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Council presses developer on enlarged stormwater ponds, seeks fencing and design safeguards
Summary
Council members flagged that enlarged stormwater lagoons required by a 100‑year retention requirement now come closer to a proposed public trail; developers said the increase results from regulatory changes and agreed to consider fencing, gates and alternate placement to reduce safety risk.
Council members raised safety concerns about the location and size of stormwater lagoons on the revised Farmhouse master plan, saying the ponds as shown come too close to a public path and could endanger trail users. A council member warned, "A kid on a bicycle gets out of control. He's in that pond in a heartbeat," urging protective measures.
Rusty Windsor, a developer representative, said the ponds enlarged because the stormwater standard changed from a 25‑year to a 100‑year retention requirement and that the team would review options to pull the ponds back or add design features. "I think we could go back to this the way we had this before and then not pull it into the site like we had here," Windsor said, and acknowledged the council’s safety concern.
The council asked staff to require architectural, functional fencing or other protective treatments near public trails, and to confirm pond setbacks when the application goes to site review. The exchange did not produce a final design decision; staff and the applicant will return updated drawings showing pond placement and any proposed fencing.
