Dakota Pacific presents revised plan; Summit County Council requests independent financial review before deciding

Dakota Pacific returned to the Summit County Council on Feb. 22 with a counterproposal to the council’s earlier request for 500 total units with 50% deed-restricted affordable housing. The developer presented a revised Plan C that it says balances economic viability with more affordable units by reconfiguring parking, adjusting building types, and staging phasing tied to state transportation decisions.

Melina, speaking for county staff, opened with an update on State Route 224 and the statewide transportation infrastructure plan (STIP), saying the environmental impact statement (EIS) delays mean the corridor work cannot be moved onto the STIP this year and that the Olympics alone is “not going to be a sufficient trigger” to fund the roughly $100 million fix the state would likely need to make. That constraint, she and other staff said, affects phasing and the council’s ability to release entitlements tied to tax-credit timing.

The developer’s presentation outlined why market-rate units are necessary to finance fixed infrastructure and land costs. Representative(s) for the developer said they had already reduced earlier plans (Plan B to Plan C) and that pushing further would risk project viability. To bridge some value gaps, the developer proposed redesigning an…