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Developer seeks design relief for McCormick Village; offers to design Parrish Creek augmentation station
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Summary
City staff presented a draft McCormick North development agreement in which the developer requests relief from lot-coverage, façade-transparency and garage/ADU loading rules and proposes to design (and later build under amendment) a Parrish Creek augmentation station to address water-right constraints and salmon flows.
At the April 15 Land Use Committee meeting, Nick Bond presented a late-added draft development agreement with McCormick (McCormick Village) in which the developer asks the city for several design-related concessions in exchange for providing infrastructure work beneficial to the city.
Bond summarized relief requests including additional surface parking between garages (impervious-surface/lot-coverage relief), reduction in required façade transparency in commercial storefronts (from roughly 60% to about 30% for storefronts, and lower percentages for other facades), and allowances for side-entry garages and ADUs on lots that lack a rear alley. "They're asking for relief from the impervious surfaces... they're proposing to reduce this to just 1 variation rather than... 2," Bond said.
In consideration, Bond said McCormick has agreed to take on the design of a Parrish Creek augmentation station, a project the city requires to maximize use of Well 11 and to augment low in-stream flows for salmon. Bond explained that the developer would design the augmentation project and that construction and cost recovery would likely be handled via an amended water-agreement credit mechanism: the developer would be credited over time against connection charges as the city reimburses their investment.
Bond described the development-agreement history: a longstanding arrangement (dating to 1998 with a renegotiation in 2019/2022) that contemplates supporting up to 2,000 homes and requires the developer to complete capital projects; some projects remain outstanding and the developer may propose amendments to the water agreement to reflect changed circumstances. Bond said some proposed additional projects include a water main on Old Clifton Road and an inner tie in Stetson Heights. He said the city expects to continue negotiations and could schedule a public hearing in May or June once staff have prepared draft materials and attachments.
Committee members asked for the draft and relevant exhibits to be circulated to the committee ahead of any public hearing. No final decision or vote occurred at the meeting; members said they did not object to bringing the item forward for a hearing once staff provide the draft and attachments.
