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Staff and council discuss 68-unit Zansi proposal, circulation and drainage questions
Summary
City staff described a proposed 60- to 68-unit market-rate residential project on the Zansi parcel near Second Street; the discussion focused on street connections, drainage and whether the developer must extend Foothill through to Second Street.
City planning staff briefed the subcommittee on a proposed multi-family development on the Zansi parcel near the south end of Second Street.
The planner said the project envisions about 60 units, of which roughly 12 would be set aside as affordable and the remainder would be market-rate. A central question raised in the meeting was how the project would provide street connectivity: project drawings did not show an extension of Foothill through to Second Street, and staff told the subcommittee the developer was reluctant to undertake the expensive work that would be required to bridge a drainage culvert to extend Foothill.
Council members and staff discussed circulation alternatives and the traffic impacts of routing new development traffic onto small neighborhood streets such as Second Street, First Street and adjacent side streets (Muscat, Merlot and others cited in the meeting). Staff said they would ask the developer to provide a traffic study and continue negotiating on whether to reduce unit count, provide the Foothill extension or develop alternative circulation solutions.
The planner also noted the project would be mostly market-rate with 12 affordable units; council members said they wanted to evaluate trade-offs between unit count, the public cost of extending infrastructure and neighborhood impacts before the project returns to a formal hearing or council agenda.
No decision was made; staff will continue working with the applicant on circulation, drainage and potential traffic mitigation and will return materials for public review at the planning commission and council as required by the regular project review process.
