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Council weighs amended Canyon Cove landscape plan, residents seek clarity on punch list and two missing trees
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Summary
Council discussed resolution 2026-03 to amend the Canyon Cove development agreement to adopt a revised landscape plan. Residents and council members pressed staff on which plan controls, outstanding park punch-list items, and options for replacing two trees residents expected.
Council members reviewed resolution 2026-03, which would amend the development agreement for the Canyon Cove subdivision to incorporate an updated landscape plan. Staff said the revised plan adds five trees, relocates several larger shade trees closer to benches and otherwise improves layout, and that the amendment would make the revised plan part of the binding development agreement.
Several council members and a resident said they had received multiple different landscape plans in packets and wanted clarity about which plan would be adopted and held the developer (Ivory) accountable for. A resident noted missing elements from earlier approvals — benches, handrails, a pavilion drain issue and two trees that were visible in a 2024 recorded plan but not in the latest plan. Staff confirmed the city has not accepted the park; the warranty period has not begun and outstanding items remain on a punch list.
Staff explained some tree relocations had been made as an administrative action during subdivision work and that whether a change is ‘minor’ or ‘major’ can be interpretive; they offered to print and circulate the plan that staff said they had discussed with council members last fall. Council discussed whether the city should pay to add the two missing trees now or require Ivory to plant them; staff said if the city pays for the plantings it could ask Ivory to warranty them but that developer pricing might be higher if done after acceptance. Staff estimated planting two trees and required watering adjustments could cost in the low thousands of dollars.
Council direction in the work session was to proceed with adoption of the amended plan while staff coordinates precise tree locations with the ARC chair (Scott Peters) and confirms which plan will be legally binding; council also signaled support to fund or secure a commitment to place the two additional trees if needed and to ensure the punch list items are addressed before acceptance of the park.
