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Council moves Solera preliminary plat forward after debate over water pressure and infrastructure
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Rathdrum — The City Council voted to consider the Solera preliminary plat, a multi-phase development proposed by Hayden Homes, after an extended discussion about whether the city’s water system can reliably serve the proposed 436 homes and adjacent industrial lots.
Rathdrum — The City Council voted to consider the Solera preliminary plat, a multi-phase development proposed by Hayden Homes on land owned by the Ragnar Aristad Living Trust, after an extended discussion about whether the city’s water system can reliably serve the proposed 436 homes and adjacent industrial lots.
City planning staff described the plat and the development agreement, which requires roughly one-third of lots in each of three size categories; staff presented documentation that the draft plat meets those lot-mix requirements. But much of the council’s debate focused on water pressure, not supply: council members raised recent complaints of low pressure in the Brookshire neighborhood and asked whether adding the Solera development would make those conditions worse.
“We did dip below 40 PSI for a small…
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