Star council approves Trailmark Station annexation with conditions after safety, floodplain and fencing disputes

The Star City Council voted to approve the annexation and preliminary plat for the Trailmark Station community — a proposed 293-lot subdivision on roughly 129.5 acres north of Joplin Road — after a public hearing that stretched more than three hours and focused on traffic, floodplain risks and neighbor buffer fencing.

The motion to annex and zone the property to R-3 (with a development agreement) and to approve a preliminary plat was moved by Councilmember Nelson Hershey and carried by roll call vote (Hershey Aye; Wheelock Aye; Salmonson Aye). The council said it would adopt specific, written conditions agreed between the applicant and neighboring property owners and ordered staff to draft the final development agreement language for a subsequent ordinance and final-plat steps.

Toll Brothers’ attorney Jeff Bauer presented the revised plan, describing two development areas: a 40-acre neighborhood-residential east side averaging about 2.9 units per acre, and a 90-acre estate-residential west side averaging about 1.98 units per acre. Bauer said the project removes the previously proposed PUD and private streets, will provide more than the code-required open space (he said roughly 40 acres, with 32 acres qualifying under city code), and anticipates phase 1 final plat in 2027 with first occupancy in 2028. He also described transportation commitments including dedication of Joplin Road right-of-way, construction of an east–west collector called Bush Wren and…