about 256 additional lots, and instructed staff to correct a phasing map before the item goes to city council.
Ethan Harwell, a planner with Kimley‑Horn and Associates, told commissioners the tracts have been contemplated in the original development agreement and subsequent amendments and that traffic and utilities were accounted for in prior studies. “We are certainly not pushing extra water onto our neighbors,” Harwell said while describing a “developed condition” floodplain study that refines FEMA map delineations for built conditions.
Resident Darrell Swenson raised concerns during public comment about a map in the packet that showed an adjusted 100‑year floodplain and asked, “Does anybody need permission to reroute the creek bed on our property? How is that even proposed without getting in contact with us?” City staff said they could not answer questions during public comment but later confirmed engineers from Kimley‑Horn would be available to follow up and that the planning team would meet with interested property owners after the hearing.
Commissioners pressed staff on inconsistent phasing labels in historical agenda documents. Staff said the phasing labels could be corrected and that the city is working with the developer on a development agreement amendment that requires certain roadway buildouts. City engineer Pauline Gray (GBA) said Liberty Bell Boulevard is planned for full build-out as a four‑lane divided roadway by the time later phases are complete; the timing will be part of the development‑agreement schedule.
After discussion and a motion to correct the phasing map prior to council presentation, commissioners voted to recommend approval of the PUD amendment with the condition that staff correct phasing discrepancies in the official record before the item goes to council. No vote tally by name was recorded at the meeting minutes; the motion passed by voice/raised-hand vote.
