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Community Development committee readies Park Place ordinances; staff outlines sound, lighting and traffic mitigations
Summary
The Community Development committee reviewed a package of ordinances and resolutions related to the Park Place project, discussed a sound study to measure post-construction noise impacts, lighting controls and long-term traffic/bridge improvements, and scheduled a public hearing on annexation of roughly 80.19 acres at the next council meeting.
City staff told the Community Development committee that a set of ordinances and two resolutions related to the Park Place development will appear for second reading at the next city council meeting and that a public hearing is scheduled for annexation of approximately 80.19 acres.
Staff outlined conditions and mitigations the city is using to address residents’ concerns. The city has contracted with SCI to conduct pre-construction and post-construction sound analyses at property lines; if post-construction monitoring shows substantially increased sound levels the city and developer will consider additional berms or buffers to reduce impacts. Staff said the sound-study results will be public when completed.
Committee members pressed about lighting and pole-mounted fixtures; staff said the facility’s lighting will be accompanied by a photometric plan reviewed by city staff, that any lights on range structures will face inward to avoid external spillage, and that city codes limit spillage over property lines. The developers in the room, identified as Mr. Gorez and Pat DeCicchio, participated in courtesy outreach on conceptual lighting but construction plans will govern final design.
Council members also asked about traffic and the long-term capacity of the Vanite/Frontage Road corridor. Staff said the city engineer (Mr. Taylor) has already begun discussions with the original overpass designer about options — including bridge widening and other alignments — and that larger-scale changes would be brought back to the council with funding recommendations when designs and costs are developed. Staff said developer-required traffic mitigations per the project’s traffic study will address near-term impacts while long-term corridor changes would follow regional planning and funding cycles.
One council member asked for an explicit correction after an earlier misstatement of pole height; staff clarified verbally that a previously cited 1,700-foot figure was incorrect and would not apply to the project. “So it will not be that tall. I promise,” staff said.
Ending: The ordinances and resolutions will be on the council agenda for second reading; the public hearing on annexation of roughly 80.19 acres will occur at the start of that council meeting.
