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Council approves rezoning and preliminary plat for Preserve at Lau Farm; residents raised drainage concerns
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 25-01 rezoning property near Lau Park to SR-2 and approved the Preserve at Lau Farm preliminary plat (Resolution 32253). Residents emailed concerns about lots 1–6 and potential flooding; staff described the forthcoming engineering review and additional council touchpoints before construction or lot sales.
The Marion City Council on Feb. 6 approved Ordinance No. 25-01 to rezone property northeast of Lau Park from Linn County Agricultural/Urban Service Residential (USR) to SR-2 (suburban medium-density single-family). The council also approved Resolution No. 32253 to accept the Preserve at Lau Farm preliminary plat submitted by Mooney, Engel & Rickliffe, LLC.
The clerk read an email from Pete and Kathy Napulis asking that lots 1–6 be combined into double lots and expressing concern about water and flooding because those lots back up to a northern detention basin. Councilmembers and staff discussed the comment during the preliminary-plat motion.
City staff described the remaining steps before construction or lot sales. The engineer of record will prepare plans of improvement, and the engineering division will conduct a drainage-report review and design review. "We have multiple more touch points that come to council before anything any dirt move," a city staff member said. Staff said construction plans may be phased; final plats and infrastructure acceptance will come back to council before lots can be sold unless the developer requests and council grants a waiver.
Councilmembers asked whether the stormwater management plan had been submitted; a councilmember clarified that the stormwater plan had not yet been submitted for city evaluation. Planning staff explained zoning minimums (SR-2 minimum lot width 70 feet) and that final plats sometimes shift lot lines so adjacent lots gain width; planning and zoning can review requests to change lot counts if the council refers the question back to that board. The council approved the rezoning and preliminary plat during the Feb. 6 meeting.
