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Resident urges Planning Commission not to release Southern Springs bond until Coffee Ridge Pond problems are fixed
Summary
A Southern Springs resident told the Spring Hill Planning Commission it should withhold release of Performance Bond Resolution 206-37 for Southern Springs Phase 3A until developer Pulte fixes irrigation failures and forebay problems at Coffee Ridge Pond that the resident says threaten irrigation, groundwater and downstream drainage.
Dennis Linscomb, a Southern Springs resident, urged the City of Spring Hill Municipal Planning Commission on April 27 not to approve the release of Performance Bond Resolution 206-37 for Southern Springs Phase 3A until developer Pulte corrects multiple defects at Coffee Ridge Pond.
“Now Missy Stahl informed me that the Coffee Ridge Pond is included under the word stormwater for this bond,” Linscomb said. He said the pond was intended to supply irrigation for about 44 irrigation zones and common areas but is several feet low, exposing banks and showing algae in small forebays. “I recommend that the city not approve this bond for release until these items related to the Coffee Ridge Pond are corrected by Pulte,” Linscomb told the commission.
CIP Director Miss Stahl told the commission there are 19 bonds on the bond list and that superintendents for each department walked the phases and verified punch lists before staff prepared the report for the work session. The bond package was presented in a work-session format and no vote was held that night.
Linscomb highlighted two specific concerns: the pond’s irrigation function is not performing as designed, and the pond’s system of multiple bays (a large middle bay and smaller forebays) appears not to function as intended, leaving water standing in forebays, which Linscomb said leads to algae, odor and visual degradation. He said the result is increased reliance on city water for irrigation and additional expense for the homeowners association.
Linscomb also said staff previously discussed the pond’s configuration with city engineers and that past administrators had questioned the multi-bay design’s utility. He asked that the commission delay bond release until Pulte remedies the irrigation refill process and addresses the forebay elevations and long-term maintenance concerns.
The chair noted the public-comment period and staff presentation but did not act on the bond package during the work session. No motion or vote was taken.
The commission will consider the bond package at a future meeting where voting is permitted; staff and the applicant will have opportunities to respond to specific corrective actions requested by residents prior to any formal release.
