Staff flags intersection-spacing, city-council exception for Agnes Farm subdivision

So first thing on the agenda tonight is the Agnes Farm subdivision, the staff member said at the start of the item. The planning staff and commissioners focused on where a proposed internal street would align with existing roads near the city pump station and whether that alignment would comply with the city's intersection-spacing rules.

The discussion centered on the proposed stub tying into 5900 and the pump-station parcel near Lot 15. Staff said the parcel that contains a house will be torn down to accommodate the connection. Staff measured center-to-center distances and reported approximately 662 feet between the two intersections; a later measurement using Google Earth was reported as about 656 feet. The city's…