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Commission approves minor modifications to RTX’s Farm Springs security entrance under staff review
Summary
Commissioners approved two conceptual schemes for a modified security entrance at RTX’s Farm Springs campus, allowing either option to advance under staff review so engineering and utility conflicts can be resolved without returning to full commission unless major deviations appear.
The commission approved minor modifications Dec. 8 to an earlier approval for RTX’s security entrance (10 Farm Springs Road), allowing two conceptual options to advance under staff review.
Henry Withers, a registered landscape architect working with SLAM Collaborative for RTX, presented two schemes: one that retains the existing curb cut and provides a small turnaround/pull‑off for rejected trucks; the other shifts the approved exit lane slightly along Farm Springs Road so large delivery trucks could exit without crossing the main site and preserves a stand of trees opposite the entrance. Withers said both options are geometry checks rather than final engineering and noted conflicts with utilities that will require further engineering work.
Staff asked the commission to permit either scheme to proceed with staff-level review so engineering work does not need to be duplicated. The commission moved and approved a motion to allow minor modifications to the prior 09/22/2025 approval for the security entrance driveway, with the understanding that any significant issues discovered in detailed engineering would be returned to the commission for review.
Staff will review detailed engineering, confirm utility relocations if necessary, and expect the applicant to avoid major changes to intent; if unusual complications arise, the project will be brought back to the commission.
