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Council approves Heartland at Hidden Hills tentative map and introduces development agreement
Summary
The council approved the Heartland at Hidden Hills tentative subdivision map and introduced a 20-year development agreement for the 14-lot project, which includes open space, trail connections and reliance on the Village 1 infrastructure-financing plan.
Associate planner Mikaela Noble and project engineer Tony Frasier presented the Heartland at Hidden Hills project at the May 27 meeting. The project covers about 10 acres in the Village 1 specific-plan area and proposes 14 low-density residential lots, roughly 5.5 acres of open space centered on a mining quarry feature and a trail system that will connect to future trails to the east.
Staff recommended council determine the project is consistent with the city's general plan and the Village 1 specific plan, adopt a resolution approving the tentative subdivision map and waive first reading to introduce a development agreement that vests development rights for 20 years. Tony Frasier (project engineer) said the property owner, Edward Johansen, worked to assemble the land and to ensure the parcel is not left as an undeveloped void inside the larger Hidden Hills community; the open space will be publicly accessible and trail connections will link to adjacent future projects.
A planning-commission review recommended approval; staff reported no public comments received prior to the council hearing. A member of the public asked whether a park had been removed; staff and the developer said park acreage was relocated within the Hidden Hills community and that residents would be served by HOA-accessible park amenities and the public trail connections. Planning staff recommended standard conditions of approval and mitigation measures from the Village 1 EIR.
Why this matters: Approval advances a subdivision and a development agreement that will add 14 homes in a planned community, commit trail and open space connections, and vest the developer's obligations under the specific-plan infrastructure-financing plan in a 20-year agreement.
Council action: Council adopted the resolution approving the tentative map and introduced the development agreement by title; the first reading was waived and the DA will be finalized under the standard ordinance process.
