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Chair says parcel is not being annexed; residents press developer to build Clark's Trail road and ask about taxes
Summary
At a public hearing, the chair clarified the proposal is extra‑territorial and not an annexation, while residents pressed that the developer must build and pay for road work on Clark's Trail before county recording and asked how property taxes could change. The chair closed the hearing and called for a motion; no vote was recorded in the transcript.
The chair opened a public hearing and told residents the project under discussion is not being annexed into the city, saying the parcel is "not being annexed into the city" and describing it as extra‑territorial. The chair said the proposal must still follow planning and building review and then go to the county for final approval.
Residents and the chair focused on roadway obligations for the proposed subdivision, with the chair saying the county will not record the subdivision until the road is built and urging that required improvements be stipulated. The chair warned that hauling and construction on Clark's Trail — a stretch near a creek — will require the road to be "built up" for safe access and said the developer will have to complete that work.
A resident pressed for details about scale and taxes, asking, "How many acres is the developer developing? 20 2 10 acre blocks" (verbatim from the transcript) and asking, "What will happen to our taxes?" The chair directed tax questions to the city assessor, naming "Ryan Ober, who works at the county," as the appropriate contact for assessment and tax impacts.
Speakers also discussed timing: a commenter said the developer is waiting for formal city commission approval before outlaying money on roads and that road construction is seasonally constrained — the developer is "waiting for the frost to come off" before building. Several speakers added that restrictive covenants on the lots limit extra buildings and that the covenants may be tighter than county guidelines.
The chair closed public comment and asked for a motion, saying, "Do I have anyone who wants to make a motion to move this forward and deny it?" The transcript records the request but does not include a motion, a second, or any recorded vote.
Next steps in the record are procedural: the chair suggested placing final approval on the consent/finish line or specifying conditions requiring the developer to finish the roadwork before the county records the subdivision. Residents were referred to the county assessor for tax questions. No formal action or vote on the project appears in the provided transcript.
