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Council approves Red Hawk DA amendment, tables Clover Ranch subdivision amid irrigation-safety questions; certifies 60 Sage and rezones Farm District parcel toO
Summary
Council approved a major amendment to the Red Hawk Ranch development agreement, certified a master-plan correction at 60 Sage Street and rezoned a Farm District parcel to Open Space and Parks; a proposed Genesee/Clover Ranch subdivision (ZMA/TSM) was tabled after neighbors and council raised safety and legal concerns about an active irrigation ditch.
At a public hearing, council approved an amendment to the Red Hawk Ranch development agreement that (1) incorporated additional parcels, (2) extended tentative-subdivision-map expiration dates, (3) established a framework for a special assessment district, (4) allowed on-site density transfers to offset units lost to drainage, and (5) authorized relocation of a proposed community park into a larger detention-area footprint. Senior planner Alisa Johansson and applicant representatives said the change would increase park acreage and formalize infrastructure funding mechanisms; the motion passed 4-1.
On a separate agenda item, council certified a planning-commission decision and approved MPA 25-003 to restore the commercial underlying land-use mapping for a 2.29-acre site at 60 Sage Street (resolution number 25-016). The planner said the amendment corrected a mapping inconsistency created when the Southwest Area Plan was adopted.
The council also considered a concurrent zoning map amendment and tentative subdivision map proposing a 102-lot SF-6 subdivision (Genesee/Clover Ranch). The applicant's team described lot sizes, buffering and traffic mitigation, including extending Fort Sutter Boulevard and turn-lane improvements. Multiple neighbors and irrigation-rights holders testified about an open irrigation ditch that runs along the project boundary and argued that the ditch's flow (they said it can run 36-48 hours and in some cases several feet of water) creates a safety hazard for children and liability concerns for property owners. Neighbors asked that the ditch be piped or otherwise made safe; planners said conditions could be added but that piping requires legal access and coordination with multiple owners and irrigation districts. Councilman Mendoza moved to table the item to allow the developer to secure the necessary permissions to pipe or otherwise mitigate the ditch; the motion carried 5-0.
Finally, the council approved a zoning map amendment to change a 23.19-acre parcel at 2305 Farm District Road from SF-20 to Open Space and Parks (OSP) to align zoning with the master plan; planning commission had recommended unanimous approval and council accepted the recommendation 5-0.
What to watch: The Genesee/Clover Ranch subdivision will return only if the developer can obtain easements or permissions and define safety measures for the irrigation ditch; staff noted that piping/design details will be developed at the engineering-permit stage if the project returns.
