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Developer tells council city standards have been changed informally; asks for consistent rules
Summary
Developer and former council member Jerry Green urged the council to clarify who can change engineering standards and specifications after he said curb types, setbacks and asphalt thickness were handled inconsistently, raising costs for some local builders.
During public comment, Jerry Green, who identified himself as a resident, developer and former council member, told the council he believes standards and specifications in city plans have been changed without uniform application and without council approval.
Green said examples include a change in required curb style — from upright six‑inch curbs to a roll‑back curb that he said holds less water but costs less to install — and alterations to lot‑frontage requirements (he cited RS1 frontage moving from 100 feet to 80 feet and RS2 from 80 feet to 70 feet). He said those changes, if applied unevenly, mean some developers did not get the same opportunities to add lots and that he and others bore extra construction costs when plans required different pavement thickness than actually built.
"If we're going to change the rules in the middle of the stream, let's do it for everybody and do it fairly across the board and not just for a select few," Green said.
City staff responded during public comment that city staff would meet with Green following the meeting to review documents and walk through the items he raised; the mayor asked staff to follow up.
What happens next: Staff said they will meet with Green to review contract documents and standards and to determine whether changes require council action. The transcript records a staff commitment to follow up; no formal policy change was made at the meeting.
